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In the United States, more than 75 percent of garbage in a typical household is recyclable, leaving less than 25 percent to be sent to land-fills or incinerated. That 25 percent costs citizens money, whereas the 75 percent of recyclable material has the potential to generate revenue. On average, it costs anywhere from $22 to $45 per ton to send garbage to a landfill. On the other hand, recycled material can be sold for anywhere from $12 per ton, up to $100 per ton.

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Welcome to Shoals Earth Month artists page! We would love for all eco artists in the Shoals area to let yourselves be known. Eco art is a global movement and is gaining momentum. Shoals Earth would like to provide a forum for any artist or artisan who wishes to join forces with others who share a common vision.

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Shoals Earth Month is featuring local artist, Rich Curtis who is active in the community on many levels.

Rich Curtis, Artist Rich grew up in Huntsville, Alabama. He attended the University of North Alabama in Florence and received a BFA in painting in 2000. Rich worked for one year as a preparator at the Birmingham Museum of Art. In 2002 he moved to Chicago to study performance at the School of the Art Institute where he received his MFA in 2004. Rich has conducted numerous projects and residencies in the U.S., Canada, Kenya and the Netherlands and currently teaches part-time at the University of North Alabama.

Rich Curtis: Artist Statement I am an interdisciplinary artist working primarily withsound, performance and object making. I am interested in the visual evidenceleft by physical processes. I am most intrigued by the tension between humanactions and natural phenomena. Decomposition, erosion and tectonics are powerful natural forces. Equally consequential are human activities such asfarming, mining and land development. Finding evidence of where nature andhuman activity meet is one influence on my work. Memories of my childhood home also inspire a lot of my work. I grew up in an old house that had sustained fire damage. I was always surrounded by layers of history. Charred or brokenwood, rusted metal and bits of old paper were a constant part of my childhood.I have always been attracted to the weathered surfaces of such artifacts. Muchof my artwork involves collecting the remnants or residue of some kind of process. Then I arrange and re-contextualize these materials into variousforms. For me, the activity of collecting is as much a part of the artwork asthe finished piece.