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Transforming Trash It blends sustainability and creativity while engaging the community.

Transforming Trash Artist-in-Residence program is a new Olmsted County initiative launching in 2026, inviting artists to create public artworks from reclaimed materials.

Tonight! 4-7pm at the Olmsted County Government Center Rotunda, meet Jori Jori ‘s creation and hear from the artist at 5...
08/28/2026

Tonight! 4-7pm at the Olmsted County Government Center Rotunda, meet Jori Jori ‘s creation and hear from the artist at 5:30pm.

See you there!

08/26/2026

Step into the whimsical world of Jori Jori . ✨

Our second Transforming Trash Artist-in-Residence has spent August turning discarded textiles, found objects, and unexpected odds and ends into a colorful world of soft sculpture, mythology, humor, and storytelling.

Jori’s work asks us to look a little differently at the things we leave behind. What stories do our objects carry? What happens when something discarded is given a new identity? And just how strange and wonderful can our waste become in the hands of an artist?

Come experience Jori’s world and see what they’ve created during their month in Rochester.

Transforming Trash Artist-in-Residence Exhibition
August 28 | 4–7 PM
Olmsted County Government Center Rotunda
Artist Talk at 5:30 PM

Free and open to the public.
Link in bio

Thank you to our partners

Olmsted County
&
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC) thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

Join Transforming Trash to celebrate the unveiling of new work by Artist-in-Residence JoriJori!Using discarded textiles ...
08/25/2026

Join Transforming Trash to celebrate the unveiling of new work by Artist-in-Residence JoriJori!

Using discarded textiles diverted from Olmsted County's waste system, Jori creates sculptural works inspired by mythology, the body, and the natural world. Join them for their reception on August 28 and step into a world where discarded materials tell their stories and take life.

📆 Friday, August 28 | 4-7pm (Artist talk at 5:30pm)
📍 Olmsted County Goverment Center | Rochester, MN

Learn More: https://www.transformingtrash.org/events/artist-in-residence-exhibition-reception

*SEMAC activities are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

What can the hands of those who came before us teach us about waste? 🧵🪡For generations, women mended, quilted, patched, ...
08/25/2026

What can the hands of those who came before us teach us about waste? 🧵🪡

For generations, women mended, quilted, patched, saved scraps, and found new purposes for what remained. Artist-in-Residence Jori Jori draws on this history of textile arts and resourcefulness in “How it came to pass”, a monumental soft sculpture named Grandmother, inspired by the traditional yo-yo doll and created from discarded textiles.

More than 100 hours of sewing, embroidery, and assemblage went into the work, connecting historical traditions of handwork with a contemporary conversation about textile waste and creative reuse.

Grandmother is an homage to the ingenuity of the women who came before us, but she also asks us to consider what we might learn from them today.

Come sit awhile with Grandmother, a god of reuse, a saint of hand work. See Grandmother at the Transforming Trash Artist-in-Residence Exhibition:

August 28 | 4–7 PM
Olmsted County Government Center Rotunda
Artist Talk at 5:30 PM

Link in bio!

Olmsted County Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC)

The final construction of the textile sculpture from Jori Jori . Both large and heavy, I bet you can’t guess what it is!...
08/23/2026

The final construction of the textile sculpture from Jori Jori . Both large and heavy, I bet you can’t guess what it is!!!
Find out this coming Friday, August 28th from 4-7pm at the Olmsted County Government Center Rotunda!!!

08/20/2026

Over 100 hours of prepping, disassembling, and hand sewing will go into the new sculpture by Jori Jori to be unveiled on August 28th at the Olmsted County Government Rotunda.

In the U.S. alone approximately 11.3 million tons of textiles end up in our landfills on a yearly basis, that’s 65%-85% that are produced in the same year. Creative reuse is one of many ways we can help divert these materials and give them new life!

Come visit the newest Transforming Trash Artist-in-Residence, Jori Jori, specializing in textile reuse. Reception is 4-7pm, artist talk at 5:30pm. Link in bio .

Thank you to our partners Olmsted County and Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC)

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

Musings from the world of Jori Jori, Transforming Trash Artist-in-Residence, take shape through curious objects, intrica...
08/19/2026

Musings from the world of Jori Jori, Transforming Trash Artist-in-Residence, take shape through curious objects, intricate details, and brightly colored, textured fabrics. Each material is chosen with care and given new life as part of a world filled with fantasy, whimsy, and storytelling.

Curious about the possibilities of creative reuse and its impact on textile and object waste? Step into Jori’s world on August 28 from 4–7 PM at the Olmsted County Government Center Rotunda, with an artist talk at 5:30 PM.

Aug 28th 4-7pm
Artist talk at 5:30pm
151 4th St SE, Rochester, MN 55904

Join Transforming Trash to celebrate the unveiling of new work by Artist-in-Residence Jori Jori , a multidisciplinary ar...
08/18/2026

Join Transforming Trash to celebrate the unveiling of new work by Artist-in-Residence Jori Jori , a multidisciplinary artist based in Northern California.

Using discarded textiles diverted from Olmsted County’s waste stream, Jori creates sculptural works inspired by mythology, the body, and the natural world. Step into a world where discarded materials tell their stories and take on new life.

📍Olmsted County Government Center
151 4th St SE, Rochester, MN 55904
🎙️Aritst Talk 5:30pm

Thank you to our partners Olmsted County

and Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council (SEMAC)

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

Do you have any of these items that you want to get rid of?! Our artist-in-residence, Jori Jori is making something trul...
08/11/2026

Do you have any of these items that you want to get rid of?! Our artist-in-residence, Jori Jori is making something truly special and can use them!

DM us or email at [email protected] and we will schedule a pick up/drop off!

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