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The Cameron Gallery

Since our founding in 1991, The Scrap Exchange has been committed to supporting local artists and reuse creators throughout the world. Originally called The Green Gallery, our exhibition space was renamed The Cameron Gallery after longtime benefactor, creative reuse artist Danny Cameron, donated the funds to build a gallery in our current location. Since it’s inception, our gallery’s mission has been to provide an accessible exhibition space for practicing artists in our community, to advocate for the inclusion of reused materials in art, and inspire our customers’ own creativity.

WHAT’S HAPPENING?

  • Consumed

    July 25th - September 7th

    Small collections of work by eight artists who’s art cleverly integrates the detritus of overconsumption

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    Magical Thinkers Sept 17 - Nov 2

  • Have your own idea for a show and think The Cameron Gallery would be a good fit? Let us know!

    more info HERE

on exhibit now

CONSUMED

JULY 25th - SEPTEMBER 7th

Consumed features small collections of work by eight artists who’s art cleverly integrates the detritus of overconsumption.

As a community of recyclers and reusers, we must come to grips with the lifespan of the things we buy and use, understanding that there is a finite usability for all objects. What do we do with them once they are no longer serve the purpose they were created for? With Consumed we aspire to showcase art that incorporates difficult to repurpose materials at the end of their lifecycle; objects that are broken, rusted, single-use, leftovers that would otherwise be thrown away.

Featured artists: Pam James, Matt Sandbank, Allison Tierney, Jennifer Latham Robinson, Victoria Desanctis, Ruth Smith, TuxedoKat (Katlyn Cornelius), and Marty Rogers

past exhibits

A handful of outtakes from nearly two decades of exhibitions across three locations

  • Julia Gartrell - 2012

  • Julia Gartrell - 2012

  • Tom Dawson - 2014

  • Jim Kellough - 2015

  • Christopher Kerney - 2014

  • Triangle Book Arts - 2014

  • Caroline Crawford - 2014

  • Devin Utah - 2014

  • Katherine Soucie - 2016

  • Kimberely Cartwright - 2012

  • The ABC's of REUSE - 2014

  • Jefferson Garvey - 2016

  • Ron Liberti, Matt Hart, Daniel Bagnell, Galen Williams - 2013

  • Derek Huss - 2024

  • Karen Stinehelfer - 2025

submissions

Yellow House Gallery

July - September // October - December

Submissions: Ongoing

The Yellow House is our newest gallery dedicated to showcasing tiny art. If you create fine art on a micro scale, or have one small showstopper that would fit into a little under one cubic foot of space, please submit! Exhibits run for three months and will put your creations front and center in our lobby right outside the main gallery.

For more pictures of the gallery and info about how to apply follow the link below

Magical Thinkers

September 19th - November 2nd

Submission Deadline: Friday, August 22nd

To help us get into the spirit of the season, our Fall exhibition is centered around the concept of magic and magical thinking. The types of artwork we are looking for should evoke things like talismans, enchanted objects, spells, altars, amulets, potions, and ritual tools. How you interpret those terms is up to you, however, we want art that is aesthetically odd and offbeat, with extra points if it’s dark and at least a bit spooky. Since we are a creative reuse organization, priority will be given to artwork that includes repurposed and secondhand materials.

Follow the link below to learn more details about this call.

Pitch Us!

Have a big idea that doesn’t fit any of our calls for art? If you have a solo exhibition you’d like to submit for consideration, or maybe a group show idea that’s looking for a venue, pitch it to us! While we do have regularly scheduled exhibitions, there are a few spots per year that we are looking to fill.

Follow the link below to learn more about the parameters for submitting your idea.