Art & Culture

From Waste to Art: Recycled-Materials Exhibition at KAM

Sculptures and installations made by locals, artists and schools from things headed for the bin. KAM, 20 to 29 November, free entry.

For European Week for Waste Reduction the Municipality of Chania has asked residents, artists, school classes and local groups to make art out of what would otherwise be thrown away: old packaging, plastic, metal, wood, card, fabric and spare parts. The results fill the ground-floor exhibition space of the Centre of Mediterranean Architecture (KAM) by the old harbour from Friday 20 to Sunday 29 November, each piece labelled with its title and what it was made from. It is open on weekdays from 09:00 to 20:00 and at weekends from 10:00 to 16:00, and entry is free. A good one to bring children to: the call went out to school classes too, and the point is easy to grasp, rubbish can have a second life.