CRC Volunteer

Unique person, lactation and breastfeeding consultant, artist, mother, grandmother, Certified Nursing Assistant, art teacher of découpage at Providence libraries.

“Socializing is very important and I’m surrounded by beautiful people at the CRC and lot of good supplies.”

CRC Advisor

Educator, arts-based researcher, mother, potter, home cook, dog person.

“I love that the Center is a place of endless possibilities for objects, people, and communities.”

CRC Volunteer

Creative practitioner, mentor, and sharer of experiences. Her paintings, collages, artist books, and installations question and explore our relationship to environment and place.

She often uses the space of the artist’s studio to experiment and push the boundaries of her role as an artist in our community. By inviting participation and sharing space her practice embraces the way one engages in the social and civic world.

"The CRC is a community treasure. I love seeing the joy it brings to those who visit us."

CRC Data Strategist

Parent, artist, and strategist working in community to build resilient and accessible environments.

“We use creativity to find joy in the present.”

CRC Directors and Founders

Elizabeth: Educator, mother, community organizer, ice cream eater.

“The Creative Reuse Center is a place to design an alternative world.”

Isaiah: Second grader. Lover of Pokemon, sports, and cats.

“The Center helps the community by using recycled materials and giving them to people that need them.”

CRC Volunteer and Former Advisor

Parent, artist, researcher, day dreamer.

“The CRC is a place where you can share what you don't need, what you believe is valuable, or something you want someone else to have.”

CRC Artist in Residence Founder

Artist, crafter, baker, accessorizer, community builder, and nature lover.

“The CRC is a place full of excitement, ideas, and connections!”

CRC Volunteer

Hannah is primarily a textile artist but has never met a medium she hasn't wanted to dabble in - the more complicated and obscure, the better. She maintains a studio practice in the Smokestack collective in Fall River, MA. When she isn't deep in a craft project, she is earning her keep as a primary care nurse practitioner. 

“What I love about CRC is the community and the spirit of sharing -- not just of materials but of expertise, enthusiasm, and joy.”

CRC Volunteer

Retired teacher, mother, friend, and lifelong creative crafter.

“The Center is my ‘candy store’ and inspiration.”

CRC Shift Leader and Artist Residency Co-Coordinator

Teacher, mental health worker, artist, sister, student, yogi, creator, designer.

“The CRC is a place where art and community meet and thrive. There's so much room for creativity here.”

CRC Volunteer

Joanna has dedicated over 25 years to volunteer service in support of military families, education, and community wellness. First as a jewelry business owner and then as co-founder of the 501c(3) Military Spouse Business Association, she played a key role in championing economic empowerment for military spouses. She later formed a coalition of advocacy groups to become instrumental in the passage of federal legislation advancing their rights. But crafting and repurposing have always been her first love and she couldn’t be happier to have found the perfect home at the CRC.

“Whether with a brush, a voice, or an idea, creativity shapes the hearts who shift perspectives.”

CRC Advisor and Volunteer

Resourceful, innovative, imaginative, optimist dreamer, and achiever.

CRC Volunteer Alum (in college now)
Innovative, devoted crafter, and bead enthusiast.

“The CRC is my favorite place!”

CRC Volunteers

Marie: Sunshine & nature lover, grateful mom & wife.

“Our community is a like-minded collective.”

Emma: Third grader, reader, horse rider, creator, movie watcher, popcorn eater, swimmer, and helper to all!

CRC Volunteer

Educator, reader, writer, doodler, crafter, wanderer, wonderer, listener. Lover of soil and soul.

“To me, the CRC asks: what would happen if we approached (discarded) things and each other with intention and curiosity? And the answer is: a lot!”

CRC Advisor and Volunteer

Naturalist, educator, artist, and mom. Creative Director of 15 Minute Field Trips.

“The CRC is such a great space because it’s well organized and well lit. It fosters creative aha moments.”

CRC Volunteer

Grandma-hobby enthusiast and romcom lover

“The CRC has brought me closer to my community through creativity and the common interest in the arts.”

CRC Former Advisor and Current Supporter

Educator, liberatory practice strategist and practitioner, artist and earth-cosmos lover.

CRC Volunteer

Writer and crocheter who loves coffee, halloween decorations, sea creatures, and the planet. Always excited to see a picture of your cat.

”The CRC combines so many of my favorite things together: crafting, community, and sustainability!”

CRC Advisor

Mother, poet, artist, educator, public speaker, consultant, and dream midwife who co-curates inclusive diverse public spaces for lifelong living and learning for all people.

“The CRC creates a physical space for people to be in and at the same time, it is leaving an unfilled space in the landfill.”

CRC Shift Leader and Artist Residency Co-Coordinator

Salina: Parent, abstract artist, and community herbalist. Self proclaimed enthusiast of anything economically friendly/focused.

“The CRC allows me to feel comfortable and creative- two things that are necessary for an artist to thrive.”

Sophia: A digital artist who loves to make new friends!

“Creative freedom allows me to do things I love most which is art.”

CRC Board Chair

Mother, partner, daughter, sister, dog owner, friend. Believer in the power of education. Reader, cyclist, advocate for mental health.

“When I think of the CRC I think of space. A physical space that builds community and inspires creative thinking; the space that all of the center's bountiful materials would have taken up in the landfill; and outer space - because if you can't find a way to make your own solar system at the CRC it is time to expand your scientific artistic universe and get even more creative!”

CRC Volunteer Alum (in college now)

Jewelry maker, artist, painter, drawer, uses clay to make art, and organizer of the things.

“I love the CRC. It’s such a positive welcoming environment, and they once gave me a free pizza. “

CRC Operations Director

Co-founder and former director at Farm Fresh Rhode Island, writer, editor and strategist for community-based nonprofits.

“I love being in a space where all ideas are welcome.”

CRC Board Secretary

Tarah is a 3rd generation Rhode Islander.

"CRC is a space where I feel welcome with both my daughter and my mother. I'm inspired by the people I have met there and enjoy creating as part of a community."

CRC Advisor

Designer, builder, father.

“The CRC is an agent of sustainability. What is waste for some people are treasures for others.”

CRC Treasurer

Thea is a passionate foodie who comes from a family of artists and dabbles in a variety of fiber arts and crafts. She has over 10 years experience in nonprofit management and community building. When it's nice out she's at the beach and when it's not she's knitting while watching star trek at home.

"I love perusing the shelves and finding inspiration at the CRC. It's such an important resource for the community to be able to share materials, spark creativity and reduce waste."

CRC Event and Partnerships Coordinator

Victoria Rodriguez (she/they) is a first generation, Azorian & Guatemalan, neurodivergent, artist, activist and community organizer born and raised in Providence, RI. A proud aunt, godmother, granddaughter, daughter and niece, Victoria is a believer in the power of the people and cultivates a deep relationship with the planet and all living kin across the four directions. 

“The CRC is a place where we are practicing intergenerationally building the world we will pass on! A place that inspires, reuses, heals and imagines all the possibilities of what life in right relationship with nature looks like.”