MATERIALS ContributIONS

One of the core purposes of Art Makers Outpost is to reuse and repurpose materials otherwise destined for landfills.
We accept material contributions from individuals and local businesses and organizations that can be used for creative art making.
All materials must be clean and safe for our artists to use without any processing, cleaning, or preparation from our team.

Please read our full guidelines below before contacting us, and DO NOT bring anything without contacting us first.

Email info@artmakersoutpost.com to schedule a drop off!
You will be asked to send photos and let us know how much you have, to make sure that we can take it.
We try to take all we can, but depending on our current supply or the quality of the items, we may not be able to accept them.

Free street parking: 609 South Blvd. Evanston 60202

 

We are looking for clean, reusable items, specifically:

  • Wood pieces. We want small leftover wood cuttings, scrap wood, and semi large pieces that we can cut down.

  • Art supplies and crafting supplies. We will take all kinds! Tempera, acrylic, gouache paints, air dry clay, femo, sculpey, brushes, pencils, charcoal, canvas, crayons, markers, spray paint, glitter, used kits and much more!

  • Items for our woodshop. Screws, nails, working hand or electric tools, sand paper, springs, nuts and bolts, etc.

  • Jewelry making supplies. Beads, string, wire, old or broken jewelry.

  • Small containers and corollaries. Altoid tins, candy tins, cigar boxes, glass jars, cans, spice containers, pill bottles, packing styrofoam.

  • Seasonal building samples from design stores and firms.

  • Fabric supplies. Scrap fabric, remnants, burlap, leftover buttons, spools, string, beads, yarn, string, hemp.

  • Flattened cardboard or paper supplies. Shoe boxes, hard cardboard, poster board, unused paper, scrapbooking supplies, card stock, post-it notes, unused paper supplies.

  • Little plastic or rubber pieces. Bottle caps, corks, tops, game pieces, pieces of dolls & figurines, rubber bands, etc.

  • Housing materials. Pieces of tile, doorknobs, hooks, hangers, etc.

  • Metal pieces. Safety pins, old silverware, paperclips, old keys, chains, etc.

  • If you are contributing items that once held food of any kind, those items must be free from all food residue including smell or food. Ideally any item once containing food must be washed in a dish washer before dropping off at Art Makers Outpost. Nothing that has had peanuts in it should be contributed.

 

WE DO NOT WANT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

  • Sharp metal pieces.

  • Clothing.

  • Books.

  • Anything to do with peanuts. (Packing peanuts are acceptable.)

  • Household appliances.

  • Old batteries.

  • Phones.

  • Anything over 10 lbs. (Unless small tiles or wood.)

  • Anything Dirty.

  • Anything Sticky

  • Anything Moldy.

  • Anything Rusty.

  • Anything Perishable.

  • Anything Hazardous or Toxic.

  • Anything Crumbling.

  • Anything Smelly.

  • Anything greater than 24 x 36 flat. (Inches.)

  • House or latex paint.

  • Branded boxes. (No cereal boxes, nothing with any symbols on it.)

 

Thank you so much for your contribution! Art Makers Outpost is an LLC and all drop offs are considered contributions, so there are no tax certs for contributed items.

We are a small business doing our best to make our community a cleaner and greener place!

Material contributions are not tax exempt.