About

Resourceful Santa Fe was founded in 2020 after the cancellation of the annual Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This initiative emerged to support recycled-material artists by providing them with access to raw materials needed to create their unique works of art.

Sarah Pierpont, founder of Resourceful Santa Fe, possesses nearly 20 years of experience in recycling and sustainable materials management. She has worked to expand access to recycling to communities throughout New Mexico, keep discards out of landfills, lead recycling trainings and conferences, promote source-reduction policies, and coordinate the country’s oldest and largest recycled material art market (www.recyclesantafe.org).  

Much of Sarah’s work in recycling and sustainable materials management centers on forging connections—linking people with the resources they need to keep valuable materials out of landfills. The drive to build more of these partnerships and create new pathways for reuse inspired the founding of Resourceful Santa Fe. This initiative is rooted in the belief that creativity, repurposing, and hands-on collaboration nourish our spirits and strengthen our community—qualities that are more essential now than ever.