<p>Inspired by the original Japanese cooking show Iron Chef, <strong><a href="http://www.tacomaartmuseum.org/Page.aspx?hid=4163" title="Tacoma Art Museum">Tacoma Art Museum&#8217;s Iron Artist Challenge</a></strong> invites artists to create competitive, improvised art out of recycled materials in 60 minutes.  This past summer, <strong><a href="http://washingtonart.blogspot.com/2009/08/iron-artist-competition.html" title="Team James Washington">Team James Washington</a></strong> (<strong><a href="http://wwww.estherervin.com/" title="Esther Ervin">Esther Ervin</a></strong>, <strong><a href="http://romson.tumblr.com/" title="Romson Bustillo">Romson Bustillo</a></strong>, and <strong><a href="http://rubyreusable.com/artblog/?cat=64" title="Marita Dingus links on ODD">Marita Dingus</a></strong>) took first place, and donated the $200 prize to the James and Janie Washington Foundation.  Go team!</p> <p><img src="http://rubyreusable.com/artblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/team-washington.jpg" alt="team-washington.jpg" /></p> <br />Another story from the trashtastic <a href="http://rubyreusable.com/artblog">Olympia Dumpster Divers</a> blog. 2009-11-09T20:20:54Z 2009-11-09T20:20:54Z olympia_dumpster_divers Stick With What You Got 20 0 true 1797 andyh brilliant 2009-11-10T00:20:19Z false