Since early April, Penn State Great Valley has been home to a lot of trash talk.

The campus’ Henry Gallery is currently showing “The Trashy Women Turn Twenty,” an exhibit featuring work by eight regional artists who turn waste materials into art.

The Trashy Women describe themselves as “a collective of artists who gather the detritus of the world and turn it into something beautiful.” The group comprises a range of artists, from painters to ceramicists to welders. Their mission, according to their artist statement, is threefold: “to find unexpected beauty in the discarded and rejected, to share with others through teaching and exhibition, and to encourage each member to develop her own artistic potential.”

Becky Stanko, sustainability and community impact specialist at Penn State Great Valley, said that while seeing visitors’ responses to each exhibit at the gallery is always interesting, this exhibit has generated particularly poignant discussions.

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