{"id":50394,"date":"2020-02-19T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=50394"},"modified":"2024-11-19T12:05:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T17:05:34","slug":"dumpster-diving-helps-acc-welding-student-create-masterpieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/19\/dumpster-diving-helps-acc-welding-student-create-masterpieces\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumpster diving helps ACC Welding student create masterpieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive  embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   title=\"Meet the Dumpster Queen of ACC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/amJ9sHOWOz4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The saying \u2018one man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure\u2019, is a way of life for ACC welding and art student Valerie Chaussonnet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Valerie is a self-proclaimed dumpster queen. Her artwork is often comprised of materials she finds cast aside in dumpsters at Riverside Campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll my life I&#8217;ve collected art supplies that I didn&#8217;t know how to use and what to do with. I like to use discarded materials and transform them. When they&#8217;re all polished and shiny, they&#8217;re really beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As an ACC student, Valerie has direct access to the tools she needs to create her sculptures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing able to use the incredible studio space at ACC is amazing. There are so many resources and there\u2019s so much room to work. When I am in the booth and welding, it is an incredible feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/valeriechaussonnet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valerie\u2019s artwork<\/a> is featured in exhibits across Central Texas. Her work is on display at <a href=\"http:\/\/austintexas.gov\/obemporium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Old Bakery and Emporium<\/a> in Austin through March 4.<\/p>\n<p>Watch her in action in the video above. For more information about ACC\u2019s Welding Program, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/welding\/\">austincc.edu\/welding.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The saying \u2018one man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s treasure\u2019, is a way of life for ACC welding and art student Valerie Chaussonnet.&nbsp; Valerie is a self-proclaimed dumpster queen. Her artwork is often comprised of materials &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/02\/19\/dumpster-diving-helps-acc-welding-student-create-masterpieces\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17],"tags":[2434,27,3887,400,3329,3888,149],"class_list":["post-50394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","tag-acctv","tag-art","tag-dumpster-diving","tag-riverside-campus","tag-sculpture","tag-valerie-chaussonnet","tag-welding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}