Scrap Can Be Beautiful

For 46 years, CMC has hosted the annual Scrap Can Be Beautiful contest and exhibit with Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas. Students in 3D design and sculpture classes create art sculptures out of scrap metal donated to the school from one of our local recycling yards. The design competition is judged by professional sculpture artists and art professionals. Winners are awarded monetary prizes by CMC and winning entries are displayed in the corporate lobby of CMC for one year. Students are also given the option of entering their pieces for sale in a virtual silent auction where CMC employees bid on the artwork.

CMC Poland, as a part of promoting our patronage classes program, organizes an exhibition of student works at a local art gallery in Zawiercie. Students produce and display unique works of art using the metal and welding techniques they have learned during practical classes, which take place at training workshops at the mill. These programs help raise awareness in our communities about the value of recycling and the circular economy, as well as career opportunities in steel manufacturing.

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