One man’s metal drum is another man’s canvass when you throw in a paint brush and plenty of imagination.

Budding artists,  ages 11-14-years-old, have put old industrial storage barrels to good use by turning them into decorative trash receptacles.

The cans will be officially unveiled at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, at the Agape Center, 2353 Bolton Road N.W.

In partnership with Councilmember Felicia A. Moore, the Trash Can Art Project is being led by Ivan Mallory, a local Atlanta artist who has done previous projects of this sort with the YMCA and the Sustainable Lakewood Organization.

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — pictured during a hearing Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 — has cleared the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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