Staff Team, 2025
2026 Art Salvage board of directors
STAFF
Kale (she/her), Reuse Specialist & Social Media Content Creator
Favorite craft/art media: printmaking and collaging
What diy project are you most proud of: When I collected forgotten grocery lists at the store and made a collage out of them.
Your most unusual skill/ trait: I can recite Princess Leia’s message to Obi-Wan in a New Hope, from memory.
Other gig: I love volunteering at local art markets and enjoy getting involved in any STEM related events.
What superpower would you want to have: Teleporting
Tea or coffee: Tea, especially matcha!
Laura (she/her), Donation Specialist
Favorite craft/art media: contemporary quilting
Your most unusual skill/ trait: Pattern recognition
Most unusual item you have recycled/ repurposed: Zero waste quilt using scraps and lost blocks
What superpower would you want to have: Telekinesis
Favorite place you have ever lived: right where I am now, in Spokane
Tea or coffee: Coffee- always with cream and sugar
Jared (he/him) Sanitation Specialist
Hobbies: Camping, watching sports
Favorite craft/ art media: Paint
Pets: Dogs, cats and rabbit
How others describe you: Very friendly
Favorite thing about Spokane: Riverfront Park, Chiefs Hockey, GU Basketball
What superpower would you want to have: Flight
Tea or coffee: Root beer or OJ
Iris (she/her), Volunteer Specialist
Hobbies: thrifting, crafting, collaging, junk journaling, reading
Your most unusual skill/ trait: I am trilingual! I am a native English and Spanish speaker and also studied French
Favorite place you have ever lived: Tacoma, WA
Most unusual item you have recycled/ repurposed: old guitar picks to make earrings
What superpower would you want to have: communicating with animals
Tea or coffee: Coffee
Kat (she/they), Reuse Specialist- Merchandiser
Favorite craft/ art media: books- making them, writing them, repurposing them
Pets: Bandit (orange tabby cat) and Jumble (calico cat)
Other gig: Poet
Most unusual item you have recycled/ repurposed: I once made an art piece by hollowing out and old box-style TV and filling it with wasp nests.
Favorite thing about Spokane: the river
Tea or Coffee: Coffee
Alara (she/her) Reuse Specialist- Merchandiser
Favorite section at Art Salvage: Yarn and vintage. I love new yarn and old trinkets!
Hobbies: Birdwatching, card games, video games, card game video games, bird video games, bird card games, and bird card game video games.
What diy project are you most proud of: Hand-drawn Magic cards, and making a cardboard kingdom for my late fancy rats.
Favorite thing about Spokane: Nice friendly people, big beautiful birds, and yellow bellied marmots!
Favorite book(s): The Last Time I Wore a Dress by Dylan Scholinski and The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson.
Tea or coffee: Iced americano with caramel and cream, or good old pour-over coffee.
Katie Patterson Larson (she/her), Executive Director/ Founder
Favorite section at Art Salvage: Bulk, the mixed media and weird things are the best.
Hobbies: Hiking, making things in the kitchen and fixing my old house.
DIY project I'm proud of: Homemade deodorant and conditioner. Still working on a DIY shampoo.
Favorite thing about Spokane: The artists and makers
What superpower would you want to have: Time travel (but just to observe!)
Tea or coffee: Green Tea