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2026 Waste 2 Art Regional Showcase Winners!

August 17, 2026

The Regional Showcase has officially opened in Broken Hill and it looks amazing!

Congratulations to all our creative Waste 2 Art Entrants, the judges poured over your artworks for hours and have confidently and unanimously awarded the winners as follows:

AWARD	TITLE OF WORK	ARTIST	COUNCIL
Primary 2D Individual ‎Winner	Help – We are Drowning!‎	Dru Martinez	DUBBO
Primary 2D Class ‎Winner	Wise Owls	Spring Hill Public School ‎	ORANGE
Primary 3D Class ‎Winner	Whale of a Time	Oberon Public School	OBERON
Primary 3D Individual ‎Winner	Lil Waste Warriors	Lola Houghton	DUBBO
Primary Functional ‎Individual Winner	Recycled Heart	Zara Withers	BROKEN HILL
Primary Functional ‎Class Winner	Hidden Treasures	Spring Hill Public School ‎	ORANGE
Secondary 2D Winner	Smoky Waste	AACES (Aboriginal Art ‎Community Education ‎Sistas)‎	BROKEN HILL
Secondary 3D Highly ‎Commended	The Rose	Tom McKeon	COONAMBLE
Secondary 3D Winner	Hope Walking	Eve Napier	ORANGE
Secondary Functional ‎Winner	Pretty Journal	Carter Fitzpatrick	OBERON
Community 2D Highly ‎Commended	Wildflowers and Last Days ‎	Ellen Scott	DUBBO
Community 2D Winner	Salvaged Fibres ‎	Sarah Pratt	BROKEN HILL
Community 3D Winner ‎‎(Equal first) ‎	Against the Tide	Caroline Tarr	DUBBO
Community 3D Winner ‎‎(Equal first) ‎	Ouroboros / Reflections on ‎Waste	Ella Horsfall	BROKEN HILL
Community Functional ‎Highly Commended	The Second Best Shirt	Rebekah Pierce	ORANGE
Community Functional ‎Winner ‎	That’s Fab-plastic	Tamsin Triance	COWRA
Open 2D Equal First ‎	Wired Waste	Kelly Leonard	BROKEN HILL
Open 2D Equal First ‎	Medical Waste – It’s ‎Sickening	Heather Rendell	BATHURST
Open 3D Highly ‎Commended	Emperor Darlek	William English ‎	COWRA
Open 3D Winner ‎	Dare to Dream	Rhonda Marie	COWRA
Open Functional Highly ‎Commended	Sunny Day Wear	Rosanne Standfield	COONAMBLE
Open Functional Winner	Ply Another Day	Pete Hannelly	PARKES
Herb Clarke Memorial ‎Award	Found on my fathers ‎workbench	Alison Westcott	PARKES
Curators Award ‎	Rattlesnake	Mia Buckley	GILGANDRA
Waste to Wonder Award	Rubbish or Fairy Wren	Felicity Cavanough	MID WESTERN
Cataloguers Choice	‎ Totally ‘Sic’ Bag	‎ Rain, Tayla, Charlotte, Sansa, ‎Maddie and Willow May – Stuart Town Public School	DUBBO
Cutest on Show Award	Flossy the Eco Monkey	Sophie Richmond	ORANGE
Educators Pick ‎	Sushi with my Kids ‎	Catherine Morgan	LACHLAN
Best work made from a Shoe Box	Riding the wave; Shrinking your footprint	Zig Zag Public School	LITHGOW
Textiles Award Highly Commended	Happy Scrappy Quilt	Donna Pumpa	BOGAN
Textiles Award	Wildflowers and Last Days	Ellen Scott	DUBBO
Access Metal Award (Equal First)	Hiding with Surprise	Joseph Lynch	BATHURST
Access Metal Award (Equal First)	Stuck in the Strait of Hormuz	Alison Dent	ORANGE
Overall Winner	The Noble Bin Chicken	Chistina McConville	BROKEN HILL

2025 Waste 2 Art Regional Showcase Winners

September 29, 2025

Projects / Updates - Recycling - Waste 2 Art Waste to Art

Congratulations to our 2025 Waste 2 Art Regional Showcase Winners!

AWARD	TITILE OF WORK	ARTIST	COUNCIL
Primary 2D Highly Commended	Pink pony club	Arabella Brooks	COWRA
Primary 2D Winner	Recycle with Barbie	Isabella Grant	DUBBO
Primary 3D Class Winner	But is it art?	Calare Public School	ORANGE
Primary 3D Individual Winner	Mike	Logan Glasheen	WEDDIN
Primary Functional Highly Commended	Carrrrrrrrrrr….d table!	Spring Hill Public School	ORANGE
Primary Functional Winner	Our toy tablecloth	Goodstart Bathurst	BATHURST
Secondary 2D Highly Commended	Eye of the lion	Cadence, Addie, Sienna & Shaelirah	COONAMBLE
Secondary 2D Winner	Worlds of our own	Art Club	LITHGOW
Secondary 3D Highly Commended	Midnight dreams	Natalia Kloczko	BROKEN HILL
Secondary 3D Winner	James the Red Engine	Cameron Pfaff	PARKES
Secondary Functional Highly Commended	Track of light	Anneka Riepsamen	BATHURST
Secondary Functional Winner	Beyond the playroom: the curtain of change	Dubbo School of Distance Education	DUBBO
Community 2D Highly Commended	Miss Demeanour	Margaret Lynch	DUBBO
Community 2D Winner	Dolly parts	Heather Rendell	BATHURST
Community 3D Highly Commended	Metal Rob	Glenn Sloane	PARKES
Community 3D Winner	Tractor	William English	COWRA
Community Functional Highly Commended	It’s all in the jeans	Clare McAdam	LITHGOW
Community Functional Winner	Broaching the subject	Sharyn Preisig	PARKES
Open 2D Equal First	Flashy flamingo	Helen Standen	PARKES
Open 2D Equal First	Sparkling Costa	Felicity Cavanough	MID-WESTERN
Open 3D Highly Commended	Kooky	Andrew Oxley	ORANGE
Open 3D Highly Commended	Scrappy	Mel Vizintin	DUBBO
Open 3D Winner	Buy, Break, Bin, Repeat	Fiona Russell	LITHGOW
Open Functional Winner	The forgotten now one with nature	Joseph Lynch	BATHURST
Herb Clarke Memorial Award (Open Functional)	Daughter’s toybox	Brendon Schembri	GILGANDRA
Curators Award (Primary Functional)	Fun Homework Chair	Avoca Stojcevski	MID WESTERN
Curators Award (Community 3D)	Puzzled Dog	Helena Madison and Kaya Peters	BATHURST
Curators Award (Community 3D)	Rover the Lego Dog	Mudgee Recycling MRF	MID WESTERN
Cataloguers Choice (Community 2D)	Argh	Ket Meadley	BATHURST
Small but Mighty Award (Primary 3D)	Orizuru – Paper Crane	Nate Sharwood	PARKES
Best work with ‎a bin (Open 3D)	Bin Chickens	Abigal McLachlan	BOGAN
Textiles Award (Open Functional)	Half a dozen eggs	Maree Naden	DUBBO
Environmental Awareness Award (Primary 3D)	The Kookaburra’s deep dive: from waste to narwhal	Stepping Stones ELCD	DUBBO
Mini Metal Award (Community 3D)	Scraptor	Garry and Ally Fraser	MID-WESTERN
Theme Waste Award (Open 3D)	Make Your Own Fun	Peta Taylor	WARRUMBUNGLES
Sims Metal Award (Community 3D)	The Cello	Kevin Rushforth	BROKEN HILL
Overall Winner (Open Functional)	They be monsters that wage war	Macgregor Ross	LITHGOW