2025 Waste 2 Art Regional Showcase Winners
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 |
Here’s the theme for Waste 2 Art 2023….
Textiles & Fast Fashion
And we are very grateful to Blayney Shire Council who will be hosting the 2023 Regional Exhibition at:
Platform Arts Hub – Blayney Railway Station
Cnr Adelaide St and Railway Lane
Blayney NSW 2799
Opening Saturday July 22nd 2023
2022 Waste 2 Art Overall Winner – Heather Snitch
PLASTIC DOESN’T GROW ON TREES…
is the Overall Winning artwork for 2022 Waste 2 Art.
Heather Snitch from Bathurst made this amazing tree from plastic bags. Congratulations on the win!
Heather Snitch Plastic Doesn’t Grow On Trees
Category: Community 3 Dimensional
This piece was made using bread bags, I crocheted with yarn made of strips cut from bread bags. No waste was generated as the offcuts that I could not use were used as stuffing. The only new material was a bit of wood for the frame inside, it needed to be stabilised to stand up like a tree. I have never crocheted a 3D tree, so the whole way along I did not know how it would turn out. I am incredibly pleased with it. The organic shape came out beautifully. I needed hundreds of bread bags. Each crochet row from the base of the tree is a new bag. I sourced these from friends and colleagues, as well as my own household.
2022 Waste 2 Art Winners!!!
We are very pleased to announce the 2022 Waste 2 Art Winners below
| Primary 2 D | Emily & Claire Lucan | “Fishtastic” | Winner ($200) | Dubbo |
| Bathurst Pre School Goodstart Gilmour Street | “Biyang Gidyira, Many Animals | Highly Commended | Bathurst | |
| Henry Callan | “Camping at Easter” | Highly Commended | Bathurst | |
| Kandos Public School | “Fending Off Flotsam” | Highly Commended | Mid-Western | |
| Primary 3 D | Yr 3-6 Spring Hill Primary School | “S.O.S. Save Our Seas” | Winner ($200) | Orange |
| Oberon Children’s Centre | “Under the Sea” | Highly Commended | Oberon | |
| Andrew Fernando | “Snake” | Highly Commended | Coonamble | |
| Primary Functional | Lianna Maber | “Butterfly High” | Winner ($200) | Bogan |
| Eglinton Public School Stage 1 | “If it’s Not in the Bin it’s On You” | Highly Commended | Bathurst | |
| Max Finnegan | “Mr Sailboat” | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| High School 2 D | Liliana Comber | “Wasteland” | Winner ($300) | Dubbo |
| High School 3D | Chelsea Stocks | “Jellyfish Junkyard” | Winner ($300) | Bathurst |
| Annabelle Harris | “Totem Pole” | – Highly Commended | Coonamble | |
| High School Functional | Parkes Christian School | “Chair” | Winner ($300) | Parkes |
| Dia MacNarmara | “The River” | Highly Commended | Lithgow | |
| Community 2D | Julie Lucato | “Bower Bird” | Winner ($500) | Bathurst |
| Clare McAdam | “Arty Barty” | Highly Commended | Lithgow | |
| Hayley Egan | “Mosaic Skin” | Highly Commended | Lachlan | |
| Donna Pumpa | “Three Little Fishes” | Highly Commended | Bogan | |
| Community 3D | Abigail McLaghlin | “Super Hero Dogs” | Winner ($500) | Bogan |
| Sonja Sands | “New Blossoms” | Highly Commended | Coonamble | |
| Gary Barwick | “Seasons at Tin City” | Highly Commended | Orange | |
| Erik Lensson | “Grace” | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| Community Functional | Kathy Avgoulas | “Rusted Waste Not Want Not” | Winner ($500) | Lithgow |
| Julie Lucato | “Jeb the Bear” | Highly Commended | Bathurst | |
| Benson O’Donnell | “Duffle Trouble” | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| Open 2D | Prue Mogg | “Earth Palette With Echidnas” | Winner ($500) | Lithgow |
| Helen Standen | “Refused” | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| Open 3D | Chantelle Holmes | “You Are Not Alone” | Winner ($500) | Bathurst |
| Jillian Ashworth | “Extinction Not Just For Polar Bears” | Highly Commended | Lithgow | |
| Lanny Mackenzie | “My Little Dragon” | Highly Commended | Orange | |
| Helen Standen | “”Autumnish” | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| Open Functional | Prue Mogg | “Bright Bowls” | Winner ($500) | Lithgow |
| Fiona Howle | “Umbrella – La Nina Made Me Do It” | Highly Commended | Bathurst | |
| Lanny Mackenzie | “Sunshine” | Highly Commended | Orange | |
| Sonia Tilley | “Miss Poly Ethylene” | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| Creative Repair, Restore and Refurbish” | Julie Dearden | “Full of Beans” | Winner ($500) | Parkes |
| Nyngan’s Men’s Shed | “Like New – Table and Chairs” | Highly Commended | Bogan | |
| Waste Theme Award | Sonia Tilley | “Miss Poly Ethylene” | Winner ($300) | Parkes |
| Herb Clarke Memorial Award | Nyngan’s Men’s Shed | “Like New – Table and Chairs” | Winner ($500) | Bogan |
| Curator’s Award | Annabelle Harris | “Totem Pole” | Winner ($300) | Coonamble |
| Sims Metal Award | Alison Dent | “Mad Max Fury Road” | Winner ($500) | Orange |
| Colin Jones Memorial Award | Helen Standen | Autumnish | Winner ($300) | Parkes |
| Overall Winner | Heather Snitch | “Plastic Doesn’t grow On Trees” | Winner ($1000) | Bathurst |
Thanks to Outback Arts for 2021 Waste 2 Art Exhibition
We would like to send a big thank you to Outback Arts for hosting the 2021 Waste 2 Art exhibition and Coonamble Shire Council for their assistance and hospitality. Unfortunately Covid did create some challenges for workshops and limited gallery hours but it never dampened the enthusiasm and commitment from this great team. There are so many fantastic artworks on display which you can check out online HERE.
