2026 Waste 2 Art Regional Showcase

This year, instead of a theme we are asking you to Shrink your Waste Footprint.
All artworks must pack into a shoe or boot box.

Any waste product can be used to create your artwork.

The venue is the Albert Kersten Mining and Minerals Museum (the GeoCentre) Corner of Crystal and Bromide Streets Broken Hill

With the official daytime opening on Saturday August 15^th 2026

Local Coordinators and Dates

COUNCIL	CONTACT	EMAIL	PHONE	ENTRIES OPEN	EXHIBITION DATES
Bathurst	Aiswarya Santhosh (Aish)	Aiswarya.Santhosh@bathurst.nsw.gov.au	6333 6575	5th Jan to 27th April	2-8 May 2026
Bourke	Outback Arts	admin@outbackarts.com.au	6822 2484	TBA	TBA
Bogan	Roz George	admin@bogan.nsw.gov.au	6835 9000	TBA	TBA
Brewarrina	Outback Arts	admin@outbackarts.com.au	6822 2484	TBA	TBA
Broken Hill	Priscilla Prince	priscilla.prince@brokenhill.nsw.gov.au	08 8080 3444	TBA	TBA
Cobar	Outback Arts	admin@outbackarts.com.au	6822 2484	TBA	TBA
Coonamble	Outback Arts	admin@outbackarts.com.au	6822 2484	TBA	TBA
Cowra	Belinda O’Reilly	Belinda.O’Reilly@cowra.nsw.gov.au	0448 061 159	TBA	TBA
Dubbo	Natasha Lunniss (General) Rebecca Walker (Schools)	Natasha.Lunniss@dubbo.nsw.gov.au Rebecca.Walker@dubbo.nsw.gov.au	6801 4434 6801 4435	TBA	2nd May to 19th August
Gilgandra	Stefanie Alchin	salchin@gilgandra.nsw.gov.au	6817 8705	TBA	TBA
Lachlan	Rowan Bentick	Rowan.Bentick@lachlan.nsw.gov.au	6895 1900	TBA	TBA
Lithgow	Verity Brookes	Verity.Brookes@lithgow.nsw.gov.au	6354 958	TBA	TBA
Mid-Western	Adelle Minahan	Adelle.Minahan@midwestern.nsw.gov.au	6378 2850	TBA	TBA
Oberon	Rhiannon Mijovic	Rhiannon.mijovic@oberon.nsw.gov.au	6329 8220	TBA	TBA
Orange	Monica Engel	mengel@cwl.nsw.gov.au	6393 8120	TBA	TBA
Parkes	Sharon Degeling	sharon.degeling@parkes.nsw.gov.au	6861 2333	TBA	TBA
Walgett	Outback Arts	admin@outbackarts.com.au	6822 2484	TBA	TBA
Warren	Outback Arts	admin@outbackarts.com.au	6822 2484	TBA	TBA
Weddin	Isabel Holmes	Isabel@weddin.nsw.gov.au	6343 1717	TBA	TBA

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