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