Waste 2 Art Resources:
WASTE 2 ART 2024-
A big thank you to Parkes Shire Council who will be hosting the
2024 Sims Metal Waste 2 Art Regional Showcase
The theme waste is
Packaging
It is not essential to use the theme material to enter Waste 2 Art, any waste product can be used to create your artwork.
The venue is Parkes Shire Library
With the official daytime opening on Saturday 10th August 2024
WHAT IS WASTE TO ART?
Waste to Art is a community art exhibition and competition open to all local residents of the NetWaste region. It engages the community and showcases creative works made from reused & recyclable waste materials.
Sponsored by Sims Metal, Councils involved host a local competition and the winning artworks are then transported to the Regional Exhibition which is hosted by a different council each year. There is a new theme waste each year but theme is not compulsory, all we ask is that you only use waste to create your work, no new materials. Please contact our Environmental Learning Advisor Bill Tink on 0400 336 508 if you have any queries.
LOCAL COORDINATORS:
Once you have contacted your local coordinator, please watch this short video to ensure you pack your artwork safely.
| BATHURST | OLIIVA ROBINSON | Olivia.Robinson@bathurst.nsw.gov.au |
| BOGAN SHIRE | ROZ GEORGE | roz.george@bogan.nsw.gov.au |
| BROKEN HILL | JASON SONSON | jsnsnk@gmail.com |
| DUBBO | MARIAM ABBOUD | Mariam.Abboud@dubbo.nsw.gov.au |
| LACHLAN SHIRE | ROWAN BENTICK | Rowan.Bentick@lachlan.nsw.gov.au |
| LITHGOW | KYLIE BLAKEMORE | Kylie.Blakemore@lithgow.nsw.gov.au |
| MID-WESTERN | ADELLE MINAHAN | adelle.minahan@midwestern.nsw.gov.au |
| OBERON | JULIE BAKER | Julie.Baker@oberon.nsw.gov.au |
| ORANGE | MONICA ENGEL | mengel@cwl.nsw.gov.au |
| PARKES | KERYYN JONES | Kerryn.Jones@parkes.nsw.gov.au |
People’s Choice Winners!!!
We have two outstanding winners for the 2023 People’s Choice award:
Congratulations goes out to Spring Hill Public School for the student winner with Sock monster
And Jody Lawson for the Adults Winner with her work Waste, so serious
2023 Sims Metal Waste 2 Art – Winners List
Want to see the artworks for yourself? Exhibition opening hours are listed below.
| AWARD | ARTWORK | ARTIST | COUNCIL | PRIZE | |
| Primary 2 D – Winner Individual | Colours of life | Chloe Smith | Broken Hill | $200.00 | |
| Primary 2 D – School Winner | Gaanha-Bula dreaming | Spring Hill Public School | Orange | $200.00 | |
| Highly Commended | Lyla | Anastasia Phillips | Lachlan | ||
| Primary 3 D – Winner | Dancing queen | Jemima Tink | Dubbo | $200.00 | |
| Highly Commended | Crazy, wired animals | Cudgegong Valley Public School | Mid-Western | ||
| Primary Functional Winner | The Aussie hat | Addison Crammond | Lachlan | $200.00 | |
| Highly Commended | The disposal of leftovers from wrecked beauty | Calare Public School | Orange | ||
| Highly Commended | Miss Patches | Emily Wild | Parkes | ||
| Highly Commended | PAX MAT | Sofala Public School | Lithgow | ||
| Secondary 2 D – Winner | City from above | Dominick Carpenter | Mid-Western | $300.00 | |
| Highly Commended | Me | Callaghan Sheperd | Broken Hill | ||
| Highly Commended | Childhood ambivalence | Chelsea Stocks | Bathurst | ||
| Secondary 3D – Winner | Tree of growth and renewing | Skillset Senior College | Bathurst | $300.00 | |
| Highly Commended | Birb | Samuel Mortimer | Parkes | ||
| Highly Commended | Gutted by greed | Matthew Davis | Orange | ||
| Secondary Functional – Winner | Fairytale Fascinator | Chloe Amery | Parkes | $300.00 | |
| Highly Commended | Trees grow anywhere | Anneka Riepsamen | Bathurst | ||
| Highly Commended | Thinking hat | Max Burrows | Broken Hill | ||
| Community 2D – Winner | The fabric of my family | Heather Rendell | Bathurst | $500.00 | |
| Highly Commended | Cumbungi (Wiradjuri for bullrushes) | Dale Rushforth | Broken Hill | ||
| Highly Commended | Mellow yellow | Katherine Coelli | Dubbo | ||
| Highly Commended | Palius Tinius | Mark Phillips | Lachlan | ||
| Community 3D – Winner | Outback enola (emu dress) | Lindy Clifton and the inmates of the Broken Hill correctional centre | Broken Hill | $500.00 | |
| Highly Commended | Polly dog | Molly O’byrne | Mid-Western | ||
| Highly Commended | Bed sheet boys | Abigail McLaughlin | Bogan | ||
| Community Functional – Winner | Tie-the-loop | SAMI | Orange | $500.00 | |
| Highly Commended | Tea with Aileen | Therese Quigley | Dubbo | ||
| Highly Commended | The coat of many denims | Vickie Osborne | Bathurst | ||
| Highly Commended | Slow fashion | Bethany Butchers | Bogan | ||
| Open 2D – Winner | Upcycled tree bark | Dirk Romeyn | Broken Hill | $500.00 | |
| Highly Commended | The forgotten song | Jessica Anne Leffley-Middleton | Lithgow | ||
| Highly Commended | Waste, so serious | Jody Lawson | Bathurst | ||
| Highly Commended | Opera Cape | Lexi Kellam | Oberon | ||
| Open 3D – Winner tied | Colour for colour | Sue Boyer | Orange | $500.00 | |
| Hare today, gone tomorrow | Michelle Hazelton | Parkes | $500.00 | ||
| Highly Commended | Fast fashion behemcloth | Jason Sank & Rebecca Wright | Broken Hill | ||
| Highly Commended | Cotton Waisted | Helen McLennan | Mid-Western | ||
| Open Functional – Winner | Jeans shopping | Megan Butriss | Orange | $500.00 | |
| Highly Commended | After the flood | Loraine Looney | Broken Hill | ||
| Highly Commended | Silk merino sandwich jacket | Beryl Twardy | Parkes | ||
| Creative Repair, Restore and Refurbish – Winner | Grandmas legacy of doilies | Kathy Avgoulas | Lithgow | $500.00 | |
| Highly Commended | oh, Canada! | Ali Cant | Dubbo | ||
| Waste Theme Award | Winner | Hello I’m Dolly | Sue Williams | Broken Hill | $500.00 |
| Herb Clarke Memorial Award | Winner | Digger | Trundle Central School | Parkes | $500.00 |
| Colin Jones Memorial Award | Winner | Gugaa (Goanna) | ZigZag Public School | Lithgow | $500.00 |
| Curator’s Award | Winner | Australian fauna – wrapped | Prue Mogg | Lithgow | $500.00 |
| Pushing Boundaries award | Winner | Fast fashion behemcloth | Jason Sank & Rebecca Wright | Broken Hill | $500.00 |
| Emerging Artist award | Winner | Childhood ambivalence | Chelsea Stocks | Bathurst | $500.00 |
| Sims Metal Award | Winner | Hoot | Andrew Oxley | Orange | $500.00 |
| Highly Commended | Harbour View | Alison Dent | Orange | ||
| Highly Commended | Cumbungi (Wiradjuri for Bullrushes) | Dale Rushforth | Broken Hill | ||
| 2023 Waste 2 Art Overall | Winner | Not fast enough… | Alan Stanger | Dubbo | $1,000.00 |
WASTE 2 ART 2023-
A big thank you to Blayney Shire Council who will be hosting the
2023 Sims Metal – Regional Waste 2 Art
The theme is
TEXTILES & FAST FASHION
It is not essential to use the theme material to enter Waste 2 Art, any waste product can be used to create your artwork.
The venue is Platform Arts Hub Blayney
at the Blayney Railway Station
Cnr Adelaide St and Railway Lane
Blayney NSW 2799
With the official daytime opening on Saturday 22nd July 2023
2023 entry forms can be downloaded HERE
WHAT IS WASTE TO ART?
Waste to Art is a community art exhibition and competition open to all local residents of the NetWaste region. It engages the community and showcases creative works made from reused & recyclable waste materials.
Sponsored by Sims Metal, Councils involved host a local competition and the winning artworks are then transported to the Regional Exhibition which is hosted by a different council each year. There is a new theme waste each year but theme is not compulsory, all we ask is that you only use waste to create your work, no new materials. Please contact our Environmental Learning Advisor Bill Tink on 0400 336 508 if you have any queries.
WASTE 2 ART 2022 –
Congratulations 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.
Here’s the 2022 Waste 2 Art People’s Choice award Winners…
And it’s a tie!
Frank Denis and Alan Stanger tied for this year’s people’s choice award, congratulations!
Frank Denis – I see you
With the support of my Ancestors, I reject other’s prejudice. I refuse to be held back by the limitations of others.
Inspired by a charcoal drawing, I saw this old, ripped fly screen as a tonal drawing with the tears as highlights. Amazing what a few cuts can produce. I’ve combined my love of woodwork using scrap timber to make the frame.
Alan Stanger – Binfluenced
Ibis foraging through bins have become so commonplace in our cities and towns that this unusual bird has been given the comical nickname The Bin Chook.
These Australian native birds have migrated into our cities and towns as the concrete jungle marches on destroying their native habitat. Once using their long beaks to extract insects from wetlands they are now forced to adapt by upskilling those same beaks to open bins and pierce garbage bags in order to survive.
They are seen by many as smelly, dirty scavengers but to me they are a symbol of nature’s endurance and its amazing ability to adapt as humans continue to erase the natural environment due to overpopulation and urban sprawl.
I have created this piece in the hope that people stop seeing the Ibis as an ugly part of nature but instead look further to see an ugly side of humanity.
Waste 2 Art was hosted by Lithgow City Council at the Union Theatre a beautiful venue filled with inspiring artworks. 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 |
Waste 2 Art 2021
VIEW A VIDEO WALK THROUGH OF THE 2021 EXHIBITION HERE
We are pleased to announce the winners for the 2021 Sims Waste 2 Art regional competition
Overall Winner is Gary Cooper – Beatnik Band
| CATEGORY | ARTIST | ARTWORK | AWARD | COUNCIL |
| Primary 2 D | Eglinton Public School | Water droplets & the garden | Winner | Bathurst |
| Joshua Peeters | My hero | Highly Commended | Dubbo | |
| Mudgee Playgroup | Bee responsible | Highly Commended | Mid Western | |
| Primary 3 D | Spring Hill Public School | Lord Ali Foil of the steel table & his trusty steed ‘Rusty’ | Winner | Orange |
| Molly & Aisling Cavanough | Mermaid tail | Highly Commended | Mid Western | |
| Alexandra Attree | Percy the robot | Highly Commended | Bathurst | |
| Primary Functional | Scallywags Childcare Centre | Waste not, water wise | Winner | Bathurst |
| Kelsey Finnegan | Fruitilicious | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| High School 2 D | Annabelle Harris | Butterfly wreath | Winner | Coonamble |
| Jalanah Read, Gemma O’Bryan, Suzanna Wright & Shauri-Lee Taylor | Fossil fuel | Highly Commended | Lachlan | |
| High School 3D | William Munro | The motorbike | Winner | Dubbo |
| Isaiah Zawada | Dragonfly | Winner | Coonamble | |
| Blake McMahon | Jeff | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| Edie Keightley | Flowers grow | Highly Commended | Mid Western | |
| High School Functional | Trudle Central School – School to Work Program | Time in chain | Winner | Parkes |
| Coonamble High School | Hanging out | Highly Commended | Coonamble | |
| Community 2D | Clare McAdam | Regrowth | Winner | Lithgow |
| Terryll Cassidy | Designer tote bag | Highly Commended | Lachlan | |
| Hayley, Charlotte, Milla, & Elodie Ballantyne | Alice’s garden | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| Community 3D | Janet Wright | Tin dinner | Winner | Bathurst |
| Terryl Cassidy | Coffee pod windchime | High Commended | Lachlan | |
| Meredith Barber | Patio flowers | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| Gary Barwick | Tin city | Highly Commended | Orange | |
| Community Functional | Terryl Cassidy | Coffee pod full outfit | Winner | Lachlan |
| Larissa Cross | Lamp 1 | Highly Commended | Bathurst | |
| Robyn Flack | Teddy’s lounge | Highly Commended | Walgett | |
| Amy Fulthorpe | Pepsi 5 pair earring collection | Highly Commended | Bathurst | |
| Ian Row | Shower of enlightment | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| Cath Peeters | Desperate times = Desperate measures | Highly Commended | Dubbo | |
| Open 2D | Karen Bott | Can you cancan? | Winner | Coonamble |
| Michael Green | Sunflowers over Dargan | Highly Commended | Lithgow | |
| Elsie Mahon | My old cot quilt | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| Open 3D | Alan Stanger | Checking out the real estate | Winner | Dubbo |
| Bronwyn Ingersole | Highland cow | Highly Commended | Bathurst | |
| Joseph Lynch | Rusty | Highly Commended | Bathurst | |
| Alison Dent | Morning sun, children’s moon | Highly Commended | Coonamble | |
| Helen Munro | Flower | Highly Commended | Lithgow | |
| Sandra Dengate | Cuprous-ferrous foliis | Highly Commended | Oberon | |
| Kelly & Will Hazzard | The watchers | Highly Commended | Bathurst | |
| Helen Standen | Bloody linen dresses | Highly Commended | Parkes | |
| Open Functional | Prue Mogg | Trio of rustic follies | Winner | Lithgow |
| Building /Sculpture 2D | Middleton Public School | Barugil | Winner | Parkes |
| Building/Sculpture 3D | Shani Nottingham | The beginning of all things are small | Winner | Bathurst |
| Maureen Reardon & Jose Wasley | Recycled glass art | Highly Commended | Broken Hill | |
| Buidling/Sculpture Functional | Rex Veal | Chook RV | Winner | Parkes |
| Waste Theme Award | Chelsea Stocks | A moment of peace | Winner | Bathurst |
| Herb Clarke Memorial Award | Deb Jones | Scrap bin lamp | Winner | Parkes |
| Colin Jones Memorial Award | Kelly & Will Hazzard | The watchers | Winner | Bathurst |
| Curator’s Award | Tracy Sorensen | Ritual artifacts – Mount Panorama Wahluu | Winner | Bathurst |
| Sims Metal Award | Christina & Barry Tomlinson | Rusty owl & nest | Winner | Mid Western |
| Overall Winner | Gary Cooper | Beatnik band | Winner | Warrumbungles |
| People’s Choice Award | Joseph Lynch | Rusty | Winner | Bathurst |
WHAT IS WASTE TO ART?
Waste to Art is a community art exhibition and competition open to all local residents who reside in the NetWaste region. It engages the community and showcases creative works made from reused & recyclable waste materials.
Councils involved host a local competition and the winning artworks are then transported to a Regional Exhibition which is hosted by a different council each year. 2022 will see Coonamble Shire Council hosting the annual Regional Exhibition. The theme for 2022 is soft plastics. The theme is not compulsory.
Waste 2 Art’s aim is to challenge peoples’ perceptions about ‘rubbish’ and to celebrate the reuse and recycling of waste through arts and crafts. Waste to Art provides an innovative approach to waste education, invites schools and community groups to take up the challenge and create a new life for materials that would otherwise have been thrown away.
Download: 2021 Waste to Art Catalogue
Download: List of winners 2019
Download: List of winners 2018
Download: 2017 Waste to Art Catalogue
Download: 2016/17 Winners List
Stay up to date: Waste to Art NetWaste Facebook
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