Waste 2 Art goes online

MEDIA RELEASE 17 April 2020

Waste 2 Art goes online

Keeping in the spirit of doing things differently, this year’s Waste 2 Art will be held as an online event.

The popular community competition and exhibition challenges the community's perception of “rubbish” and celebrates recycling in the form of art and craft.

Mayor Bobby Bourke said the exhibition is an innovate way to approach education about waste.

“Waste 2 Art is a great way to get students, community groups and individuals to create a new life for materials that would have otherwise ended up in landfill,” he said.

The 2020 exhibition has a focus on aluminum and steel cans; however, artworks do not need to include these. A range of categories and prizes will be on offer, with winning artworks having the opportunity to be entered in the 2021 Regional Exhibition.

With the event moving online, participants are encouraged to get creative from their homes. Entrants must create an artwork including some element of recycled waste that would’ve otherwise been considered useless. The competition is open to all residents of the Bathurst region.

Three photographs of the creation, along with an entry form and a half page descriptive brief must be emailed to [email protected] by 4.00pm on Tuesday, May 19.

For more information, head to www.bathurst.nsw.gov.au or call the Waste 2 Art coordinator on

6333 6544.

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