Waste to Art Regional Winners Announced

Waste to Art Regional Winners Announced

15 July, 2022

The winners of the Netwaste Regional Waste to Art competition were announced by the Mayor Maree Statham at the official exhibition opening on Saturday 9 July.

The 2022 Regional W2A Exhibition being hosted by Lithgow City Council showcases artworks from 12 councils across the NetWaste Region. Each council held a local competition with the winning artworks then sent to the Regional Exhibition which is hosted this year by Lithgow City Council at the Union Theatre.

The theme of Waste to Art this year is soft plastics. Aspiring and professional artists were invited to create artworks from materials that would normally be thrown away in the hope that we can raise awareness about the enormous challenges surrounding waste in our society and encourage us all to think about what we can do to try and reduce the amount of waste we create.

More than $8,000 in prize money was awarded to the category winners of the Regional Waste to art competition.

All works submitted to the Regional Exhibition will be on display at the Lithgow Union Theatre, 65 Bridge Street Lithgow from 10:00am to 2:00pm Monday to Friday up until Friday 5 August 2022.

Primary school workshops will be held on Thursday 21 July from 12.30 – 3.00pm and Friday 22 July from 9.30 – 12 noon and 12.30 – 3.00pm.

A free full day Community Workshop will also be offered to community members on Saturday 23 July at the    Union Theatre. If you would like more details or want to book in contact Sue Clark from Netwaste on 0400 336 508 or at [email protected]

CATEGORY ARTIST ARTWORK AWARD COUNCIL Primary 2 D Emily & Claire Lucan “Fishtastic” Winner ($200) Bathurst   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 Overall Winner Heather Snitch “Plastic Doesn’t grow On Trees” Winner ($1000) Bathurst