Gilgandra Shire Council (GSC) is pleased to announce its involvement in the 2025 Community Art Exhibition and competition called Waste 2 Art – a FREE celebration of the reuse and recycling of waste.
Each year there is a specific waste item, guiding the theme of the creations and changing the ways we look at waste >>>
2025 is the Year of Toys
The Year of Toys: Think broad and think big. Toys can include magazines, comics, books, dress-ups, costumes, arts and crafts and much more. While there is a theme to guide the entries, that doesn’t mean that you have to use this material in your artwork - however, this year entrants will be asked to outline where their materials come from.
The Waste 2 Art competition invites and welcomes schools, community groups and individuals to turn their rubbish into art! There are a range of categories to encompass primary, secondary school students, community members and professional artists alike. The challenge is to look at waste differently, to change our perceptions about waste through creativity, and gives entrants the chance to explore and share their “waste reduction message”.
Please see the Key Dates of GSC Waste 2 Art Timeline below:
- Entries close on Wednesday, 30 April 2025 by 5:00pm.
- Completed artworks can be delivered to the Coo-ee Heritage and Visitor Information Centre between Monday, 28 April and Wednesday, 30 April 2025.
- Public exhibition of the artworks will be from Tuesday, 6 May to Friday, 23 May 2025 at the Coo-ee Heritage and Visitor Information Centre. Your submitted artwork will be judged by an internal judging team on Monday, 5 May 2025.
- An Award Night Function will be held at the Coo-ee Heritage and Visitor Information Centre on Friday, 16 May 2025 at 6:00pm.
This function will congratulate and celebrate all entrants for this years Waste 2 Art project, and formally announce the successful winner(s). The winner(s) will then have their artwork stored and delivered to Dubbo ahead of the 2025 Regional Showcase.
- The 2025 Regional Showcase will be open for Public Exhibition from 20 September - 2 November 2025 at the Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo, and will offer cash prizes to the total value of nearly $11,500 thanks to NetWaste's generous sponsors, Sims Metal.
- The 2025 Regional Showcase winners will be announced on Saturday, 27 September 2025.
For further information, please contact your local Coordinator, Kristy Cosier on (02) 6817 800 or Bill Tink from NetWaste on 0400 336 508.
You can complete the Waste 2 Art Entry Form here.
NetWaste will not be accepting entries into the Regionals if they contain any purchased craft materials such as plastic eyes, glitter, pipe cleaners and foam modelling material etc. as that is against the heart of Waste 2 Art. Instead, get creative with materials already destined for the waste or recycling bin. The only new materials you should be buying are materials to put the works together such as glues, pins and paper tape.
TERMS & CONDITIONS:
Entry Form must be completed in FULL and returned to your local coordinator.
All artworks must:
- Demonstrate the reuse and recycling of waste
- Not include new materials unless structurally required
- State where all your materials were sourced and include an artist’s statement no more than 220 words
- Be safe for public exhibition – no sharp edges, no 240V, be stable and securely constructed
- Be labelled with your name, title of work and your local council in which you reside
- Have a hanging system installed if wall hung.
Artists must reside in a participating NetWaste Council in order to enter Waste 2 Art n Coordinators will notify local Waste 2 Art winners.
Judges and their immediate families are not eligible to enter.
The Judges decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into.
Artworks remain the property of the artist.
Packaged artworks shall not exceed a size of 1 cubic meter or a weight of 30kgs (the work can be divided into separate packages to meet these requirements if assembly instructions are included)
Images of artworks may be published by the organisers.
Works which exceed the size or weight limit must be entered as photographs framed (not laminated) to A3 with D rings for hanging.
If selected for the WASTE 2 ART Regional Showcase artworks must be safely packaged and delivered to and then collected on return from your local coordinator’s nominated collection point. Contact your local WASTE 2 ART Coordinator for dates. Transport to your LOCAL exhibition is the responsibility of the entrant. Transport to the Regional exhibition is covered by your local council and NetWaste.
The organisers will take all reasonable care in handling and dealing with works submitted, however the organisers will not be responsible for any loss or damage incurred.