The regional Waste to Art exhibition is currently on at Platform Arts Hub Blayney.
Waste 2 Art is a waste inspired art competition and exhibition that aims to challenge the way we look at waste with artworks incorporating some element of recycling by including waste items.
2023 Sims Metal Waste 2 Art – Winners List
| 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 |
Come on in and visit us at Platform Arts Hub in Blayney.
We are at the train station. (Railway Ln &, Adelaide Ln, Blayney NSW 2799).
On arrival at the station follow the Platform Arts Hub signs up to the gallery space. Remember it’s a live train station so children must be supervised at all times.
Exhibition dates and opening hours:
23 July to 20 August 2023
Wednesday to Friday 10am to 4pm
Saturday to Sunday 10am to 2pm
IMAGE: 2023 Waste 2 Art Overall Winner by Alan Stanger with the stunning artwork – Not Fast Enough…