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:
The Waste 2 Art competition invited schools, community groups and individuals to turn their rubbish into art!
Please see the Key Dates of GSC Waste 2 Art Timeline below:
-
The Waste 2 Art Year of Toys held the Award Night Function at the Coo-ee Heritage and Visitor Information Centre (CHC) on Friday, 16 May 2025. The judging panel announced successful winners for Waste 2 Art 2025 (listed below):
- Overall Winner – ‘Collecting Birdies’ by Nicole Harte
- Open 2D – ‘Buttons’ by Judy Shalhoub
- Community Function – ‘Daughter’s Toy Box’ by Brendan Schembri
- Community 3D Winner – ‘Tanker’ by William Herbert
- Community 3D Highly Commended – ‘Tractor’ by David Wilson
- Community 2D – ‘Kooka’ by Brian Roberts
- Primary 3D Winner – ‘Rosalina’ by Adelaide Mudford
- Primary 3D Highly Commended – ‘Crocodillis Maximum’ by Hugh Harvey & Janos Rajan
- Primary Functional Winner – ‘Recycled Ballerina’ by Floss Harvey
Council look forward to seeing Gilgandra’s winners at the regional showcase at Western Plans Cultural Centre in Dubbo fromSaturday, 20 September 2025.Thanks to all volunteers, Net Waste’s Bill Tink and everyone who made an entry for the success of Waste 2 Art 2025.
- Public exhibition of these artworks will continue until Friday, 23 May 2025.
- People’s Choice Award is open until the end of the exhibition, it’s not too late to vote for your favourite.
- 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.
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.