2026 Waste 2 Art Competition Now Open
It's time to transform rubbish into art and channel your creativity into something unique for the annual Waste 2 Art community art competition. This year's theme is 'shrink your footprint' and entries are now open.
Waste 2 Art is an innovative competition that allows schools, community groups and individuals to get involved and turn rubbish in the art.
This year's theme focuses on what we can do in our lives to help reduce our footprint on the environment. If we all make small changes at home this can lead to a big impact in a positive way.
Dubbo Regional Council Cultural Development Officer Rebecca Walker said, Waste 2 Art is a very popular art competition in the Dubbo region.
"The purpose of Waste 2 Art is to encourage everyone to reduce, reuse and recycle, and both challenge and change our attitudes about what we throw away."
"Each year we are always amazed at the volume of entries and the creativity shown through using recycled materials to create an artwork in line with the theme," said Ms Walker.
There are several categories including early education, primary and secondary school students as well as community members and professional artists in the Open category. These include two dimensional, three dimensional and functional artworks. Students can also make their art at home and then select primary or secondary when entering. Entries close on 3 April 2026.
"All entries to the Waste 2 Art competition will be showcased in an exhibition at the Western Plains Cultural Centre from 2 May - 9 August," Ms Walker said.
For more information and entry forms visit www.westernplainsculturalcentre.org/waste2art. Winners will be announced on Saturday 9 May 2026. Winners from the Dubbo Local Government Area will then progress to the Waste 2 Art regional competition.
Dubbo Regional Council is a proud NetWaste member and supports a community commitment to re-use and recycle through creative expression, Waste 2 Art is a NetWaste initiative, sponsored by Access Recycling.
https://www.dubbo.nsw.gov.au/news-and-media/news-and-resources/council-news/2026/2026-waste-2-art-competition-now-open
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