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.
