The ‘Waste as Art Community Art

Competition & Exhibition’ (WAA) is an annual

Hunter event sponsored and coordinated by

the Hunter Waste Educators Group (HWEG).

HWEG consists of educators from the

Lower Hunter councils (Cessnock, Maitland,

Port Stephens, Lake Macquarie, Singleton

and Newcastle).

Waste as Art Competition

Sustainability Factsheet—Reviewed Aug 2011

In 2011, artists contributed 149

Waste as Art entries that were

exhibited at the Hunter Wetlands

Centre throughout August 2011. Over

500 people visited the exhibition

during this time.

Primary School Category “Bath Time”

By Macauley Blissett

Made from chicken wire, plastic bags, margarine

container and string.

Waste as Art

WAA aims to promote the waste-to-

resource concept through encouraging the

use of recovered waste products and materi-

als in the creation of art. WAA is open to all

members of the community and entry is

free.

Entries in WAA are included in an exhibition

The exhibition is free to the public, to

encourage as many patrons as possible to

receive the ‘waste-to-resource’ message via

exposure to practicable examples in a

professional exhibition.

Primary School Category “Mobile Chair”

By Isaac Sheperd

Made from recycled hardwood from 100 year

old wharf, old paint, old glue, old estapol, old

mobile phones

Further Information

• Open

• Primary School Age

• Secondary School Age

• Best Use of Waste Materials

• Photographers Choice

• People’s Choice

Cessnock City Councils

Involvement

Entry Categories

For further information on Waste as Art check out: www.hweg.com.au

Or call Cessnock City Council on 4993 4100

Cessnock City Council has been a sponsor and

partner in this program since 2000.

Council also provides support to the program

through:

• promotion of the competition to local residents and schools;

• assistance with receiving and returning entries;

• assistance with setting up of the exhibition; and, supporting the judging of

entries.

The sustainability benefits of Waste as Art

include:

Environmental:

Encourages members of the art community to

source and utilise waste products and

materials in the creation of art.

Economic:

Encourages the community to place a positive

value on waste as a resource and artists to

utilise FREE materials in their pieces.

Social/Cultural:

Exposes the broader community, through the

exhibition, to real examples of waste as a

resource and increases the community's

understanding of the idea of resource

recovery.

Benefits of Waste as Art

Secondary School Category “Lollykeet”

By Isobel Whitehead

Made from Easter egg wrappers and coat hangers.