A Wealth of not Wasted.

The 2014”Art From Trash” Exhibition is coming around again in May. The Opening Night on Friday the 23rd May from 6 till 9pm is a festival vibe of exciting art, food, drinks and entertainment. This well- loved community event offers participants of any age and artistic skill level an opportunity to get creative with discarded and re-use waste materials. The Opening night entertainment, promises to inspire, with a performance of music by Cosmos created on materials collected from Resource’s South Hobart tip-shop.

ENTRIES CLOSE: 6th May. Entry forms available to download on www.artfromtrash.org or copies at the South Hobart Tip-shop or Collectables Shop at 117 Elizabeth St. Hobart.

The exhibition engages with people to re-think waste in many ways, through the quirky & educational to the aesthetically beautiful transformations of salvaged materials into works of art. There is a real thrill seeing the public’s reaction to the artworks, quite simply it makes people happy!

The confidence it inspires in younger & emerging artists to be exhibiting in the Long Gallery at the Salamanca Art centre alongside established artists creates an inclusive energy that we can all be part of. Whilst we are delighted to celebrate individual imagination and creativity, the heart & soul of the exhibition lies in the unique collective of like-minded participants and visitors who are passionate about re-use ideas, diverse every-day materials being utilized in diverse re-purposed ways. Definitely not a whole load of rubbish, more-so, a wealth of not wasted! Every year we are amazed by the inventive resourcefulness of people.

Artists can sell their work and last year, the HCC purchased a number of sculptural works as part of the Public Art program, they have been installed at Councils new Waste Management facility at the McRobbie’s Gully site, operated by Resource Work Cooperative. To find out more about Resource Cooperative a Not For Profit social enterprise please visit www.resource.coop better still, visit our Tip shop in South Hobart or our Collectable Shop www.facebook.com/collectables in Elizabeth St. A wealth of materials to fulfil any artistic or DIY project.

We would like to thank all our Art From Trash sponsors who offer our participants awards and contribute toward the costs of hosting this event. For information on all our sponsors, awards and categories of entry please visit the www.artfromtrash.org site. Our main sponsors are:
Tasmanian Early Years Foundation.

Bendigo Bank Community Sector Banking:

Southern Waste Strategy Authority :

Hobart City Council & Kwik Kopy who uses recycled paper and discounted our printing costs. Without this support the exhibition would not be thriving and growing every year, to our volunteer gallery sitters, to all artists and visitors, a big thankyou.

We receive good school participation in the exhibition and encourage all schools & community groups to visit the Exhibition. This year we will have an interactive school’s area in the Side Space of the Long Gallery, we will invite students and others to make something that will be curated into a whole work by the end of the Exhibition. Already we have 245 Students from Rose Bay High School booked to visit, please contact: Lisa by email to make a booking: [email protected]

The Exhibition is open daily from 10-5 pm, May 24th until June 4th. Long & Side Space Gallery, Salamanca Art Centre. Entry is FREE, donations are warmly welcomed to help support this event.

In 2014 the Art From Trash awards include the People’s Choice, Wearable Art, Transforming Trash Together, Bendigo Bank Community sector Banking & the Tasmanian Early Year’s Foundation awards. Contacts for further information and to organise photo opportunities with award winners and their artworks:

People’s Choice Award 2013 Winner by: Lilydale District school students, “Tree of Knowledge” Image used for this year’s exhibition promotional poster.

Art from Trash 2014 Coordinator Lisa Flack