Scrap for the future: “Art from Trash” Exhibition May 2015

The annual Resource Work Cooperative’s, ” Art from Trash” exhibition, is coming around soon …

Resource has been hosting this event for over 15 years, the longevity & success of the event, has seen our participation expand to include in 2014, 161 works of art, with over 4000 visitors enjoying the exhibition.

The Artists come from a diverse cross-section of the community, including Schools, Disability/Recreational groups to emerging & established Artists. The underlying message of the event, is to creatively Re-Think waste & discarded materials & transform into works of art.

A noticeable & exciting aspect to the growing popularity of the exhibition is the quality of the work we are now seeing, where the artists are transcending the trash materials being utilized, so that the overall standard of work is amazing. We love it & hope you will too.

The Opening Night celebration is a much anticipated event, to gather & be inspired by a highly imaginative visual showcase of artworks.

Entertainment will be provided by the “Scrap Metal Dogs”, a band of Cosmos participants, on instruments created from discarded metals objects.

Without the assistance of our kind Sponsors, this event would not be the success that it is.Media coverage, allows us to publicly acknowledge & thank them. On behalf of Resource Work Cooperative [better known as the South Hobart Tip-Shop], we express our warm thanks to the following:

Tasmanian Early Year’s Foundation.
Bendigo Bank
Southern Waste Strategy Authority
Hobart City Council
Sims Metal Management &
Colour Copy Print Centre.

Exhibition Information:

Exhibition open daily: 10-5pm, 23rd May-3rd June 2015.

To follow updates:
www.artfromtrash.org
www.facebook.com/artfromtrash

Scrap.. stands for… Sustainable creative resourceful arts practice.

Art from Trash has been expanding every year, in participation from
schools & community groups along with emerging & established
artists.

Scrap…was introduced this year, for a few reasons, space
limitations & expansion potentials in the area which it is of great
benefit, that being Schools & Community Group participation. [Along
with the opportunity for emerging Artists to show & sell their work
in a premium Gallery space for low cost entry & commission fees]

The vision is to provide a framework for Teachers & Service
providers to legitimately incorporate, sustainable creative
resourceful arts practice into their core sustainability/environmental
curriculum programs.

We have encouraged all to take up the mission by promoting
maximum school/community group participation, with an in-house
mini Art from Trash Exhibition, where one work is chosen by popular
vote to platform into the annual Community Art from Trash
exhibition. All participation from these groups will be rewarded with
a Resource “SCRAP” award Tip-shop Voucher, to enable gathering
of resources/materials for further creative activities.

In a time of many Arts budget cuts, we see that choices for
Teachers, to engage with their students in creative processes are
being diminished. Yet one of the greatest moments of the event is
seeing all the passionate & proud Teachers curate their students
work & bring their students to the show. The inclusive nature of the
event creates a magic mixture of inspiring confidence in our
younger & emerging artists to share the space with established
artists & work.

As the issues facing all people are greatly influenced by resources
& waste management, it is now more than ever, that as a
community we need to establish access to creative & resourceful
practices to firmly establish a way of RE-thinking waste in our
communities.

If our children are not encouraged to think resourcefully & make
creatively, I believe we are reducing our potentials for future
solutions to many of the issues we face in our lives.

Besides that…it’s just fun, beautiful & empowering…that’s why we
all keep doing it.

The success of promoting this vision would be to see a state-wide
exhibition/s from schools & community groups that tackle different
waste or sustainability issues every year, of course through making
Art from Trash!

Resource Work Cooperative is currently working hard to develop an
Education/Arts Up-cycle Hub. The future vision is, open access to a
space for all community members to engage on a broader level with
waste minimization practices, educational resources & hands-on
creative practice workshops. If you wish to find out more about the
Upcycle Hub Proposal, please contact:

Matthew Allen
Resource Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Office: 62233891 or,
Lisa Flack
Art from Trash Coordinator
Email: [email protected]

We are happy to send you a brief on the project. We are looking for
community support & potential partnerships to make this vision
become a reality.
Matthew Allen, Lisa Flack