Wollondilly Waste to Art Prize 2025

The STA Region’s premier Waste to Art exhibition, with $2600 in prizes over three categories. 

The WW2A Prize is an annual art exhibition with a deep commitment to reducing the waste going to landfill by inviting Artists to make art from waste materials. The exhibition is a gallery full of creative treasure made from trash complimented by a program of workshops and events. 

ENTERIES OPEN 5 JUNE – World Environment Day

The Wollondilly Waste to Art Prize 2024 has a total prize pool $2600 provided by Wollondilly Shire Council. STA provide the Waste to Art Regional Workshop program. 

  • OPEN – (18+) $1700 1st Prize $1,000 / 2nd Prize $400 / 3rd Prize $300 Open to STA Region Artists
  • Youth (12 -17 YEARS) & (7 – 11 YEARS) $400 4 equal prizes of $100
  • WOLLONDILLY COMMUNITY – $500 All entries from Wollondilly artists

All works displayed in the exhibition are part of the STA Peoples’ Choice Award. The winner of which receives an STA Stories from the Studio feature.Enter your work below into the 2025 Wollondilly Waste to Art Prize

$2600 in prize money. Entry is free and open to all residents of the STA region (Hilltops, Goulburn Mulwaree, Upper Lachlan, Queanbeyan Palerang, Wollondilly, Wingecarribee, and Yass Valley). Maximum two entries per artist (entered in one form). 

  • Key Dates
  • Thu 5 June Entries launch on World Environment Day
  • Fri 4 July – Wollondilly School Workshops (last day of term)
  • 7-11 July – Holiday workshops across the STA region. Check our What’s On for dates as they are announced.
  • Fri 11 July – Entries close
  • Tues 15 July 10-2pm – Wollondilly Public workshop and late entry opportunity
  • Tues 15 July 12-2pm  – Selected works delivered to Wollondilly Shire Hall 52 Menangle Street, Picton 
  • Thurs 17 July 12.30pm-3pm – Official opening celebration
  • Fri 18 – Sat 19 10am-2pm – Exhibition open
  • Mon 21 July 1pm-4pm – work pick up 

Wollondilly Waste to Art Prize is supported by Wollondilly Shire Council & Southern Tablelands Arts.
The Waste to Art regional workshops program is a great way to create a work in the lead up tothe WW2A Prize. Check our what’s on for dates as they are announced.

           

Tracy Luff, Bare Essentials     

Recycled cardboard. 70 x 58 x 48cm

WINNER WW2A Prize 2024 

Transforms recycled cardboard into a sculptural corset with a modest skirt, reflecting the urgent issue of textile waste. By repurposing discarded materials into art, this piece highlights the potential for creativity in confronting waste. Just as a corset reshapes the body, this artwork demonstrates how we can reshape waste into something valuable. It challenges our throwaway culture, inspiring a shift towards sustainability and innovative thinking in fashion. 

POA

Currently on display in an STA Box Gallery near you.

Mon 7 Jul 10am-1pm
W2A Workshop in Braidwood
 at the Glasshouse. Presented by STA and the Braidwood Academy of Creative Arts. FREE. All ages children to be accompanied. GET A SPOT

Tues 8 Jul 10am-1pm
W2A Workshop 

Turn waste into art with a free workshop.  FREE. All ages children to be accompanied. Details coming soon.

Wed 9 Jul 10am-1pm
W2A Workshop 

Turn waste into art with a free workshop.  FREE. All ages children to be accompanied. Details coming soon.

Thurs 10 Jul 10am-1pm
W2A Workshop 

Turn waste into art with a free workshop.  FREE. All ages children to be accompanied. Details coming soon.

Fri 11 Jul 10am-1pm
W2A Workshop with Tracy Luff at Connect@Gunning Station

Turn waste into art with a free workshop.  FREE. All ages children to be accompanied. BOOKINGS coming soon.

Tues 15 July 10-2pm W2A Workshop in Picton 

Includeds a late entry opportunity. FREE. All ages children to be accompanied. No bookings – SEE YOU THERE, 52 Menangle St, Picton

Need inspiration? Check out the Waste to Art exhibitions from previous years

Waste to Art by Gunning Public School Sept-Oct 2023

Works of art created from waste materials by students at Gunning Public School

Steampunk Waste to Art 2022
At the Steampunk Victoriana Fair at Goulburn Waterworks.

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