Waste Art Competition

On Saturday, August 13th, Lincoln Envirotown ran its second High School Waste Art Competition and Exhibition. The Competition ran for the first time last year after being suggested by a local businessperson who donated generous prize money. It was open to all high school students from within the Selwyn District. This year a new category was added for Year 7 and 8 students who attended any school rather than just those at high school. The art pieces must be assembled or constructed from previously used materials, which otherwise would have likely gone to landfill. The response to this recently introduced project has been overwhelming. Last year there were twenty two entries, and this year there were thirty four pieces of art, all of a high standard. This year the event moved to the Te Whare Tapere space in the new Rolleston Library which enabled the work to be exhibited for the whole weekend. The judges from the Youth Council, along with a local artist and library team member, were hugely impressed with the high standard of work. All the art had to be from materials that were destined for landfill, and we were really made to re-consider our views on rubbish. “Deputy Mayor, Malcolm Lyall, presented the Awards and

The winner of the Intermediate Category Lachie Smolenski with Deputy Mayor Malcolm Lyall.

congratulated the participants on their hard work, imagination, and the messages they were sending,” commented Lincoln Envirotown Trust’s Project Manager, Dave Fitzjohn. The Overall winner was Caitlin White for a very powerful portrayal of the damage that microplastics are doing. The High School Category was won by Caiah Pitkethley for ‘Pretty in Plastic’ a dress and jewellery created from waste plastic. The Intermediate Category was won by Lachie Smolenski with his bottle top rugby player in ‘Conversion’, which referred both to the action and the concept of conversion of waste into something worthwhile.

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