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ON NOW - Art FromTrash 2012 Exhibition
WHEN: Saturday May 5 - Sunday May 20
WHERE: Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, 10 am - 5pm daily
Whilst already decided the Wearable Art and Transforming Trash Together Awards are yet to be announced.
The People’s Choice of the most creative reuse of materials artwork rests in the hands of visitors to the exhibition, with votes being counted at the close of the exhibition Sunday May 20.
So come down to the Long Gallery at Salamanca Arts Centre to see this year’s dazzling display of visual artworks and to cast your vote in the People’s Choice award category.
The variety is extraordinary including functional artworks such as furniture, lamps and sculptural pieces as well as the purely decorative items of painting, drawing, textile, weaving, mosaic, jewellery, mixed media, assemblage and wearable art.
Many of the artworks are for sale including these.
   Artist: Tresa Breeze detail from Raft of a Consumer Artists: Holly O'Brien & Tonia Gretschman
Title: Leggy Lamp Arist: Karen Lyttle Title: Golden Voyager
Visit our Art From Trash 2012 facebook page or artworks in our 2011 gallery for more Art From Trash.
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SALE OF ARTWORKS
Art From Trash is a great platform for artists to launch themselves in the public arena. The exhibition is non-selective and for a reasonable entry fee, artists receive great exposure to an extensive audience of visitors to the exhibition and also online exposure at the Art From Trash website and Facebook page.
For the duration of the exhibition Resource Work Co-operative offers to participating artists the service of selling artworks for a commission of 20 % of the selling price.
For inspiration see artworks previously exhibited visit our Art From Trash 2012 facebook page or artworks in our 2011 gallery.
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2012 is designated the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives and also marks 18 years of Resource Work Co-operative operating as a social enterprise based business.
Join Resource Work Co-operative in celebrating this milestone by entering Art From Trash, our annual community art exhibition that promotes creating visual artworks by reusing discarded materials.
The Art From Trash art exhibition is open to all ages and presents an opportunity for first time, emerging and established artists to exhibit their work that comments on the urgent need for resource recovery and to minimise the inappropriate disposal of materials and resources.
The 2012 award categories for the visual artworks are:
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
The entry judged by visitors to the exhibition as the ‘best in show’ and 'most creative reuse of discarded materials’.
WEARABLE ART
The entry judged the ‘most creative reuse of discarded materials’ for decorative apparel and accessories; includes clothing, costume, jewellery, bags and other wearable decorative items.
TRANSFORMING TRASH TOGETHER
A new category, introduced to highlight International Year of Co-operatives, the entry designed and created co-operatively by a class of students or community group that creatively reuses discarded materials to provoke thought on waste in the local / Tasmanian context. This award is kindly sponsored by Southern Waste Strategy Authority.
For inspiration see artworks previously exhibited visit our Art From Trash 2012 facebook page or artworks in our 2011 gallery.
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