Art From Trash

Art From Trash info

Current Art From Trash

Register online for this years Art From Trash entry form

Previous Years

Main Menu

Art From Trash 2011

We have had another hugely successful exhibition thanks to the efforts and energy of some creative Tasmanians, transforming discarded materials into an array of amazing artworks. See some of the artworks in our 2011 gallery. There were over 150 artworks, from over 100 different artists and school students entered this year, our biggest exhibition yet. Congratulations to everyone involved!

This year we had over 4,500 visitors to the exhibition, including over 600 students from many different schools. We were featured in the Mercury on Friday 6th May, as well as a terrific review by Clyde Selby in the Saturday 21st May Mercury magazine. We were also shown on a segment on Southern Cross news on Saturday 7th May at 6pm.

This year the Trash Rat Youth Award was won by Dominic College Year 7 students, for It only takes one person to make a difference, and the Highly Commended going to Morgan Furst of Cottage School, for Time Travel. The Mojo Wearable Art Award went to Gabbee Stolp for Untitled (brooch).

The AFT2011 People’s Choice Award was won by Simon Pankhurst for George – I found him in my rainwater tank. Simon will feature on the AFT2012 promotional material including the entry form, poster, postcards, invites and web images.

Thank you very much for everyone involved in the annual Art From Trash community exhibition this year and we hope to see you in our next exhibition, which will be in May 2012.

If you would like to recieve updates and information about our exhibition each year join the AFT emailing list. You can subscribe via the registration box on the left or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

If you would like to see what sort of artworks go in the exhibition visit our Art From Trash facebook page. If you 'like' us you will recieve information updates about our exhibition and related stories and links about creative reuse.

What is Art From Trash?

Art From Trash is an annual community event that encourages the reuse of discarded materials in the production of visual art. The exhibition is open to all ages and is a great opportunity for many first time and emerging artists. Art From Trash is instrumental in promoting creative reuse, and, while the exhibition is a lot of fun, there is an underlying message to use the earth’s resources wisely and to minimize the inappropriate disposal of limited resources.

The exhibition has been going as long as the Resource Work Cooperative has been operating the Resource Tip Shop, since 1995. It has been held at the Moonah Arts Centre, the Waterside Pavilion, Mawson’s Place, and for many years at the Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre. Thousands of visitors, from arts aficionados to school children, have witnessed the amazing artworks over the years, and our opening nights are a feature on the Hobart sub-cultural calendar.

Art From Trash is a great platform for artists to launch themselves into the public arena. The exhibition is non-selective and for a reasonable entry fee, artists receive great exposure to a large number of the public, the arts community, and public officials, who have opened many of our exhibitions. In recent years Art From Trash has included a People’s Choice Award, a Trash Rat Youth Award, and the Mojo Wearable Art Award.