CREATIVE locals are already in the swing on this year’s Waste to Art competition, with the theme of The Year of Electronic Waste.
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E-waste is growing three times faster than any other type of waste, including throw-aways such as televisions, computers, laptops, phones, and all sorts of communication devices.
Tom Buckland’s Oberon’s futuristic sculpture Collapse, which was made up of hundreds of tiny components parts including e-waste, is now featured in the Waste to Art flyer for 2014 among a colourful collection of junk.
Two Waste to Art workshops with sculptor Harrie Fasher are planned in Oberon.
Welding Women of the West is planned for March 29 and 30 and is supported by Regional Art NSW Country Arts Support
Program.
The other workshop is for 12-18 year olds called Heavy Metal Youth Art on April 6, supported by Foundation for Regional and Rural Renewal.
For workshop details and bookings, contact Celia Ravesi on 6359 3109 or email cerave@bordernet.com.au.
Meanwhile, there’s plenty of time to work on your entry for Oberon’s Waste to Art Competition and Exhibition on May 6-
10, whether it be using e-waste, farm implements rusting in the paddock or fantastic paper, wood and plastic constructions.
For more information on Oberon’s Waste to Art Competition, contact FOOLs co-ordinator Kathy Sajowitz on 0419 231 525 or email dietmar.sajowitz@bigpond.com.
And remember, you can stock up on second hand books at the Friends of Oberon Library’s stall at the Highland Steam and Vintage Fair this weekend. Look for the red tent near the entrance.
Speciality hobby and collectors books sell like hot cakes at the fair so get there early. More will be on sale at the Oberon Show
on February 15 and 16 where craft and novels of all sorts, crime, historical and Australian history have a good market.
