Stories from the Studio: Make Art not Waste by Creative Space Southern Highlands

Every season, a new exhibition appears at each of the five STA Box Galleries across our region.

As the cold hits we head where it’s warm at Bowral Library for the new STA Box Gallery exhibition.  

The work in the Box Gallery is a collaborative creation by participating artists at Creative Space Southern Highlands made from materials that might otherwise have gone to landfill. Multiple artists worked on the installation over several weeks following an initial workshop facilitated by STA at Moss Vale TAFE.

The resulting work is an eclectic sculpture of complex origins, dripping with pop culture references, sparkling plastics, metal and textile waste that’s been transformed into a dazzling sculpture. It’s an inspiring work perfectly timed to inspire entries into the 2025 Wollondilly Waste to Art Prize, which happens to be open for entries. 

Bowral Central Library is at 16-24 Bendooley St, Bowral 
Open Monday-Friday 9.30am – 6.30pm & Saturday 9.30am-4pm

Creative Space Southern Highlands is an informal and inclusive community outreach program for adults run by the St Vincent de Paul Society. Find out more about Creative Space Southern Highlands.

There are five STA Box Galleries across our region, all of which have been changed over with new exhibition for the winter.

The Gift of Despair by Corinne Dany
IRL at the Wollondilly Shire Council, Picton
View now online

Necklaces they might have worn by Cathy Hutton 
IRL at Hilltops Council, Young Town Hall
View now online

Bare Essentials by Tracy Luff
IRL at Yass Library, Yass Valley
View now online

Conviction by Bill Dorman
IRL at the Q Theatre in Queanbeyan-Palerang
View now online 

Thurs 17 – Sat 19 July 
Wollondilly Waste to Art Prize 2025

The STA Region’s premier Waste to Art exhibition, with $2600 in prizes. Wollondilly Shire Hall Picton.

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