TRASHEDart Contest

The Mercer County Library System is holding the 14th Annual TrashedArt Contest. Remake, Reuse and Renew the items you would recycle or throw in the trash into something unique and beautiful and rethink the usefulness of garbage. The contest celebrates Earth Day by encouraging patrons to turn ordinary trash into extraordinary art.

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Vote for Your Favorite

Check out all the entries here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xF7YAGft5g9io4UR7 and then vote for your favorite submission below.

Thanks for your answer!

1. Hidden States: Cereal boxes, cardboard, paper bag, book page & envelope.

2. Elephant: Tin can and paper mache.

3. Market bag: Old children’s clothes, shoelaces, buttons & ribbons.

4. Life on the Farm: Plastic bottle, paper rolls, pipe cleaners cardboard & paper.

5. Plastic Here, Not Here: Plastic food containers, cardboard box & envelope.

6. Altered Hennessy: Bottle with Charm Littered bottle.

7. Oasis Old: cutting board, corks & candle jar.

8. Wreath of corks & peel: Corks and orange peels.

9. Water Bottle Chair: Plastic bottles, loose plastic, wire & an old sweater.

10. Flower at Heart: Cardboard & popsicles.

11. Tin Can Owl: Tin can, bottle tops, milk & egg containers, pistachio shells & buttons.

12. Recycled Garden: Paper, felt, cards, bottles, flowers, cartons, popsicles containers & an old desk.

13. The Hitchhiker: Bottles and caps, wrappers, cans & straws.

14. Quiet Confidence: Recycled buttons, beads & sequins.

15. Wall Hanging Bottles, pistachio shells, thread, wool & tissue paper.

16. A Growth of a Reader: Library receipts.

17. Egg – Shell. Literally: Egg shells.

18. Fancy framed pillow covers: Picture frame & pillow covers.

19. Yeah, It’s Complicated: Wood, paint, sticks, copper scraps & metal.

20. Vinyl: Vinyl record, record player & electronic parts.

Reception and Displays

People’s Choice award winners and the grand prize winners will be announced at the TrashedArt Contest Reception on Tuesday, April 18th at 6:30 PM. Grand prize winners will be awarded for first, second and third places. The TrashedArt Contest Reception is open to the public and will be a great opportunity for library patrons to mingle and ask the artists about their work. During the reception, enjoy a special performance from the Mercer County Community College Jazz Band! Light refreshments will be served. 

To register for the TrashedArt Contest Reception, please click the link here: https://www.eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/xp_newpopevent.cfm?zeeOrg=MCL&EventID=7216700&sw=1920

Advanced registration is appreciated.

Entries must be picked up by 4:30 pm on Sunday, April 30. If prior arrangements have not been made, any unclaimed entries will become the property of the library. The Mercer County Library System will not be held responsible for any damage, theft or loss to art entries.

To view past virtual galleries, please see the following videos and blog posts:

• TrashedArt Contest 2022 Gallery – YouTube
• TrashedArt 2021 Virtual Contest Gallery – YouTube
• Virtual TrashedArt Reception Slideshow – YouTube
• TrashedArt at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch – Part 2 (mercercountylibrary.blogspot.com)
• TrashedArt at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch – Part 1 (mercercountylibrary.blogspot.com)

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