Community Art

The Bend Art Comp 2025 – My Neighbourhood

The Bend is pleased to announce the theme for the My Neighbourhood Art Comp 2025: 

Reuse, Recycle, Represent

Show us what Reuse, Recycle and Represent means to you in your Neighbourhood. 

Limited to one submission entry per person.
See submission guidelines below and the Terms & Conditions in this link.

Prizes and judging categories

1. Children 7-10 years – Winner: $50 prize money
2. Youth 11-17 years – Winner $100 prize money     
3. Adult, 18 years and over – $200 prize money

A panel of three judges will select one winning entry from each category and winners will be announced in May 2025.

This project is proudly supported by the City of Stirling through the Community Grants Program.

Art Competition Submission Guidelines

• Physical Entries to be submitted from 28th April to 3rd May 2025 at the Scarborough Library
• Competition Closes 3rd May 2025 
• Winners announcement in May
• Entry is free.
• Theme of the competition: Reuse, Recycle, Represent.
• Exhibition: 5th -17th May at the Scarborough Library

Participants will use pre-used material, e.g., packaging, fabric, twigs and leaves to create an artwork that represents something about their life where they live. For example, they may choose to depict visiting the beach or park. They could represent local wildlife or vegetation, or they could represent the built environment e.g., their local shops or restaurants. The artwork must be contained within a single picture frame max A4 size. An example image is shown on this page (frame removed)

• Artwork to celebrate people, culture, place, animals or plants from your neighbourhood 
• Artwork must be recent and be created within the last six months.  
• Only one artwork can be submitted per person.
• Physical Artwork to be submitted to the following venue: Scarborough Library from Monday 28 April to Saturday 3 May.
• Judging to take place Monday 5 May.
• Artwork will be displayed locally in an exhibition at the Scarborough Library
• If you are under 18 years of age you will need consent from a parent or guardian, to enter.
• Artworks need to be original, free from copyright and not breach any persons’ rights of privacy. 
• Full Terms and Conditions of entry can be found here.

The final artwork entries will be exhibited at the Stirling Libraries – Scarborough from Monday 5 May to Saturday 17 May 2025 during library opening hours. So, make sure you get down to check out all the awesome artwork from your local neighbourhood!

Submit Your details of the Artwork in the Form below and your physical Artwork to the Scarborough Library (between the of 28th April and the 3rd of May) . Physical forms will also be available in the Library which can be submitted instead of this online form.