Your Art On Bins Competition

Update June 2021

Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry in the Your Art on Bins Competition. We had a great response to the competition with close to 50 entries received by our panel. The applications demonstrated the creativity and talent from all areas of our community! A big congratulations to our winning entrants, Council is so excited to be displaying your beautiful artwork on our new bins. Check out the winning entries here.

Project background

As part of the Lismore Laneways revitalisation project, Lismore City Council in collaboration with the Back Alley Gallery are calling for your art on new bins to be installed in Carrington Street. Residents within the Northern Rivers are invited to submit their designs to be digitally printed and installed on the side panels of the three new bins.

The competition is open to people of all ages and artistic levels living in the Northern Rivers Region. Community groups, designers as well as families, professional or first time artists, school students, kids and elders can all get involved.

We are looking for artwork that reflects the character and uniqueness of Lismore, the only restriction being that the designs utilise the provided colour palette, which will compliment, and be coherent with the new creative 'Way Finding Strategy'.

The winning designs will be printed by Lismore Sign Shop and installed onto the sides of bin cabinets as part of the refurbishment of Carrington Street. The template for the bin shape and the colour palette are available on the right hand side of this page.

Entries should be submitted as high resolution pdf or jpg files.

Six winning designs will be chosen by representatives from Lismore Laneways Project & The Back Alley Gallery.

Submit your entry via the online form below. Entries close 4 June 2021.