The Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) received 105 entries for this year's Creative ReUse Showcase, a recycled art contest open to all high school students in Chittenden County. This was the 13th year that CSWD sponsored the event. In addition to the eight award winning pieces, more than 40 entries were selected to be on exhibit at Frog Hollow's Church Street gallery.
This year entries were received from six Chittenden County High Schools including: Burlington High School, Champlain Valley Union High School, Essex High School, Mt. Mansfield Union High School, Rock Point School, and South Burlington High School.
CSWD sponsors the Showcase every year as a way to promote recycling and waste reduction in the Chittenden County community. Our goal is to get people to think about the whole concept of waste. Seeing art made from what most of us would consider junk can help people realize that waste is a choice.
Please visit our virtual gallery to see photos of entries from past Creative ReUse Showcases. (The 2009 photos will be uploaded soon!)
The 2009 Creative Reuse Showcase Winners and Prizes
Best in Show (sponsored by NRG Systems): “Preservation,” a life-like animal sculpture made out of silverware and wire by Chris Hemphill, a12th grader from Essex High School.
Prize: $200 check from NRG Systems
Awesome Art (sponsored by Boutilier's Art Center): “Sunrise, Sunset,” a montage of seasons made from candy wrappers and other sundry trash items by Kay Busch, an 11th grader from Essex High School.
Prize: $100 gift certificate from Boutilier's Art Center
Honorable Mention: “Preservation,” a life-like animal sculpture made out of silverware and wire by Chris Hemphill, a 12th grader from Essex High School
Fabulous Fashion (sponsored by Ecco Clothes): “Watching your Waste,” a floor length dress made from 150 potato chip bags, tulle, and tissue by Chyna Boise & Peter Kaiser, 12th graders from Mt. Mansfield Union High School.
Prize: $100 gift certificate from Ecco Clothes
Honorable Mention: “Venetian Blind Dress,” a dress made from old blinds by Bailey Farrell, an 11th grader from Essex High School.
Perfectly Practical (sponsored by Outdoor Gear Exchange): “Vitamin Water Apron,” an apron made from Vitamin Water labels by Caitlin Dow, a 12th grader from Essex High School.
Prize: $100 gift certificate from Outdoor Gear Exhange
Honorable Mention: “Bike Table,” a nice side table made of bike wheels by Gretchen Lick, a 12th grader from Mt. Mansfield Union High School.
Outrageously Original (sponsored by Burlington City Arts): “Up the Spout,” an elephant structure made from plastic caps, an old water faucet knob, and a light bulb by Cordelia Fulber, a 10th grader, Essex High School.
Prize: $100 gift certificate from Burlington City Arts
Honorable Mention: “Music Again,” an old sousaphone and music sheet tweaked to play music again by Kara Duquette, a 12th grader from Mt. Mansfield Union High School.
Strongest Statement (sponsored by Bolton Valley): “No News is Good News,” a wall-hanging made out of newspaper headlines by Sarah Carpenter, a 12th grader from Rock Point School.
Prize: 4 ski lift tickets from Bolton Valley Ski Resort
Honorable Mention: “Planet Popper,” an old popcorn popper painted to represent our world by Lydia Nguyen, a 12th grader from Essex High School.
Techno Totems (sponsored by Small Dog Electronics): “The Mosquito,” a replica of a mosquito made out of 4 toy motors, circuit boards, and copper wire by Greg Stewart, a 9th grader from Essex High School.
Prize: $100 check from Small Dog Electronics
Honorable Mention: “Nibbles,” an e-waste expression, made entirely of electronic components, of human consumption and its effect on the environment , by Kathlyn Stauffer, an 11th grader from Essex High School.
True Trash (sponsored by All Cycle Waste): “Snack Pack,” a functioning back pack made out of potato chip bags and plastic grocery store bags, by Courtney Lachaussie an 11th grader, from Essex High School.
Prize: $100 check from All Cycle Waste
Honorable Mention: “Out of the Tail Pipe,” a functioning table lamp made from old school bus parts, by Ian Cohen and Nick Pitt, 12th graders from Mt. Mansfield Union High School.
People's Choice Award: To be decided at the Awards Bash on February 18.
Prize: $100 gift certificate from Frog Hollow
