Katherine Regional Arts has confirmed Junk Festival will be back on June 5, with aspiring local artists already preparing for their crack at the $1500 top prize.
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KRA executive officer Jacinta Mooney said Junk Festival is about promoting creativity and education on recycling and environmentally friendly lifestyles.
No experience is needed and people are free to express themselves via entering artwork and fashion designs made of waste materials.
"Junk Fest is a staple in the Katherine community calendar as it now enters its ninth consecutive year," Ms Mooney said.
"We take pride in the festival because it really does show everyone how much fun you can have without damaging the natural environment."
The event this year comes off the back of the festival winning the Community Event of the Year award at the Katherine Town Council Australia Day ceremony.
Aspiring sculptors and fashion designers are encouraged to submit their projects in a range of categories, with KRA claiming some entrants prepare their designs months ahead of the festival.
"As a free event Junk Fest comes from the community, for the community, so we thank everybody who has volunteered their time in the past, we can't wait to have a ball with you again this year," said Ms Mooney.
The awards and entry categories for this year are:
- Welded sculpture above 50cm: $1500
- Welded sculpture under 50cm: $500
- Non-welded sculpture above 50cm: $1500
- Non-welded sculpture under 50cm: $500
- Functional: $1000
- Junk Fashion: $500
- Junk Hat: $500
- Groups: $1,000
- Tots (0-5 years): prize valued at $25
- Tweens (6-10 years): prize valued at $30
- Teens (11-17 years): $60
Preparations are already underway
The team at Katherine Mitre 10 submitted an entry in the 2020 Junk Festival, and have already started preparing for this year.
However, their plans for 2021 are being kept secret.
"If I told you that, I'd have to kill you," store manager Janine Sergeant joked.
Ms Sergeant said their sculpture last year was called "Mitre 10 Ute" and was made of discarded steel and cardboard.
"It generated quite a bit of fun," Ms Sergeant said.
"From design to getting it together, everyone was pitching in."
Ms Sergeant said the high quality of artwork at Junk Festival impressed the team and motivated them to be more creative in 2021.
"I was impressed by other entries, we didn't expect to win when you see what sort of stuff comes out of junk."
She encouraged other groups to get involved in Junk Festival as a team building and creative exercise.
"The final product is worth it... why couldn't the schools do it?
"We might have started something here."
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