This year’s Waste 2 Art theme is plastic and packaging (although you can still make pieces for the annual competition using any kind of waste materials).

Frame Effect is holding a free Waste 2 Art workshop this Saturday, April 1 from from 1pm-5pm at the shop, 264 Stewart Street.

Bookings are a must on 6331 0701 and while all are welcome, under 15s must be accompanied by an adult.

The Bathurst Waste 2 Art exhibition runs through April and May at Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre.

Contact council for entry forms on 6333 6100.

CONGRATULATIONS to Bathurst artist Kim Bagot-Hiller who has won an Arts NSW/ NAVA Artists Grant to help take her new botanical inspired exhibition to the National Botanic Gardens in Canberra.

The ‘Point of Difference’ exhibition opens in April and features around 30 artworks of plants and flowers – focusing on grevilleas, hakeas and eucalypts.

The works draw on plants in the Burrendong Botanic Garden and Arboretum near Wellington where Kim has been occasional artist in residence since last year.

FOR Beyond Belief: the sublime in contemporary art Bathurst Regional Art Gallery director Richard Perram has found works by international artists which inspire, surprise and awe, including sculptures and video based works and a three-dimensional painting.

It opens Friday night, March 31, with a floor talk at 5pm and opening at 6pm at Bathurst Regional Art Gallery.

ALSO happening throughout the region: