Engaging Local Council Recycling Centres to Collaborate on Recycling Truck Signage Statewide

Written By BOHIE

Scope: Grant funded by the Environmental Protection Agency to engage five local council Community Recycling Centres (CRC’s) to create two digital infographic artworks to feature on state-wide recycling trucks.

Through multiple workshops with local council coordinators, Waste Education Officers and Sustainability Officers, we landed on two strong and state-wide relevant messages, one about the risks of spontaneous battery fires, and another encouraging the audience to consider local flora and fauna through empathy and connection.

This project led to a youth-focused community engagement workshop with Eurobodalla Shire Council at Rover of Arts festival, Moruya, NSW

Client: Environmental Protection Agency, with collaboration with local councils Bega Valley Shire Council, Eurobodalla Shire Council, Snowy Monaro Regional Council, Snowy Valleys Council, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, Wingecarribee Shire Council
Year: 2022-2023

 
BOHIE

Based in Braidwood, NSW, BOHIE creates art, illustration, public space murals, and creative workshopping experiences that explore wonder and connection to each other and to the natural world.

She works alongside educational institutions, government agencies, community focus groups and stewards of the natural world to design change-making campaigns for each creative project. Bohie utilises a research-based methodology to find inspiration for her artworks, resulting in 2D images which are laden with deeper stories and symbolic meaning.

This narrative driven conceptual development injects her unique authenticity and grass-roots integrity into the public arena, which she sees as a conscious challenge to public advertising. In a time of rapid change, extreme instability and a globally recognised feeling of imminent threat, Bohie’s art provides messages of hope and empowerment for a changed future.

https://www.bohie.com.au
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