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Please note that our venue will be closed to public whilst hosting Fraser Coast Interschool Equestrian Competition from Sunday 24 August at 5pm and will be reopening on Saturday 30 August at 6am.

Featuring wearable textile art by two local finalists from the recent Australian Wearable Art Festival.

Showcasing wearable art pieces by two talented local artists, Kym Cunningham and Ruthie Purnell who were among the 35 finalists at the recent Australian Wearable Art Festival on the Sunshine Coast.

The Australian Wearable Art Festival is an international event that brings together sculptural art, fashion and storytelling offering a platform for artists and designers to explore form, structure, texture, and colour using a mix of often unexpected materials.

Works on display showcase the imagination and details into the process of making these amazing werable art pieces a journey that challenges our perections of hwere fashion ends and art begins. 

Kym Cunningham
‘The Lotus Queen & The Oil Merchant’

This piece is a haunting love story – and a powerful symbol of our toxic romance with oil. With 159 million litres used globally each day, and ecosystems sacrificed for convenience, this garment reclaims landfill-bound waste to ask: What are we really trading for comfort? Can beauty rise from destruction.

A special congratulations to Kym Cunningham, who took home First Place in the Avant-Garde category!

Ruthie Purnell
‘The Messenger’

Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, features a reflective appearance crafted from recycled crisp packets and silver materials. Stitched onto reclaimed curtains, layered with a mosquito net and bed valance petticoat, this wearable art piece compels viewers to reflect on sustainability. Echoing the raven’s ‘Nevermore’, it urges action to reduce waste before the chance to protect our world is lost.

Australian Wearable Art Finalists - Ruthie Purnell & Kym Cunningham


Feeling inspired?

Create a wearable art piece to enter in this year's Wearable Art Category as part of Fraser Coast Regional Council's Waste to Art Exhibition/Competition that will be on display at Gatakers Artspace. 

For more details click the link below. 

Waste to Art 2025