Fairfield City Museum & Gallery

Published: 05 Jun 2007

Fairfield City Museum & Gallery Wins Cultural Award

Young artists with mentor Mazin Ahmad

On 4 May, Fairfield City Museum & Gallery won the category Managing Culture - Cultural Infrastructure, Programs and Projects at the 2007 Local Government Cultural Awards for the exhibition 'Bodgies, Westies & Homies: Growing Up in Western Sydney'.

'Bodgies, Westies & Homies' was an ambitious, innovative, cross-cultural, cross-generational community development project to foster greater understanding and appreciation of others. The project involved accessing two different generations in our community to acquire stories, objects and photographs that addressed the stereotype and reality of growing up in Western Sydney. It explored the concept of being young in 2006 in comparison with previous generations who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s.

The project harnessed the energy of the youth assisting them to record their social history on film, in photographs and through visual works produced in facilitated workshops. They were able to capture their thoughts, feelings and experiences for future generations.

The outcomes of the project were not only the exhibition, the text panels, a film and the book but also the increase in social connectivity of our community where individuals feel valued, understood and appreciated.

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