The winners of the Capture Fairfield Visual Arts & Photography Competition were announced by Fairfield City Mayor Frank Carbone at the July Council Meeting this week.
This year’s competition received 54 visual art and 414 photograph submissions, while the new ‘Waste to Art’ group category – which invited local primary school classes to upcycle general waste into art, had 9 submissions.
Judges made their selection based on the skill, strong visual appeal and response to this year’s ‘Love Where You Live – Support, Protect and Explore’ theme.
The judging panel comprised of the Mayor, Councillors, previous winners and staff.
Fairfield City Mayor Frank Carbone said each year he looks forward to seeing the clever portrayal of Fairfield City’s character through art.
“It was great to see people’s unique interpretation of the places, diversity and community spirit that make up our City,” Mayor Carbone said.
“I would like to thank everyone who participated. We are thrilled by the huge response from the community year after year and look forward to seeing next year’s submissions.”
Visual arts placegetters
PRIMARY
1st place Angelina Bui – ‘Diversity Makes Us Strong’
Representative of St Johns Park Primary School
2nd place Degan Pearn – ‘Horsley Park, My Heart, My Home’
3rd place Angelina Huynh – ‘The Fairfield Special’
SECONDARY
1st place Lilian Meli – ‘Welcome to our City’
2nd place Tiffany Pao – ‘Arc’
3rd place Timmy Le – ‘The Bland Oak Tree’
ADULT
1st place Melvy Connell – ‘Landscape 1’
2nd place Svetlana Panov – ‘Curiosities from Orphan School Creek’
3rd place Diane Yousouf – ‘Lockdown Shuffle’
WASTE TO ART
1st place Horsley Park Public School, Class 5-6 Arnot – ‘Fruit and Vegetable Garden’
2nd place Marion Catholic Primary School Horsley Park, Year 3-6 Garden Club
‘Love Our Country, Love Our City’
3rd place Fairvale Public School, Class 4 Jellyfish – ‘Keep Australia Waste Free’
Photography placegetters
PRIMARY
1st place Maci McLintock – ‘Sky Bloom’
Representative of Bossley Park Public School
2nd place Lisa Lamiro – ‘Path to the Sky’
3rd place Mahmoud Ali – ‘Sun(flower) Rise’
SECONDARY
1st place George Bazoon – ‘Flasing Lights’
2nd place Grace Dinh – ‘Collections of Rain’
3rd place Nathan Gerolimatos – ‘Fairfield Station’
ADULT
1st place Le Loc Nguyen – ‘Happy Ending’
2nd place Martin Ratcliff – ‘Devoted Fairfield Couple’
3rd place Patrizia Zeppieri – ‘Working from Home’
The winning and highly commended art and photography submissions will be on display at Fairfield City Council’s Administration Centre, and photography submissions also at the Whitlam Library Cabramatta from 1 August to 30 September 2022.
Council has compiled a photobook containing many of the entries received. Visit www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/capturefairfield to view the book.
