Capture Fairfield - Visual Arts and Photography Competition

 Capture Fairfield Visual Arts and Photography Competition with banner with camera, paintbrush and palette illustration

The Capture Fairfield Visual Arts & Photography Competition is now OPEN!

It’s on again! Council is on the lookout for the best artistic interpretations of Fairfield City’s landscapes, experiences and attractions as part of the annual Capture Fairfield Visual Arts & Photography Competition. This is an opportunity for the community to promote and explore Fairfield City’s diversity and natural and built environment.

Using the 2023 theme ‘Love Where You Live’, show us what you love about your City.

You could win a share in more than $8,000 in prizes!

The competition opens Monday 27 March 2023 and submissions close on Sunday 25 June 2023. The winners will be announced at the Council meeting on Tuesday 25 July 2023.

Visual Arts

WHO CAN ENTER?

Entry is open to residents of Fairfield City and students who attend a school within the Fairfield Local Government Area.

HOW TO ENTER

Please read the entry conditions before submitting.

Enter for Visual Arts

Entry conditions - Visual Arts(PDF, 258KB)

Waste to Art

Waste to Art category - Primary school class only (Years 3-6)

Recycled art is creative work made from discarded materials that once had another purpose. This includes anything from cardboard packaging to scraps of clothing and items found in our natural environment. Artists are encouraged to reclaim items which would have gone to waste to create something new.

Waste to Art – Repurposed Suburb Banners (secondary students and adults)

Give our banners a new life!

You may have seen our big colourful banners around the City promoting our wonderful events and programs. We want you to get creative and find what we can repurpose them into after their life as a banner is over!

Enter our new Capture Fairfield Waste to Art competition, where there are some great prizes for the most creative and practical entries.

Entries are open to secondary students and adults. We provide the material for you to use for your entry, please contact Communications and Marketing on 9725 0205 or email media@fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au.

• Secondary students must reside and/or attend a school located in the Fairfield Local Government Area.

• Adults must reside in the Fairfield Local Government Area.

• The artwork must be made from Fairfield City suburb banners which will be provided by Council on request.

• Suburb banners can be manipulated in any way to form a creative work or practical item.

 

WHO CAN ENTER?

  • The entry is a combined effort by a class of Year 3-6 primary school students
  • The primary school must be located in the Fairfield Local Government Area

HOW TO ENTER

Please read the entry conditions before submitting. 

Enter for Waste to Art

Entry conditions - Waste to Art(PDF, 206KB)

Information for Teachers

NSW Government – Waste as art guide

Photography

WHO CAN ENTER?

Entry is open to residents of Fairfield City and students who attend a school within the Fairfield Local Government Area.

HOW TO ENTER

Please read the entry conditions before submitting. 

Enter for Photography

Entry conditions - Photography(PDF, 206KB)

     

  

2022 Capture Fairfield entries

 

2021 Capture Fairfield entries

 

Photography category winners

Primary 

  1. Maci McLintock - 'Sky Bloom' (Representative of Bossley Park Public School)
  2. Lisa Lamiro  - 'Path to the Sky'
  3. Mahmoud Ali - 'Sun(flower) Rise'

Secondary 

  1. George Bazoon - 'Flashing Lights' (Representative of Patrician Brothers' Catholic College)
  2. Grace Dinh - 'Collection of Rains'
  3. Nathan Gerolimatos - 'Reminiscent Railway' 

Adult

  1. Le Loc Nguyen - 'Happy Ending' 
  2. Martin Ratcliff - 'Devoted Fairfield Couple'
  3. Patrizia Zeppieri - 'Working from Home'

Visual Arts category winners

Primary

  1. Angelina Bui - 'Diversity Makes Us Strong' (Representative of St Johns Park Primary School)
  2. Degan Pearn - 'Horsley Park, My Heart, My Home'
  3. Angelina Huynh - 'The Fairfield Special'

Secondary 

  1. Lilian Meli - 'Welcome to our City' (Representative of Fairfield High School)
  2. Tiffany Pao - 'Arc)
  3. Timmy Le - 'The Bland Oak Tree'

Adult

  1. Melvy Connell - 'Landscape 1'
  2. Svetlana Panov - 'Curiosities from Orphan School Creek'
  3. Diane Yousef - 'Lockdown Shuffle'

Waste to Art category winners

First place

Horsley Park Public School, Class 3-4 Rizzardo - 'Fruit and Vegetable Farm'

Second place

Marion Catholic Primary School Horsley Park, Year 3-6 Garden Club - 'Love our Country, Love our City'

Third place

Fairvale Public School, Class 4 Jellyfish - 'Keep Australia Waste Free'