Cumberland City Council and City of Parramatta are neighbouring local government areas in Western Sydney, all that separates is an arbitrary border. Granville Centre Art Gallery, which resides within Cumberland, has partnered with Parramatta Artists’ Studios to celebrate what a neighbourhood can mean, what makes it special, why do we live where we do and then how we do connect. Artists Marian Abboud, Heath Franco, Rebecca Gallo, Tarik Ahlip & Linda Brescia, Gillian Kayrooz, Venessa Possum, Kalanjay Dhir and participants of the Youth Mentoring Program have created new works that explore their own neighbourhoods and communities, shining a light on why Western Sydney is so special.

Credit: Gillian Kayrooz, Guildford House. Courtesy the artist.