Welcome to BYDS:
Bankstown Youth Development Service Incorporated
BYDS
initiates arts and cultural programs to create strong and sustainable
communities in the Bankstown area. Since 1991 BYDS has instigated and
run over a hundred distinct projects that have brought together
thousands of people at screenings, launches, events and performances
covering every kind of art and cultural pursuit. We are located at 6-8
Bankstown City Plaza, in Hackett House.
See below for our latest news...
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BYDS' assisted with the Bankstown 2010 NAIDOC celebrations at Paul Keating Park on Saturday 3rd July. Click HERE for highlights. |
| The BYDS' Indigenous Dance Group were a success once again this year at the Bankstown NAIDOC festival. Click HERE for more. |
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Material from the Indigenous Oral History Project has been showcased at Bankstown Library for this years NAIDOC celebrations. Patrons viewed displays of a selection of interview material, photos, and artworks of the Bankstown Elders, compiled by Jaleesa. Click HERE for more.
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BYDS has received funding from Bankstown Sports Club to work with three young students from Bankstown to develop their writing and editing skills. This will result in a publication of the work of these students titled, Three Novelettes. Click HERE for more. |
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BYDS' ConnectED Artist in Residence program has completed its first term with great feedback from the teachers at Sir Joseph Banks and Bankstown Senior College. Click HERE for more. |
View the latest work from emerging and professional writers and artists of Western Sydney on the new and improved Westside Lonely Page. This month's collection include: Rare and unpublished works from the students of RAS, and Notoriously Violent, an essay by UWS Psychology graduate, Wael Kabbara, which examines perceptions of violence in Western Sydney.
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Westside Jr. Volume 2: Violence will be launched in August 2010. Contact mohammed@byds.org.au for more information.
Image: Bill Reda |
| The first edition of the new series of Westside Fill Your Bucket was launched Dec 11, 2009 at Bankstown Town Hall. Click HERE for more or to read Evelyn Juers speech on Fill Your Bucket. |
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Since 2009, BYDS publications have been printed by Ligare Pty Ltd. During the July school holidays, BYDS staff took Samantha Hogg (Westside Publications Intern) and Dorothy Kamal (Youth Week Writing Competition, Outstanding Jr. Award Winner) to Ligare for a tour of the printing press. Click HERE for more.
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Click HERE for highlights from the BYDS' 2010 Sydney Writers Festival event Inside the Westside Writers Group.
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On Wednesday 14th April Bankstown City Council in association with BYDS launched the 2010 Youth Week writing competition Live it Now. Click HERE for more. |
| On January 4th BYDS began 2010 with a 45 minute lecture at Coogee Crown Plaza about the contemporary Western Sydney voice. Click HERE for more. |
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BYDS on YouTube!
Check out our Giant Dance and Indigenous Youth Forum videos on YouTube.
6-8 Old Town Centre Plaza, Bankstown | Ph: (02) 9793 8324 | Fax: (02) 9796 4581 |
