BANK Art Museum Moree has won a major award at the Museum and Galleries NSW IMAGinE Awards, held at University of Sydney’s The Refectory last week.
BAMM scooped the Engagement Projects Award for Team Trampoline, developed by BAMM with artist Meg Wilson, and facilitated by BAMM’s Cate Gaston.
Ms Wilson is an interdisciplinary artist and production designer, based in South Australia.
Team Trampoline engaged more than 50 young people from across Moree to design and weave trampoline mats from recycled cotton.
The project built confidence, skills and community pride through hands-on, youth-led collaboration and culminated in a public exhibition of the finished trampolines.
The IMAGinE Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural centres across New South Wales and recognise excellence and innovation in exhibitions, public engagement, learning and access and individual contributions to the sector.
BAMM director Rosie Dennis said the ream behind Team Trampoline is thrilled to have won an IMAGinE Award for.
“The project was hyper-local in every way,” Ms Dennis said.
“All materials used to make the mats were sourced from Moree and the local region, and every element was repurposed.
“The project engaged young people from three local schools, as well as our after-school art workshops and members of our local community.
“It was a joyful and inclusive project,” she said.
Participating schools include St Philomena’s School, Moree East Public School and Moree Secondary College, with the Team Trampoline initiative supported by the NSW Premier’s Department.
Over several months, participants met weekly to design, dye and weave vibrant trampoline mats.
All materials used in the exhibition were locally sourced from Moree and the wider shire, with every element repurposed.
This includes trampoline frames salvaged from backyards and kerbsides, more than seven kilometres of cotton rope, and over 80 damaged cotton gin bags, cut into strips and transformed into weaving materials.
“These components speak to the region’s agricultural identity and productivity,” Ms Dennis said.
The IMAGinE Awards, presented annually by Museums and Galleries of NSW, celebrate the
outstanding achievements of museums, galleries and Aboriginal cultural centres across New South Wales.
They remain a cornerstone event celebrating the vital contributions of NSW’s cultural sector to the state’s rich and diverse creative landscape.
