Parents tend to scorn contemporary artworks in galleries, claiming that their children can do better. In the case of Fairfield High School's Gifted and Talented Visual Arts program, the children can and do do it better. Actually, allow me to correct myself -- they're not 'children', they're young artists; and I say this without a trace of condescension or sarcasm. In the spirit of Mink Potential's talent-scouting mission, I decided to drag my Minkette arse to one of South-West Sydney's hubs to check out the Fairfield High School annual art exhibition, and sample the free refreshments.

Aunia Kahn poses for a photo at an exhibition. She stands proudly next to her artworks, her pink trimmed knee-highs making her almost taller than the converted doors where her pictures hang. With a pink sash hoisting in the black layers around the waist, she pulls back her shoulders and smiles.