Acknowledgement of Country

Dharug

Bayadyinyang budyari Dharug yiyura Dharug Ngurra.
Bayady’u budyari Dharug Warunggadgu baranyiin barribugu.
Bayady’u budyari wagulgu yiyuragu Ngurra bimalgu Blacktown City. Flannel flowers dyurali bulbuwul.
Yanmannyang mudayi Dharug Ngurrawa. Walama ngyini budbud dali Dharug Ngurra Dharug yiyura baranyiin barribugu.

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this Land, the Dharug people, and their continued connection to Country.
We pay our respects to Elders from yesterday to tomorrow.
We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Blacktown City where the flannel flowers still grow proud and strong.
We will walk softly on this land and open our hearts to Country as the Dharug people have for tens of thousands of years.

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2018 Young Artists Prize

2018 Young Artists Prize

What can we do to say ‘bye bye’ to plastic and save our marine life?

Use your imagination to create a drawing, painting, print, sculpture or ceramic artwork that explores how we can solve the problem of plastic in our ocean!

The Blacktown City Art Prize celebrates the creativity of local young people through an environmentally-themed Young Artists Prize.

This section is open to 5 – 15 year olds who live or go to school in Blacktown City.

Entries due Saturday 10 November 2018.

Download an entry form.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR ENTRANTS

Delivery date for artworks and entry forms
10 am – 5 pm Friday 9 November 2018 and Saturday 10 November 2018

Exhibition dates
1 December 2018 – 25 January 2019
Open Tuesday – Saturday | 10 am – 5 pm

Awards Presentation
11 am Saturday 8 December 2018 at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre

Collection of entries
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