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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2019 Young Artists Prize

2019 Young Artists Prize

The theme of the Blacktown City Young Artists Prize for 2019 is Repair & Restore, asking young artists to respond to:

Countries around the world have declared that climate change is a real emergency. As our climate becomes hotter, what positive things can we do to cool our homes, cities and natural environments?

The Blacktown City Art Prize celebrates the creativity of local young people with 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 16 November 2019.

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KEY DATES

Delivery date for artworks and entry forms

10 am – 5 pm Friday 15 November 2019 and Saturday 16 November 2019

Exhibition dates

30 November 2019 – 25 January 2020

Open Tuesday – Saturday | 10 am – 5 pm

Awards Presentation

11 am Saturday 7 December 2019 at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre

Collection of entries

10 am – 5 pm Friday 31 January 2020 and Saturday 1 February 2020Photo credit
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