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.

Credit to: Dharug woman Rhiannon Wright, daughter of Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath and granddaughter of Aunty Edna Watson

Stitching the Sea

Stitching the Sea

Stitching the Sea is an ongoing program that explores issues affecting our Pacific communities. From 22 September – 27 October 2018, Blacktown Arts will showcase the rich body of work by artists Latai Taumoepeau and Angela Tiatia. Our communities will gather to explore traditional and contemporary practices, and experience how artists make works that address global warming.

Community Day
10 am – 5 pm, 22 September
Stitching the Sea launches its program with a day of workshops, food, music and family activities.

Open Artist Residency: Latai Taumoepeau
25 September – 6 October, 10 am – 5 pm Tuesday – Saturday
Centered on her participatory installation, Hg57, Latai will host a series of gatherings, exchanges and actions around climate change activism.

Stitching the Sea
22 September – 27 October 2018

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Photography by Katy Green Loughrey

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