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2016 Blacktown City Art Prize

2016 Blacktown City Art Prize

August 22, 2016

...live or go to school in the Blacktown Local Government Area. Selected works will be exhibited at Blacktown Arts Centre from Saturday, 3 December 2015 – Saturday, 28 January 2016....

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Announcement | 2016 Creative Arts Fund

Announcement | 2016 Creative Arts Fund

September 5, 2016

17 local artists and community organisations will receive funding assistance through the Blacktown City Council 2016 Creative Arts Fund. The Creative Arts Fund is an initiative of Blacktown City Council...

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Blacktown 2016 | This is how we make art

Blacktown 2016 | This is how we make art

April 26, 2017

Watch a short compilation of highlights from our 2016 program. Accompanying tracks: Ursula Yovich singing her original songs, ‘Bring Them Home’ and ‘This Life is Mine’, was recorded live at...

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The Unseen

The Unseen

3 August to 9 September 2023

...UNSW Galleries, Sydney (2018); NSW Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship, Artspace, Sydney (2017); Liveworks, Carriageworks, Sydney (2017); A BROKEN LINK, Central St Martin’s, London (2017); Bristol Biennial 2016: in other worlds,...

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Exhibition | Flux

Exhibition | Flux

March 23, 2017

...Legs – Mehwish Iqbal, Force Field of Complex Journeys, 2016 Porcelain Life Size Legs, installed at Blacktown Arts Centre for Diaspora-Making Machines 2016, photograph by Sharon Hickey. 2225 3 11...

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It’s Timely Too

It’s Timely Too

July 23, 2016

...to reflect on the ensuing cultural changes that completely transformed life in this country. In 2016, during the 100th anniversary of Whitlam’s birth, the exhibition It’s Timely Too at The...

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2017 Creative Residency Program

2017 Creative Residency Program

July 25, 2016

...and communities. “The West Sessions is about sharing the music we love in the place that we grew up,” said Eric Fortaleza, recipient of the 2016 Performing Arts Residency. “We...

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I’m an Artist

I’m an Artist

Blacktown Arts supports artists through annual opportunities across prizes, exhibitions, funding opportunities, and studio spaces for local creatives.

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Blacktown City Art Prize

Blacktown City Art Prize

Blacktown City’s annual acquisitive art prize open to artists across Australia, with a prize pool of over $23,500.

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