The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre will be closed over the 2019 Easter Long Weekend. The Centre will also be closed on ANZAC Day, Thursday 25 April 2019.

We caught up with visual artists Alikhani and Neda Farrahi in the closing weeks of their residencies with us. Both are migrants, mothers, and painters.

Throughout 2019, Blacktown Arts will present 3 terms of performance and movement workshops, facilitated by performance artist and martial arts instructor Binh Duy Ta | Term 2 starts 7 May

Blacktown Arts and Critical Path invite you to STARTERS, where you will join four respected artists for a unique exchange of food and conversation. Julie-Anne Long, Anna Kuroda, Taree Sansbury and Brian Fuata.

Blacktown City Council has posted an opportunity for an experienced Aboriginal artsworker to join the Blacktown Arts team. Applications close 19 April 2019.

Mehwish Iqbal's artwork 'Force Field of Complex Journeys' recently travelled to New York for Mehwish’s solo exhibition 'Mind, Body, State' at HG Contemporary.

Rooty Hill based artist Kristone Capistrano has been selected as a finalist in the coveted Dobell Drawing Prize for his study of nineteenth century Filipino convict migrants.

'Blacktown Shorts' is a new western Sydney film festival, delivered as part of our upcoming 'Magnify' 2019 festival in Blacktown. Expressions of Interest close Monday 8 April 2019

Master weavers Steven Russell and Phyllis Stewart will present a number of workshops alongside our current exhibition 'kanalaritja: An Unbroken String' at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre.

kanalaritja: An Unbroken String is an exhibition and series of workshops that celebrates the generations of makers who have sustained the uniquely Tasmanian Aboriginal cultural practice of making delicate shell necklaces.

'Life', a small and delicate ceramic artwork by Glenwood artist Erik Shahmoradian, has been voted the winner of the People’s Choice Prize in the 2018 Blacktown City Art Prize.

The Blacktown City Council Creative Arts Fund is an important local initiative that supports new artistic projects across Blacktown City. $40,000 worth of grants will be awarded to local individuals and organisations.