Naomi Grant - a Perth-based artist and winner of the 2017 Aboriginal Artist Prize - offers advice to artists who are thinking about entering the Blacktown City Art Prize this year.

We are exploring new ways of connecting with our community, and ways for our community to connect with each other. For the first time ever, we are offering complimentary “tweet seats” to an event – the Sitaraha preview.

Internationally acclaimed, Blacktown-based artist Khadim Ali is exhibiting new work in our current exhibition Daneha. In this interview, he reflects on his journey as a Hazara artist living and working in Blacktown.

19 local artists and community organisations can create new artwork and develop their creative skills with funding assistance through the Blacktown City Council 2018 Creative Arts Fund.

Entries for the Blacktown City Art Prize will open on Tuesday 10 July 2018. Here are a few common questions and answers to consider when selecting artworks for the prize, including what kind of works you can enter.

Blacktown Arts will showcase the rich body of work by artists Latai Taumoepeau and Angela Tiatia. Our communities will gather and experience how artists make works that address global warming.

Blacktown Arts presents the Australian premiere of Sitaraha, a moving one woman play about 3 generations of women living in Afghanistan who use song, dance and storytelling to keep their stories alive.

Did you know Blacktown City Council collects art? Watch this fun video and make your own art at home inspired by Blacktown's own collection of artworks!

Jackie Dent joins artists and community members for the unveiling of new artworks at Ngara – Ngurangwa Byallara (Listen, Hear, Think – The Place Speaks) at the Blacktown Native Institution site.

'Star Seed' is a new work created by Nazanin Marashian with Afghan Women on the Move. This delicate artwork was installed over 2 days and is made of turmeric, paprika, cardamom, cinnamon, herbs and poppy seeds.

In the first major engagement with our Afghan and Persian communities, Blacktown Arts presents Daneha, an artistic program of a visual arts, artist talks, musical performances and theatre.

NAIDOC is a special event in Blacktown, which is home to Australia's largest urban Aboriginal population. It is a day of music and celebration; a day to remember Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contributions to our nation.