A selection of local, national and international artists from different art forms will be hosted at Blacktown Arts Centre and the Main Street art studios throughout the year as part of the Creative Residency Program.

Mehwish Iqbal’s first solo show at .M Contemporary includes the powerful work “Force Field of Complex Journeys”, commissioned as part of the "Diaspora-Making Machines" exhibition at Blacktown Arts Centre in 2016.

Would you like to explore creative collaborations, experiment with new art forms or pursue professional development opportunities? Achieve your artistic goals with funding assistance through the Blacktown City Council Creative Arts Fund.

Do you live, work or study in the Blacktown area? You can get tickets to Home Country for just $20 (save $39)! Book now - a limited number of local tickets are available.

Nerine Martini discusses the joys and challenges of creating large scale public commissions, and how she facilitates the process of community participation in her creative projects.

Diaspora-Making Machines is an exhibition that explores the systemic devices (the machines) that generate movement and the dispersal of communities (the diaspora). Nerine Martini discusses how migration and its aftermath is a central theme in her work.

The Creative Arts Fund is an initiative of Blacktown City Council which provides grants of up to $3000 to encourage artistic endeavours in the region. 17 local artists and community organisations will receive funding assistance in 2016.

Have you submitted an application for our 2017 Creative Residency Program? Nazanin Marsharian discusses how her Main Street studio residency – and Blacktown’s thriving creative community – is influencing her return to art-making.

Blacktown Arts Centre's Creative Residency Program supports artistic development and emerging arts practices in all forms. Successful applicants will be announced in December.

Artist-provocateur Latai Taumoepeau and co-curator Paschal Daantos Berry reflect on the intention and impact of this rigorous performance season with dancer and choreographer Martin del Amo.

During her residency in our Main Street Studio, Nazanin Marashian explores the significance of numbers in a series of non-traditional portraits inspired by encounters in nearby Blacktown mall.