Image: HOSSEI at Verge Gallery by Garry Trinh
Autumn 2024
Cosy up with Autumn 2024!
As the trees lose their leaves and the weather cools, we highlight the long history of activism, cultural practice and generations of hands-on making in western Sydney.
Travel through immersive spaces, witness captivating storytelling, and participate in unique, creative activities.
Elders in Residence
Image: Uncle Wes Marne by Eliya Cohen, Mosca Media Australia
Elders in Residence
Want to connect with First Nations culture?
By acknowledging our place on Darug land, Elders in Residence offers members of the public the opportunity to connect with First Nations culture and knowledge.
Every Friday until 13 December
Opportunities
2024 Blacktown City Creative Arts Fund
The 2024 Blacktown City Creative Arts Fund offers funding opportunities for creative growth and professional artistic development for local artists, groups and organisations.
Applications are closed now
Performance
Image: PIONEERS by Eisha Yawarish
PIONEERS
Watch the origin story of Australia’s bravest dance crew in a dance-theatre work, PIONEERS.
Produced by PYT Fairfield, PIONEERS brings young queer and culturally diverse western Sydney artists together to explore dance, activism, and identity.
This event has now ended.
Exhibitions
Image: Guwing Burragula Nggurrawa (Sunset on Country) by Jayne Christian from the 2023
Blacktown City Art Prize, photography by Liza Moscatelli, Mosca Media Australia
Djiriyay and Révolution with Jayne Christian
Djiriyay and Révolution is Baramadagal woman Jayne Christian’s first solo exhibition.
Featuring woven pieces and photography, this exhibition examines the art of protest and how cultural practices such as weaving have always been an act of resistance.
16 April to 29 June
Image: AFR Photo by Louie Douvis, courtesy of Fairfax Media
Collective Action
Collective Action draws upon the rich history of protest and activism in western Sydney through a collection of selected photographs from the Fairfax Media archives.
These photographs document the 2006 protests of the Howard government’s industrial relations reforms.
16 April to 29 June
Image: Hayakal al Noor, Bodies of Light 2021 by Narjis Mirza, courtesy of the artist
The Lullaby Project (working title)
The Lullaby Project (working title) is an immersive audio-visual installation created by Narjis Mirza, in collaboration with vocalist Maissa Alameddine.
The installation brings together layered vocals, translucent fabrics, light projections, moving images and calligraphy.
21 May to 29 June
Image: The Great Barrier Reef, 2022 by Lauren Johnson. Photography by silversalt Photography
2024 Blacktown City Art Prize Exhibition
The Blacktown City Art Prize exhibition is back for 2024!
For the first time Blacktown City and the wider western Sydney community is embedded from the outset with special consideration given to artworks that celebrated, expressed and reflected upon the diverse history, environment and First Nations stories of the area.
This exhibition is now closed.
School Holidays at the Makers Space
with Tarni Eastwood
Spend your school holidays in the Makers Space!
Connect deeply with Tarni Eastwood’s Makers Space through artist-led, hands-on workshops.
15 April to 26 April
Image: UTS Art by HOSSEI, photography by Jacquie Manning
Makers Space with HOSSEI
Discover the vibrant and colourful world of HOSSEI in our Autumn Makers Space!
Involving costuming, soft sculpture and sound, HOSSEI invites you to make yourself at home in a newly-commissioned outer space world.
21 May to 24 August
Presented by Blacktown Arts and supported by Blacktown City Council and the NSW Government through Create NSW.
