Image: Leanne Tobin, Are you listening now? 2021
From The Collection
Max Webber Library windows
1 September 2023 to 15 January 2024
Culture and creativity are part of everyone’s daily life
Blacktown Arts recognises that creativity plays an important role in developing opportunities for artists and in contributing to the wellbeing of our community.
From The Collection is a temporary public art display on the Max Webber Library windows that feature 4 artworks selected from the Blacktown City Art Collection.
Blacktown City Council has been collecting artworks for over 30 years. The Blacktown City Art Collection has become an important source of civic pride and a treasured repository of local knowledge.
It maps how social values, cultural perspectives and artistic concerns of the community have changed over time, and is a source of inspiration for current and future generations.
Artworks are predominantly acquired for the Blacktown City Art Collection through the annual Blacktown City Art Prize.
To find out more about the Blacktown City Art Collection see here.
Artworks as displayed:
Leanne Tobin, Are you listening now? 2021
Barbara Newton, Waratah, 2018
Roxanne Minchin, Central Australian Landscape, c. 2000
Brendon Mogg, Early Morning Light, 2011
