
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
An innovative multi-arts hub in the heart of Blacktown City.
Bayadyinyang budyari Dharug yiyura Dharug Ngurra.
Bayady’u budyari Dharug Warunggadgu baranyiin barribugu.
Bayady’u budyari wagulgu yiyuragu Ngurra bimalgu Blacktown City. Flannel flowers dyurali bulbuwul.
Yanmannyang mudayi Dharug Ngurrawa. Walama ngyini budbud dali Dharug Ngurra Dharug yiyura baranyiin barribugu.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this Land, the Dharug people, and their continued connection to Country.
We pay our respects to Elders from yesterday to tomorrow.
We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Blacktown City where the flannel flowers still grow proud and strong.
We will walk softly on this land and open our hearts to Country as the Dharug people have for tens of thousands of years.
Credit to: Dharug woman Rhiannon Wright, daughter of Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath and granddaughter of Aunty Edna Watson
This Summer, catch the next generation of Western Sydney talent in the 2025 Blacktown City Young Artists Prize exhibition!
Presented alongside the 2025 Blacktown City Art Prize, this year’s artists have reflected on the theme Sharing our Skies – Visualising the power of our skies and all things that fly. From the animals that call the sky home to how we as human harness its power for energy, participants were encouraged to get inspired by their own patch of the sky.
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories, and announced in January:
Don’t miss out on seeing the next generation of budding artists!
Most creative description of renewable energy
Shresth Rao Naibi Sriganesha
13 years
My Little imagination
Best expression of Blacktown City
Breonna Konidana
13 years
Sky’s the limit
Most expressive use of colour
Kids Early Learning Rooty Hill
Samuel, Nyssa, Srivi, Evelyn, Shuvana and Melissa
4 and 5 years
I spy in the sky
Most creative use of recycled and natural materials presented by Blacktown City Council’s Environmental Services Unit
Nirvi Kottur
5 years
Untitled
Most creative interpretation of the theme: Sharing our Skies
Kisandu Jayasinghe
9 years
Rain, “the gift of Life” from the Mystical Skies”
Most creative depiction of renewable energy
Ethan Geevarghese
13 years
Sharing our skies
This project is presented by Blacktown Arts and supported by Blacktown City Council’s Environmental Services Unit and Kids Early Learning and the NSW Government through Create NSW.