The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
An innovative multi-arts hub in the heart of Blacktown City.
Join Pacific weavers across western Sydney this summer to create 80 handmade woven mats that will be used to celebrate the opening of Powerhouse Parramatta.
The project forms part of the OCEAN WE’VE Commission, a new Powerhouse and Blacktown Arts project bringing together Western Sydney’s Pacific communities through a large-scale collaborative weaving project.
OCEAN WE’VE brings together master weavers from across the Pacific including Langafonua ‘a Fafine Tonga, Women’s Council of Tonga in Nuku’alofa, Ereamone Chamberlain, Sione Falemaka, Angela Paikea, Keren Ruki and Seve Faleupolu.
Event details:
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
Thursday 27 November from 1 pm to 5 pm
Saturday 13 December from 11 am to 3 pm
Free to attend
Recommended age 12+ years. Under 16 must be accompanied by a participating Adult.
For more information and book here here
Powerhouse Museum is recognised internationally as one of the great repositories of shared stories of innovation and achievement across the applied arts and sciences, providing a comprehensive insight into our rich and diverse country. There are more than half a million objects in the Powerhouse Collection.
As the first NSW State Cultural Institution to be based in western Sydney, Powerhouse Parramatta will be a transformational cultural precinct. It will be the largest museum in NSW with over 18,000 sqm of exhibition and public space, attracting 2 million visitors a year. No museum in Australia is better placed to demonstrate the continued impact of the applied arts and sciences on our world through technology, innovation, design and engineering.
Presented in partnership with Powerhouse Parramatta
