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
Check out our full program today!
Made in the West Film Festival hits the big screen at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre this Autumn. Catch 4 films from the 2022 festival, including the People’s Choice Award-winner Hello My Name is Mother Nature by Pamela Manos and Darcy Vincent.
Mervyn Bishop is arguably Aboriginal Australia’s most prolific photographer. Through capturing personal images of family and friends, intimate portraits of members of the Aboriginal
Blacktown Arts are thrilled to present a collection of portraits by western Sydney-based Ngunnawal and Yuin photographer and artist, Darren Bell alongside Mervyn Bishop: celebrating one of Australia’s most prolific photographers.
Blacktown Arts is proud to present the 7th edition of the Women Media Arts and Film Festival. The festival represents media arts and film works by women through roles as writers, producers and directors.
A multi-day, multi-arts experience showcasing the City’s key creative spaces and works in a range of development stages by Blacktown’s most exciting artists across film, dance, performance and visual arts.
Join some of our regular favourites and a suite of talented local artists for a jam-packed program of workshops and studio sessions across collage, drawing, zines and more.
Raw Records: Materials in Practice gathers the work of contemporary artists who reflect on materiality in their art and making practices.
Dance Makers Collective’s Katina Olsen and Anya McKee connect with five inspirational Australian women from their communities, as a way to begin to unpack and rediscover what this phrase means today.
These Winter School Holidays, connect with culture, get crafty and improve your content creation skills at workshops and drop in activities for kids, young people and families.
Blacktown Arts are thrilled to present Bread and Longing, an exhibition of works by Open Studio artist and 2022/23 Blacktown City Art Prize finalist, Stan Florek.
Blacktown Shorts is headed online for a limited season from 11 to 22 July 2023, so grab a snack and watch from the comfort of your own home.
Grab some popcorn and make yourself at home, the prestigious SF3 SmartFone Flick Fest is coming to Blacktown Arts this winter.
An innovative multi-arts hub in the heart of Blacktown City.
Blacktown Arts supports artists through annual opportunities across prizes, exhibitions, funding opportunities, and studio spaces for local creatives.
Explore Blacktown City’s rich arts and cultural collections.
Blacktown City’s annual acquisitive art prize open to artists across Australia, with a prize pool of over $23,500.
