Expressions of Interest: Undoing the City: Artist Development with Victor Ehikhamenor form

You can apply by video if writing is not the best way for you to share your ideas.

If you submit a video application

• Please answer all questions in part 1 and 2
• Please keep your video under 5 minutes

We welcome applications from creatives who are D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent; with lived experience of disability and / or access requirements.

Application criteria:

• emerging creatives (early stages of career) who identify as African, of African descent, or from a community with African heritage
• aged between 20 to 35 (we are open to applicants older than 35 who define themselves as emerging)
• artist must live in western Sydney, or have strong ties to western Sydney.

Outcomes:

Successful applicants will be expected to:

• attend all four half-day sessions in full
• attend the opening of Undoing the City at Chau Chak Wing Museum
• actively participate in knowledge exchange and creative dialogue across sessions
• participate in a brief end of programme reflection that could involve a discussion or a written response or a short, recorded interview
• deliver a workshop or public program in 2027 that engages other emerging creatives and shares learnings from this experience.

These outputs will form part of Blacktown Arts’ record of the program and may be used, with the participants consent, in future communications, grant reporting, or exhibition contexts.

If you need help, or this application format is not accessible for you, contact us and we can discuss another way for you to apply.

Email: blacktownarts@blacktown.nsw.gov.au

You can save your application and finish it later.

Applications close on Wednesday 2 September, 2026, at 11.59 pm

Blacktown Arts will provide:

• artist fees and travel allowance for 4 mentorship sessions
• staff member/s to support during mentorship sessions
• future financial support to develop and deliver a creative workshop for young people in 2027.

This program encourages artists who identify as African, of African descent, or from a community with African Cultural heritage to engage in a knowledge exchange and mentorship with artist Victor Ehikhamenor, to become part of a cohort of fellow mentees, and be supported by Blacktown Arts staff.