In the first major engagement with our Afghan and Persian communities, Blacktown Arts presents Daneha, an artistic program of a visual arts, artist talks, musical performances and theatre.

Our artists-in-residence will explore their artistic practice, experiment with art forms and produce a range of new work at our Main Street Studios and The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre.

The 'Recent Acquisitions' exhibition presents new artworks purchased by Blacktown City Council between 2015 and 2017 that reflect Blacktown, its history and its communities.

Have you seen any of our #artin8seconds videos? Follow our new hashtag to get your culture fix in itty bitty clips. You'll be amazed at what an artist can share in next to no time at all ...

Presented alongside 'Broken Glass', Moogahlin Performing Arts and Blacktown Arts will host an artist talk, a discussion about death and bereavement presented by Joseph Medcalf Funeral Services and installation visits to St Bartholomew's.

"To Leo Kelly, the promotion and stature of the arts in Blacktown, and in Western Sydney generally, was so much more. It was a statement about the calibre and creativity of our people"

At the launch of the 2017 Blacktown City Art Prize, and the official renaming ceremony of The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, our colleague Peter Filmer OAM gave the keynote address.

The winners of the 2017 Blacktown City Art Prize have been announced! Congratulations to all of the winners in this year's Prize. The exhibition of finalists closes on Saturday, 27 January 2018.

How should we create the future? As part of their fiesta at Blacktown Arts Centre in September 2017, Mahal Kita Future Bayan, Sipat Lawin Ensemble invited all our visitors to cast their votes in ‘Dotmocracy’.

Local Darug artist Jacinta Tobin recently collaborated with the indie band The Preatures on their latest single ‘Yanada’. Watch the artists' interview with SBS Viceland’s Marc Fennell.

Anino Shadowplay Collective had 8 seconds to tell us about their plans for the All Souls Day closing event of 'Balik Bayan' on Thursday, 2 November 2017. Watch the clip and connect with Anino!

93 artworks have been selected for the 2017 Blacktown City Art Prize! The winners will be selected from this list of finalists, and announced at the official opening on Saturday, 2 December 2017.