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
'Star Seed' is a new work created by Nazanin Marashian with Afghan Women on the Move. This delicate artwork was installed over 2 days and is made of turmeric, paprika, cardamom, cinnamon, herbs and poppy seeds.
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!
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.