Acknowledgement of Country

Dharug

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.

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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

Opportunity | 2019 Blacktown Arts Residency Program

Opportunity | 2019 Blacktown Arts Residency Program

Blacktown Arts is accepting applications for the 2019 Blacktown Arts Residency Program. This program provides a range of opportunities for artists to develop creative projects in all art forms.

Do you have a creative project ready for the next development phase?

The 2019 Creative Residency Program offers space and funded residencies in the following categories:

– Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Residency $5,000
– Pat Parker Memorial Residency $5,000
– Without Borders (Accessible Arts) Residency $5,000
– Performing Arts Residency $5,000
– Main Street Studio Residencies

Applications close Friday 15 March 2019

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Image Credit: Pepa Molina, recipient of the 2018 Without Borders Residency. Photograph by Joshua Morris.

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