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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English

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

Public Art

Our City’s public art is a dynamic expression of Blacktown’s culture, identity and place. 

We bring together the creative work of visual artists, craftspeople, designers, makers, and performance artists, to make temporary and permanent art accessible and visible across the City.

Smart Bins

Smart Bins

Blacktown Arts and Blacktown City Council have installed 17 new vibrant bins throughout the Blacktown LGA featuring artworks by Aunty Edna Watson, Uncle Danny Eastwood and Jamie Eastwood, Karen Maber, Patrice Wills and more. 

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Riverstone Public Art Mural

Riverstone Public Art Mural

Artists Jan Cleveringa and Rosalind Stanley were commissioned to create murals in Marketown Riverstone. The artists consulted with Darug artist Leanne Watson for input in the designs with Darug symbology.

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Image Credits:

Aunty Edna Watson, Dharug mudgin, photograph by Rosalind Stanley 2023
Julieanne Ross Allcorn, Hidden Natures Delight, photograph by Rosalind Stanley 2023

I’m an Artist

I’m an Artist

Blacktown Arts supports artists through annual opportunities across prizes, exhibitions, funding opportunities, and studio spaces for local creatives.

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Blacktown City Art Prize

Blacktown City Art Prize

Blacktown City’s annual acquisitive art prize open to artists across Australia, with a prize pool of over $23,500.

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