The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
An innovative multi-arts hub in the heart of Blacktown City.
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.
This foundational cultural partnership will strengthen and amplify the arts and creative industries in western Sydney, providing further opportunities and avenues for the professional development of local creatives and expand creative and cultural practices already happening throughout the community.
At the media launch, NSW Arts Minister John Graham MLC said ‘The connecting thread across the key strategic pillars highlight the distinctive cultural practices of western Sydney, emerging from the history of the people and the area. It is important that these diverse and distinctive creative practices are documented, preserved and integrated into our cultural institutions – reflecting the realities of lives, stories and distinctive creativity of the region. The legacy of the partnership will have an impact on generations to come.’
– Lisa Havilah, Chief Executive, Powerhouse