Digital Stories with Iki Haangana and Western Sydney Fashion Festival
From NovemberFor this edition, Western Sydney Fashion Festival Director Thuy Nguyen interviews Iki Haangana, founder of fashion label Public Island Society.
Spring 2025
See the world from an Indigenous Australian and Oceanic First Nations peoples’ perspective, with the group exhibition Ghosts in the Kitchen: Food, Memory, and Resistance in First Nations Australia guest curated by Rebecca Ray. Also Joining Rebecca’s curation will be a new public art commission that will adorn the Max Webber Library Windows by Yuwi, Torres Strait and South Sea Islander man, Dylan Mooney.
Kids can get in on the fun too with Little Spirits in the Kitchen, a set of hands-on making workshops for school holidays led by First Nations artist, Merindah Funnell.
Our much loved and celebrated 2025 Blacktown Shorts Film Festival is back! Premiering again at the iconic Sydney Opera House, 3 filmmakers have been selected to tell their story. Also premiering that evening will be Silver tongues with Morgan Hogg, part of the Shortwave program. commissioned by Sydney Opera House.
And finally, make sure to join us for a celebration of fashion, family-friendly workshops and markets at our Western Sydney Fashion Festival and WE’VE markets!
Check out the full program and download here!
Image: Lakshmi Bee, Armando Crisostomo and Iki Haangana at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre, 2025, photo by Garry Trinh
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Dylan Mooney at the Max Webber Library Windows
30 September 2025 to 28 February 2026In response to the The Leo Kelly Blacktown Art Centre’s exhibition Ghosts in the Kitchen, curated by Rebecca Ray, artist Dylan Mooney has been invited to create a special commission for the Max Webber Library.
Ghosts in the Kitchen: Food, Memory, and Resistance in First Nations Australia curated by Rebecca Ray
30 September to 13 DecemberStep into Ghosts in the Kitchen, an immersive exhibition that explores the complex relationships between food, culture, and identity from the perspective of Indigenous Australian and Oceanic First Nations peoples.
Western Sydney Fashion Festival and WE’VE Markets
29 November, noon to 8 pmJoin us for a day of Pasifika Makers Markets, mat-weaving workshops, and a Western Sydney Fashion Festival runway show.
SUBMERGE.FM
Friday 21 November, 7 pm to 9 pmSUBMERGE.FM is back! Join us for an immersive evening of music in Blacktown.
2025 Blacktown Shorts Film Festival
Thursday 30 October, 7.30 pm to 9 pmBlacktown Shorts Film Festival has returned for 2025!
Ghosts in the Kitchen Opening and Performance
Friday 17 October, 6 pm to 9 pmJoin us in celebration of the opening of Ghosts in the Kitchen with an evening of First Nations performance, dance, poetry and music.
Shortwave: Silver tongues with Morgan Hogg
Thursday 30 October, 7.30 pm to 9 pmSilver tongues is an experimental moving image work by Cook Island Australian artist Morgan Hogg.
Little Spirits in the Kitchen: School Holidays workshops
1 and 8 October, 10.30 am to noonInspired by the exhibition Ghosts in the Kitchen, these workshops explore memory, and culture from an Indigenous Australian First Nations perspectives.
