
Digital stories with Leanne Watson Redpath and Rhiannon Wright
From SeptemberTake a seat for our new series titled Digital Stories, our first edition with Leanne 'Mulgo Watson Redpath and Rhiannon Wright.
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
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.
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
Take a seat for our new series titled Digital Stories, our first edition with Leanne 'Mulgo Watson Redpath and Rhiannon Wright.
For this edition, Western Sydney Fashion Festival Director Thuy Nguyen interviews Iki Haangana, founder of fashion label Public Island Society.
Inspired by artist Monica Rani Rudhar’s Indian and Romanian heritage, this project celebrates the rich cultural meaning of jewellery and its role in expressing and navigating multi-racial identities.
Step into Ghosts in the Kitchen, an immersive exhibition that explores the complex relationships between food, culture, and identity from the perspectives of First Nations peoples within Australia.
Join us for a day of Pasifika Makers Markets, mat-weaving workshops, and a Western Sydney Fashion Festival runway show.
SUBMERGE.FM is back! Join us for an immersive evening of music in Blacktown.
Blacktown Shorts Film Festival has returned for 2025!
Join us in celebration of the opening of Ghosts in the Kitchen with an evening of First Nations performance, dance, poetry and music.
Join us for Little Spirits in the Kitchen, 2 fun-filled workshops unpacking themes from the Ghosts in the Kitchen exhibition.
Silver tongues is an experimental moving image work by Cook Island Australian artist Morgan Hogg.