Escape the heat this Summer at Blacktown Arts!

Start your year of art making with a bang at the free family-friendly 2-day Hive Festival returning to The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre for Sydney Festival, presented in partnership with the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Alongside, embrace your inner spy in our latest Makers Space with Ebony Wightman, an interactive installation for all ages and abilities!

Refresh your senses with works by some of Australia’s finest artists in the  2025 Blacktown City Art Prize and Young Artist Prize exhibitions.

Enjoy local tunes and yummy food at Summer Music at Riverstone Food Market with locals Western Sydney Mixtape and before the summer is over, the fbi.radio SMAC award-winning 2024 Blacktown Short Film Festival is returning to Blacktown for an encore screening!

 

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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