Winter Making
6 June to 2 September 2023Join some of our regular favourites and a suite of talented local artists for a jam-packed program of workshops and studio sessions across collage, drawing, zines and more.
Winter 2023
Warm up this winter with Blacktown Arts!
First Nations Elders return to Friday mornings for Elders in Residence and Art and Yarn in the Winter School Holidays.
Get insight into the Blacktown City Art Collection with Raw Records: Materials in Practice, guest curated by Annie Areum Shin, celebrate homegrown artists with Arabic Treasures by Raneen Shamon and Bread and Longing by Stan Florek. Explore memory and cosmos with Parramatta Artists’ Studios at The Unseen.
Be immersed in movement with Woman’s Work by Dance Makers Collective, and discover local and newly arrived artists at Winter Music with Settlement Services International (SSI).
Make yourself at home and catch the encore season of Blacktown Shorts Film Festival, and see a selection of homemade films from the 2022 SmartFone Flick Fest. Plus, if you’re a young person interested in filmmaking or want to expand your TikTok skills, join the SmartFone FlickFest team for Introduction to Smartphone Filmmaking workshops.
Inspired? Get hands on with Making.
Learn from exhibiting artists Stan Florek and Raneen Shamon at one-off Still Life Drawing and Storytelling Through Collage workshops, and celebrate International Zine Month at a Zine Making with Priyanka Bromhead of ‘we are the mainstream’.
In the Winter School Holidays, collage with Muruwari artist Dr Virginia Keft at Colours of Country, and make a Quirky Koala in a video workshop with Skye Andrew.
And that’s just the tip of the iceberg!
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Raw Records: Materials in Practice
13 June to 22 July 2023Raw Records: Materials in Practice gathers the work of contemporary artists who reflect on materiality in their art and making practices.
Woman’s Work
16 June and 17 June 2023Dance Makers Collective’s Katina Olsen and Anya McKee connect with five inspirational Australian women from their communities, as a way to begin to unpack and rediscover what this phrase means today.
Winter School Holidays
3 July to 15 July 2023These Winter School Holidays, connect with culture, get crafty and improve your content creation skills at workshops and drop in activities for kids, young people and families.
Bread and Longing
Exhibition: 4 July to 22 July 2023Blacktown Arts are thrilled to present Bread and Longing, an exhibition of works by Open Studio artist and 2022/23 Blacktown City Art Prize finalist, Stan Florek.
Blacktown Shorts Film Festival
11 July to 22 July 2023Blacktown Shorts is headed online for a limited season from 11 to 22 July 2023, so grab a snack and watch from the comfort of your own home.
SF3 SmartFone Flick Fest
Digital season on now until 1 September 2023Grab some popcorn and make yourself at home, the prestigious SF3 SmartFone Flick Fest is coming to Blacktown Arts this winter.
The Unseen
3 August to 9 September 2023Exhibition is now closed. In partnership with Parramatta Artists’ Studios, Blacktown Arts are thrilled to introduce, The Unseen.
Winter Music
5 August 2023Warm up this winter with Winter Music, an afternoon of live music for the whole family at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre.
Elders In Residence
Acknowledging our place on Dharug Land, Elders in Residence connects all members of the community with First Nations culture and knowledge in an engaging community experience.
