Acknowledgement of Country

Dharug

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.

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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

Stay toasty with Blacktown Art’s Winter 2025 program! 

Join us in celebrating senior-career and female identifying artists with A Real Experience, a new exhibition taking inspiration from Vivienne Binns’ iconic 1981 Blacktown project, Mothers’ Memories Others’ Memories and the wider Blacktown City Council Art Collection.   

Our much loved and award-winning program 2025 Blacktown Shorts Film Festival is opening applications for another year! We’re looking for submissions from creatives of all levels that speak to Blacktown’s culture and community. Get your ideas ready, opening 9 June! 

Makers Space with Monica Rani Rudhar is an interactive installation that celebrates the artists Indian and Romanian heritage by taking treasured jewellery pieces and reworking them into oversized, soft sculptures that you can touch and play with! Monica will also lead young makers in 2 School Holiday workshops, that focus on vibrant festive garlands and printmaking. 

Get cosy and tune in for our new online series Digital Stories, that takes a deep dive into the people and stories that make our Blacktown and western Sydney community so vibrant. We launch the series with Dharug culture and connections with artists Leanne “Mulgo” Watson Redpath and her daughter Rhiannon Wright.  

Check out and download the full program here!

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