2025 Blacktown Shorts Film Festival
Applications open 9 June to 30 JuneBlacktown Short Film Festival is back for 2025! The fbi.radio award winning program is seeking short film proposals from western Sydney filmmakers.
Winter 2025
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.
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Mothers’ Memories, Others’ Memories
From 13 JuneMothers’ Memories, Others’ Memories is a community developed project by celebrated Australian artist Vivienne Binns OAM from 1979 to 1981 in Blacktown City.
Reading Oceania (Artist Edition)
Saturday 14 June, 2 pm to 4 pmEvent has ended. Please join us at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre for the final public program that celebrates Morgan Hogg’s exhibition, The last coconut drifted.
Weaving with Tarni Eastwood and Melinda Eastwood-Hunter
Thursday 19 June, 11 am to 1 pmEvent has ended. Ngiyampaa and Guringai mother daughter duo, Tarni Eastwood and Melinda Eastwood-Hunter return to Blacktown Arts for a one-off weaving workshop.
A Real Experience
1 July to 13 SeptemberGather the family and spend a morning at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre making, learning and sharing at our Family Day inspired by The last coconut drifted
Makers Space with Monica Rani Rudhar
8 July to 13 DecemberInspired 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.
School Holidays at the Makers Space with Monica Rani Rudhar
12 and 16 July, 10.30 am to noonDelve into artist Monica Rani Rudhar’s Makers Space and explore how she uses drawing, mark-making, jewellery and festive garlands as part of her art making process.
Digital stories with Leanne ‘Mulgo’ Watson Redpath and Rhiannon Wright
From AugustTake a seat for our new series titled Digital Stories, our first edition with Leanne 'Mulgo Watson Redpath and Rhiannon Wright.
Digital stories with Dayaa School and Kitchen
From AugustTake a seat for our new series titled Digital Stories to hear insights and stories from artists and locals who have a connection to Blacktown, and the surrounding areas.
Cooking workshop with Dayaa School and Kitchen
16 August, 11 am to 1 pmJoin us for a morning of cooking, snacking and storytelling with Siham and Justine of Dayaa School and Kitchen.
Family Day inspired by A Real Experience
Saturday 30 August, 11 am to 1 pmGather the family and spend a morning at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre making, learning and sharing at our Family Day inspired by The last coconut drifted
