
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre
An innovative multi-arts hub in the heart of Blacktown City.
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
Take 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.
For our first edition we are joined by Justine Youssef and her mother Siham Chamoun to dive deep into their project Daaya School and Kitchen – a cooking school devoted to reviving ancestral recipes that are being lost with displacement. Siham and Justine talk to us about their family recipes, their ingredients, and the memories they sustain.
Available to view here from August.
For our second edition, we gather with mother-daughter duo Leanne Watson Redpath and Rhiannon Wright, Dharug artists and educators, as they take us on their journey of art, writing and educating. They speak on the importance of building a legacy of access to culture, knowledge and language, and how we can all participate.
Available to view here from September.
In this episode of Digital Stories, join Thuy Nguyen of Western Sydney Fashion Festival and Iki Haangana of Public Island Society as they discuss how growing up in western Sydney can influence cultural fashion, the tension between streetwear and traditional clothing, and how fashion can build community.
Available to view from November here
This project is presented by Blacktown Arts and supported by Blacktown City Council