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Digital Stories
Digital Stories
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.
Digital stories with Dayaa School and Kitchen
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.
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Digital stories with Leanne Watson Redpath and Rhiannon Wright
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.
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Digital stories with Iki Haangana and Western Sydney Fashion Festival
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.
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Digital stories with Si Yi Shen
This summer instalment of Digital stories follows Si Yi Shen as she archives one of her parents’ (are Jimmy Shen and Jenny Duan) final prints at K-2 Printing in Seven Hills.
As the world turns more towards the online world, Paperless investigates what we might lose if we lose paper media.
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Digital stories with Justin Cueno
We kick off 2026’s edition of Digital Stories with Filipino-Australian local photographer and videographer, Justin Cueno.
Justin walks us through how his artistic journey began to where he stands now as one of western Sydney’s leading photographers.
He takes us behind the lens to celebrate not only the craft and discipline of his practice but also the community, friends and peers that have contributed to his career along the way.
The film, ‘One Degree of Separation’, is a story about craft, community, and finding your eye.
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This project is presented by Blacktown Arts and supported by Blacktown City Council and the NSW Government through Create NSW.
