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.
This year we celebrated the creativity of local young artists with an environmentally-themed Young Artists Prize. Young people who live or study in Blacktown City, aged 3 – 15 years were invited to enter artworks that represented this years theme of an Environmentally Friendly City. We asked young artists to think of creative ways to live differently in cities and decrease our environmental impact as the population continues to grow.
The Young Artist Prize exhibition is free and open to the public until 27 January 2022.
The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre will close 5pm 18 December 2021 and will reopen at 10am 11 January 2022.
Age 3
Vinaya Mehta
Green City
Age 4
Praiv Zala
Butterflies Belong Here
Age 5
Haanim Nusrith Yamani
An Environmentally Friendly Neighbourhood
Age 6
Erin Faraon
Green Sky, Cycling High
Age 7
Kayla Jamshidi
Solar Garden
Age 8
Eesha Jaganath
Blacktown City 2.0
Age 9
Aarav Sharath Akshaya
Eco-Friendly Blacktown City
Age 10
Naduli Kuruppu
Go for greener
Age 11
Emma Hoskins
Back to Nature
Age 12
Niharika Maheshwarla
Welcome to Eco-City
Age 13
Arunima Jain
Untitled
Age 14
Likhita Chikmath
What Will You Choose?
Age 15
Mehrub Chowdhury
Amazing Water Creek Near the City