Blacktown Arts

 

Download the 2018 Blacktown Arts Program

Download the Blacktown Arts Programming Protocols

Read more about the Blacktown Arts program at blacktownarts.com.au.

Image: Jason Wing. Photograph by Joshua Morris.

 Ngara – Ngurangwa Byallara (Listen, Hear, Think – The Place Speaks)
Saturday, 9 June 2018. 4 pm - 8 pm

New artworks by leading Australian contemporary artists will be unveiled at the Blacktown Native Institution site.
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Recent Acquisitions: Blacktown City Art Collection
22 February - 26 March 2018

Blacktown City Council acquires artworks for its art collection from the annual Blacktown City Art Prize and from projects previously developed by Blacktown Arts.
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Daneha (Seeds)
5 July - 8 September 2018
Khadim Ali, Sher Ali, Elyas Alvi, Zainab Haidary, Monireh Hashemi, Abdul Hekmat and Maryam Zahid

Daneha explores the displacement of the Afghan community across the globe, and the cultivation of roots in foreign, unfamiliar soil.

Stitching the Sea
22 September - 27 October 2018
Part of Oceania Rising, in partnership with the Australian Museum and Pacific Islands Mt Druitt Action Network.

Stitching the Sea ongoing program that explores issues affecting our Pacific communities. In 2018, as part of a multi-institution partnership, we will showcase the rich body of work of artists including Latai Taumoepeau and Angela Tiatia. Our communities will gather to explore traditional and contemporary practices, and experience how artists make works that address global warming.

Right Here. Right Now.
November 2018
Presented by Urban Theatre Projects

Urban Theatre Projects is in residence in Blacktown! In 2018, they will kick off a multi-year place-based festival with newly commissioned works that respond to Blacktown and our communities.

Image: Broken Glass, January 2018. Photograph by Joshua Morris. 

Blacktown City Council Creative Arts Fund

The Creative Arts Fund is an initiative of Blacktown City Council, with $40,000 worth of grants awarded annually to local individual artists and organisations to encourage artistic excellence in Blacktown.

Applications for the 2018 Creative Arts Fund have closed. 

Creative Residency Program

The residency program supports artistic development and emerging arts practices across all forms through funding and/or access to our studios.

Applications for the 2019 Creative Residency Program will open in August 2018. Read more. 

Solid Ground

Solid Ground is a three-year strategy established in partnership with Carriageworks that provides pathways into the arts and cultural industries for young Indigenous people in Blacktown, Redfern, and Waterloo. Read more.

Blacktown City Art Prize

The annual Blacktown City Art Prize is a highly valued art prize, with cash prizes and acquisitive awards.

Entries for the 2018 Blacktown City Art Prize will open in July 2018. Read more.

Blacktown City Art Prize | Children & Young Artists Prize

The Blacktown City Art Prize celebrates the creativity of local young people through an environmentally-themed Children and Young Artists Prize.

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Image: Vonne Patiag, recipient of a 2017 Creative Arts Fun Grant. Photograph by Joshua Morris.