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 2020 Creative Arts Fund are now closed.
Blacktown Arts 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 2020 Blacktown Arts Residency Program are now closed.
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.
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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 2020 Blacktown City Art Prize will open in July 2020.
Blacktown City Art Prize | Young Artists Prize
The Blacktown City Art Prize celebrates the creativity of local young people through an environmentally-themed Young Artists Prize.
Entry forms for the 2020 Young Artists Prize will be available in July 2020.
Image: Mary Thi Nguyen, a 2019 Blacktown Arts Residency Program recipient. Photograph by Joshua Morris.