Update on Blacktown Arts

 

Terra inFirma: Sovereignty and Memory Until 3 November 2020 The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre In the year marking the 250th anniversary of James Cook’s arrival in Australia, and with the Black Lives Matter movement bringing focus to the on-going impacts of colonisation around the world, Terra inFirma could not be more timely.  Artists reflect upon the complexity and significance of Country, not limited to the physical grounds we stand on, but the histories and experiences absorbed by that land. Featuring new work by Alex Byrne, Gary Carsley, Leanne Tobin, Julie Vulcan, Dean Cross, Brian Fuata, Jasmine Guffond, and Judy Watson.  Image: Alex Byrne, (thinking about) when I was a child (detail) Click here to learn more Blacktown City Art Prize: Entries now open You have less than a month to enter the Blacktown City Art Prize. There is no theme, and artwork can be sculpture, painting, drawing, mixed media, photomedia, textiles, print-making or ceramics. With $20,000 in cash prizes on offer, it's an opportunity not to miss. Entries close 6 October at 5 pm. Click here to enter Image: Jennifer Leahy Calling all junior artists! Entries are now open for the 2020 Young Artists Prize, and local young people aged 3 – 15 years are invited to submit a drawing, painting, print, sculpture or ceramic piece. This year's theme is Staying strong, as we work to recover from the rough year we’ve had so far. Click here for details to enter We are open Saturdays The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre is open on Saturdays again! We would love to welcome you to our exhibitions Terra inFirma: Sovereignty and Memory and To UnMask | Mary Nguyen. We have a number of COVID-19 safety measures in place, and kindly ask that you register your visit in advance here. Read more and plan your visit here. Image: Mary Nguyen, Pretty Nails   Image: Mary Nguyen by Joshua Morris To UnMask | Mary Nguyen Mary Thi Nguyen is a local Vietnamese-Australian artist who received a Blacktown Arts Pat Parker Residency in 2019. Her solo exhibition To UnMask is on at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre until 26 September.  Learn more about Mary here. Image: Courtesy of Urban Theatre Projects M'ap Boulé by Nancy Denis 21 - 25 September 2020 Our friends at Urban Theatre Projects are presenting major new work M'ap Boulé by Nancy Denis online. A summoning and a worshipping of ancestors, M’ap Boulé – Home is where I lay is a play with songs telling the story of a child of immigrant parents growing up in Australia finding her identity.  Learn more and book your ticket here. Click here for the previous post