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Blacktown Arts An award-winning leader in the development of contemporary arts, exploring innovative work that reflects Blacktown and western Sydney.

Official page for Blacktown Arts. Blacktown Arts is a recognised leader in the development of contemporary arts in Australia. We support artistic innovation and offer exciting, new experiences for audiences through an award-winning curated program of exhibitions, performances, workshops, residencies and events. Blacktown Arts is committed to exploring dynamic, culturally diverse work that reflects Blacktown, its history and its communities. We place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and communities at the heart of the program to develop new work drawing on issues of local and global significance. Blacktown Arts at The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre is an innovative multi-arts hub located in the heart of Blacktown, a short walk from the railway station. The Centre has:

• 2 gallery spaces
• 75-seat performance studio
• Workshop studio
• Weaving garden

General admission is free. We acknowledge the Darug people who are the traditional owners of the Land on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and thank them for their Custodianship of this Land.

Sina will be opening the night at Blue Velvet! Sina brings a haunting voice and hazy guitar to Blue Velvet, creating e...
10/10/2026

Sina will be opening the night at Blue Velvet!

Sina brings a haunting voice and hazy guitar to Blue Velvet, creating ethereal soundscapes that drift somewhere between ambient and shoegaze genres.

Best known for her work with Dregs, Sina’s new material takes things into a more intimate and vulnerable direction, exploring a quieter, dreamier side of her sound.

Her debut solo LP is coming later this year via Glasgow label Somewhere Press, check out Sina's link here: https://ow.ly/P4su50ZW908

Catch Sina live at Blue Velvet, an evening of ambient and experimental music curated by Aeddan Cox at Common House Studio.

Friday 16 October
7 pm to 9 pm
📍 Common House Studio Common House Studio

🎟️ Tickets on sale now.
https://blacktownarts.com.au/event/blue-velvet/

Blacktown City Council Create NSW



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Images: Sina, courtesy of artist
Video: Sina in Paris, courtesy of artist
Poster design by @/dampwetbody on Instagram

Coming to Blue Velvet? Here’s how to get here! 🚌 Free transport: Blacktown Arts is offering free transport from Black...
09/10/2026

Coming to Blue Velvet? Here’s how to get here!

🚌 Free transport: Blacktown Arts is offering free transport from Blacktown Station to the event, select it at checkout.

You have until Sunday to book this in!

🎟️ Book your ticket: Purchase your ticket via the link in bio and select your access requirements during checkout.

📍 Find the venue: Check the venue details and arrival instructions before you leave.

We look forward to seeing you there! Visual story available on event page too.

More info here: https://ow.ly/yEu050ZW8VZ

Blacktown City Council Create NSW



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Images: One Degree of Separation screening with Justin Cueno, 2026, Common House Studio, photography by David Tran

09/10/2026

Blue Velvet curator Aeddan Cox speaks about the event’s origin story and line-up.

As a radio broadcaster, DJ and events programmer, Aeddan highlights the importance of music in western Sydney, how they were inspired by our 2025 event SUBMERGE. FM curated by Esky Escandor, and the possibility of collaborating on Blue Velvet with Blacktown Arts.

Make sure to check out ‘Unfurl’ on FBi Radio hosted by Aeddan.

See you at Blue Velvet!
https://ow.ly/pzTJ50ZW8b5

Line-up:
Sina
Wytchings x S.C.U.M
Marcus Whale x Grasps

Friday 16 October
7 pm to 9 pm
📍 Common House Studio Common House Studio

Blacktown City Council Create NSW



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Image: Aeddan Cox, courtesy of artist
Voiceover: Aeddan Cox, courtesy of artist
Poster design by Samuel

🎟️Last few tickets left for 2026 Blacktown Shorts Film Festival! Take a seat with us, as we screen 5 film commissions by...
08/10/2026

🎟️Last few tickets left for 2026 Blacktown Shorts Film Festival!

Take a seat with us, as we screen 5 film commissions by local filmmakers, at the Sydney Opera House.

This edition of the program sees a mix of themes including navigating grief and folklore stories, finding love in unlikely spaces, conflict in friendship and the age of AI in art.

The commissioned films are:

🥊 ‘Fight Like U’
Writer/Director: Catho D’Souza
Producers: Not From Here Pictures and Raeanne Chami

🏉 'Offside’
Writer/Director: Ranican Zapanta
Producers: Daisy Montalvo, Trent Foo and Vanilla Tupu

🖌️‘Orb’
Writer/Director: Kristone Capistrano
Producer: Arianne Bulanos

🕺‘Love and DDR’
Director: Celeste Diep
Producer: Chhayly Moek

😱Takot
Co-writer/Director/Producer: Justin Cueno

Stay tuned for the additional curated film line-up, coming soon.

Get your tickets quick, only a limited number left!
https://ow.ly/1geO50ZVIiA

Blacktown City Council Sydney Opera House



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Images: Image 1, Film still from 'Fight Like U' by Not From Here Productions, Cath D'Souza and Raeanne Chami, courtesy of artists. Image 2, Film still from 'Offside' by Ranican Zapanta, Daisy Montalvo and Trent Foo, photo by Brayden Black. Image 3, Film still from 'Orb' by Kristone Capistrano and Arianne Bulanos, photo by Kristone Capistrano. Image 4, Film still from 'Love and DDR' by Celeste Diep and Chayyly Moek, photo by Goldie Soetianto. Image 5, Film still from 'Takot' by Justin Cueno, Esky Escandor and Adrian Magno, photo by Ralph A. Villegas.

Coming soon: A conversation with Uncle Danny Eastwood about Rainbow Serpent Join us as we sit down with Uncle Danny to...
01/10/2026

Coming soon: A conversation with Uncle Danny Eastwood about Rainbow Serpent

Join us as we sit down with Uncle Danny to explore the story behind 'Rainbow Serpent', 1988, and learn about the inspiration, meaning and journey of this powerful artwork.

Now on display as a large-scale print exhibited across the windows of Max Webber Library, the 'Rainbow Serpent' invites the Blacktown community to experience the work in a new way.

Stay tuned for our upcoming video interview with Uncle Danny. 🎥

📍 In the meantime, visit Max Webber Library to see the work in-person.

Blacktown City Council



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Image: Artwork by Uncle Danny Eastwood, 'Rainbow Serpent', 1988, photography by Garry Trinh

Join us for an immersive sound experience at Blue Velvet 💙🌹 Curator Aeddan Cox has cultivated an ethereal evening that c...
26/09/2026

Join us for an immersive sound experience at Blue Velvet 💙🌹

Curator Aeddan Cox has cultivated an ethereal evening that centres listening as an act of togetherness, with music produced by some of Sydney’s most innovative, left-field performers.

Line-up:
Sina
Wytchings x S.C.U.M
Marcus Whale x Grasps

Friday 16 October
7 pm to 9 pm
📍 Common House Studio

Grab your tickets now!

Book here: https://ow.ly/7FWc50ZRjZI


Blacktown City Council Create NSW




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Poster design by Samuel

Join us at the 2026 Blacktown Shorts Film Festival. We’re back on the big screen at the iconic Sydney Opera House, wi...
25/09/2026

Join us at the 2026 Blacktown Shorts Film Festival.

We’re back on the big screen at the iconic Sydney Opera House, with 5 commissioned films celebrating Blacktown stories.

🎟️ Tickets are selling out fast, and this is a screening you do not don’t want to miss.

https://ow.ly/6PxG50ZQPFQ

Blacktown City Council Sydney Opera House



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Image: Film BTS of ‘Offside’ by Ranican Zapanta and Daisy Montalvo , Photography by Teniola Komolafe

Consensual Hallucinations by Serwah Attafuah ✨ Step into a surreal cyber dreamscape by western Sydney-based multidiscipl...
22/09/2026

Consensual Hallucinations by Serwah Attafuah ✨

Step into a surreal cyber dreamscape by western Sydney-based multidisciplinary artist and musician Serwah Attafuah, where Afrofuturism, identity and ancestral themes collide.

As part of the Safer Cities: Her Way Program highlighting temporary public art interventions designed to improve perceptions of safety for women, girls and gender diverse people in public spaces and transport hubs.

🌐 Explore Serwah’s visionary world and discover ‘Consensual Hallucinations’ near Warrick Lane.

Learn more about the artworks and project through our website.
https://ow.ly/fMW050ZOzfJ

Until February 2027.

Presented in partnership with Transport NSW as part of the Safer Cities: Her Way program.
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Images: Image 1, Artwork by Serwah Attafuah, ‘Consensual Hallucinations’, 2024. Image 2, Serwah Attafuah, 2026, courtesy of artist.

🎶 Blue Velvet is an evening of ambient and experimental music at Common House Studio. Curated by radio broadcaster, DJ ...
18/09/2026

🎶 Blue Velvet is an evening of ambient and experimental music at Common House Studio.

Curated by radio broadcaster, DJ and curator Aeddan Cox, the night brings together some of Sydney’s most innovative left-field performers for an immersive evening of sound.
Featuring:

✨ Sina: ghostly vocals and reverb-drenched guitar
🔊 Wytchings x S.C.U.M: showcase ethereal soundscapes and ritualistic noise.
🌌 Marcus Whale × Grasps: hazy electronica meets dense club sounds

Come listen, connect and lose yourself in the sound. 💙

📍 Common House Studio

Book here: https://blacktownarts.com.au/event/blue-velvet/



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Image: Wytchings, PHO, 2026, photo by Bronte Godden

🎬 Blacktown Shorts Film Festival is back for 2026! Join us at the iconic Sydney Opera House for an evening celebrating w...
17/09/2026

🎬 Blacktown Shorts Film Festival is back for 2026!

Join us at the iconic Sydney Opera House for an evening celebrating western Sydney filmmaking. Now in its fifth year, this special event will premiere 5 newly commissioned films alongside a curated program.

Guided by Festival Curator Vonne Patiag and Associate Curator Chidiebube Uba, this year's festival promises an unforgettable night of storytelling, creativity and talent.

On Thursday 29 October, 8.45 pm.

🎟️ Secure your tickets now and stay tuned for details on a special pre-screening celebration.

Book now: https://ow.ly/mIBW50ZOztM

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Image: 2025 Blacktown Shorts Film Festival, Sydney Opera House, photo by Justin Cueno

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Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
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