We were very proud to realise that NITV featured video footage from Artist Camp #2 during a recent broadcast, promoting the Corroboree celebration in November! In case you missed it, here’s [...]
Cara Macleod, MCA artist educator. True to its name the Ngurra (camp/ gathering) of gurrung (kids/ young people) was madang (strong/ brave), with a dazzling array of artworks produced in response [...]
This guest post is written by historian Katherine Knight, whose blog Western Sydney Frontier provides updates on arts activism in the Western Sydney Region. Katherine kindly agreed to give us [...]
In 2013 Blacktown Arts Centre coordinated an exhibition curated by Brook Andrew. Participating artists were r e a, Daniel Boyd, Jason Wing, Robyn Caughlan, Karla Dickens and Leanne Tobin. [...]
Cara Macleod, MCA Artist Educator. Local secondary students and staff from Chifley College, Senior Campus, and Plumpton High School were invited to take part in a 3 day intensive art camp called [...]
My five year old daughter Ginger slept in this cradle as a baby, next to my bed, safe and untouched. Now it honours the pain of the mothers and children that were separated, the families and [...]
Leanne Tobin, Colebee and Nurragingy’s Land Grants, Blacktown 2012 Image: Shay Tobin This is part one of three posts Leanne has written for our blog. Stay tuned for the next instalment.
By Jack Brook Published as Lock, Maria, Dictionary of Sydney, 2008 There was nothing ordinary about Maria Lock. She was the daughter of an Aboriginal chief, her educational achievements were [...]
