Campbelltown Arts Centre

“Marikit Santiago has reversed gender and racial roles, bestowing her female subjects with agency” – Steve Dow, Art Guide Australia It's the final week of ‘Marikit Santiago: Proclaim Your Death’ at Campbelltown Arts Centre, which explores themes of transformation, faith, and identity through immersive and collaborative art practices. In this exhibition, Santiago continues to push boundaries, imbuing her female subjects with newfound power and presence. She also experiments with cardboard and watercolour for the first time. Known for collaborating with her children, Santiago now extends this creative partnership to include her architect father, Noy, adding a multi-generational dimension to her work. Entry is free, and you can learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dcK3mzhr __ ‘Marikit Santiago: Proclaim Your Death!’ is commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body. With special thanks to the Art Gallery of New South Wales for their support. Image credit: ‘Marikit Santiago: Proclaim Your Death!’ installation view, Campbelltown Arts Centre, 2025. Photo: Lucy Parakhina

Start your engines! 🏎️ Premiering next month, Emma Harrison’s ‘High Octane’ is a super-charged dance work that reflects on the forces that drive us. In a world fuelled by competition, get ready for a high-speed ride through ambition, self-identity, and the price of making it to the top. Exploring success, capitalism, class, and material wealth, ‘High Octane’ takes a visceral look at how these forces shape our identities and bodies. With an explosive blend of movement, rev heads, rhinestones, music, and early 2000s-inspired visuals, this groundbreaking new work will take the stage by force. ‘High Octane’ challenges you to rethink your relationship with success, power, and the relentless pursuit of more. 🔗 Book here: https://lnkd.in/guPpm8mJ __ Image credit: Nat Cartney

Are you passionate about supporting arts and culture in Campbelltown and beyond?   Campbelltown Arts Centre is looking for business and community members for the Campbelltown Arts Centre Strategic Committee, which aims to inform strategic direction and support engagement of arts and culture across Campbelltown, Macarthur and the broader south west Sydney region.   The committee will include: • four representatives from the business sector and/or community • two representatives from the arts community • one representative from the education sector. Apply here: bit.ly/4gJVEri   Applications close 5:00 pm (AEST) Friday 14 March 2025. __ Image credit: Nicholas Smith

Join our team! We’re on the lookout for an experienced Business and Engagement Coordinator to oversee and lead the Arts Centre business operations and manage the engagement delivery team. This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance the Centre’s reputation as a hub for creative experiences, all while making a meaningful impact on the Campbelltown community. If you're passionate about building strategic partnerships and driving industry engagement, we want to hear from you! Applications close 5 March 2025 – Apply here: bit.ly/3ELdCwg — Image credit: Moira Vella

Do you know a young artist ready to take their music to the next level? Conscious NXT is a new music industry academy for young talent aged 15 to 18, designed to inspire the next generation of Hip Hop, Rap, and R&B artists, songwriters, producers, and music industry professionals in South West Sydney. Developed by Campbelltown Arts Centre and Conscious Artistic Director L-FRESH The LION, Conscious NXT will bring together an experienced team of artists and industry facilitators to inspire and nurture your passion and creativity. Curious to find out more? Join us at the free Music Industry Sampler event on Monday, 24 February. This action-packed session gives young people the chance to dive into hands-on challenges and discover the diverse career pathways within the music industry. If you’re looking to level up your skills, the Conscious NXT Academy offers a 10-session intensive program running from March – June 2025. This is your chance to gain invaluable mentorship and hands-on experience in songwriting, production, performance, marketing, and business skills. It’s the perfect opportunity to set the stage for a career in the music industry, with pathways to success beyond school. Register here: conscious.org.au/nxt __ Conscious NXT is a Campbelltown Arts Centre program produced in collaboration with Village Boy Entertainment, presented as part of Conscious Elevate which is proudly funded by the NSW Government through Sound NSW. Image credit: Nicholas Smith

We are delighted to announce that BLEED has been nominated for the 2025 Asia Pacific Arts Awards, which recognise and celebrate Australian creatives engaging with the Asia Pacific region. Interrogating the relationship between the digital and the live, BLEED 2024 was presented by a national consortium of partners: Arts House (VIC), Campbelltown Arts Centre (NSW), and PICA — Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (WA). The festival took place from 30 August to 29 September 2024, both live in partner venues and digitally on the BLEED website. You can still access the digital artworks on the BLEED website, as well as explore the live components of the works and programs presented in the partner venues during the festival → bleedonline.net Huge congratulations to all the talented nominees! Creative Australia

Our Term 1 Workshops are filling up fast! Ceramics classes on Monday and Saturday are now SOLD OUT, but there's still time to make 2025 your most creative year yet with our exciting range of workshops: 🏺 Ceramics – Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays: 6:30pm – 8:30pm – Wheel throwing now available! 🎨 Life Drawing – Thursdays: 6:30pm – 8:30pm ✏️ Still Life Drawing – Thursdays: 6:30pm – 8:30pm 🖼️ Proclaim Your Portrait! Masterclass with Marikit Santiago – 22 February, 9:30am – 3:00pm Creative bundles available. Sign up now before spots fill up! Book here: https://lnkd.in/g2g-eKxq

Last week, we proudly opened ’Marikit Santiago: Proclaim Your Death!’, a major solo exhibition exploring themes of transformation, faith, and identity through immersive and collaborative art practices. Attendees experienced Marikit’s standout installation of a reduced-scale cardboard church, created in collaboration with Santiago’s architect father, Noy. The construction process, which incorporates the family’s architectural and artistic skills, is a tribute to both Filipino heritage and the resilience of local communities. The launch was officially opened by Paschal Daantos Berry, with an electrifying live DJ set by PA777IENCE. Guests included representatives from the Filipino Embassy, while children got creative in the interactive ‘Alter Altar’ space. ‘Marikit Santiago: Proclaim Your Death!’ is now open and runs until 16 March 2025 – Discover upcoming public programs here: bit.ly/3PDpXVp — Marikit Santiago: Proclaim Your Death! is commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body. With special thanks to the Art Gallery of New South Wales for their support. Image credit: Nicholas Smith

Join us this Friday evening for the official launch of ‘Marikit Santiago: Proclaim Your Death!’ alongside the opening of ‘New to the Collection’ at Campbelltown Arts Centre! The event will be officially opened by Paschal Daantos Berry with a live DJ set by PA777IENCE accompanied by light refreshments. This event will be Auslan interpreted. RSVP here: bit.ly/3DlL9we Marikit Santiago: Proclaim Your Death! is a major solo exhibition by Western Sydney-based artist Marikit Santiago, exploring themes of transformation, faith, and identity through immersive and collaborative art practices. The exhibition’s title refers to the memorial acclamation in the Catholic Liturgy of the Eucharist, invoking the death and resurrection of Christ as symbols of renewal and change. Santiago’s practice weaves together personal faith, cultural traditions, and the diasporic experience of her Filipino-Australian family, creating a space for reflection on displacement, survival, and the evolving nature of identity. __ ‘Marikit Santiago: Proclaim Your Death!’ is commissioned by Campbelltown Arts Centre. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body. With special thanks to the Art Gallery of New South Wales for their support. Image credit: ‘Marikit Santiago: Proclaim Your Death!’ installation view, Campbelltown Arts Centre, 2025. Photo: Lucy Parakhina

Conscious Connects is an annual practical skills development day for aspiring and practicing artists and music industry workers in Western Sydney and beyond. Our 2024 event offered intensive workshops and seminars, and hands-on activities developed for practitioners at various stages of their music industry journeys. Attendees gained practical knowledge, heard from industry leaders, received take-home resources, and networked with fellow music professionals. This year, Conscious Connects delved into these of practice, performance and release. Workshops were facilitated by renowned facilitators, including 4ESydney, PPCA, APRA AMCOS, Village Boy Entertainment, Natasha Foster, BeatswithSheph, Good Intent and MusicNSW. Throughout the day, participants moved between workshops, networking opportunities hosted by MC Ruu. and enjoyed beats curated by and a performance from Conscious 4 artist gemma ylana. The program aligned with each attendee’s speciality, interests and careers stage, providing invaluable guidance to the next generation of creative talent. Stay tuned for Conscious Connects 2025! Sign up for updates here: https://lnkd.in/gxUaPwHx __ Image credit: Jade D'Amico Conscious Connects 2024 is a Campbelltown Arts Centre program produced in collaboration with Village Boy Entertainment, presented as part of Conscious Elevate which is proudly funded by the NSW Government through Sound NSW.