15/10/2026
🖤💛❤️ BLAKVIEW | Strengthening Regional Creative Voices
What a fantastic week of learning, connection and creative exploration in Orange!
Arts North West has supported First Nations and regional creatives to participate in BLAKVIEW, an exciting professional development initiative delivered by the Aboriginal Regional Arts Alliance (ARAA).
Following a series of online workshops exploring critical writing in the arts, participants have spent the week in Orange, engaging in some incredible learning experiences.
🎨 Orange Regional Gallery – Exploring collections, curatorial practices and the important role critical writing plays in interpreting and responding to artworks.
📚 Charles Sturt University – Delving into conceptual thinking, critical perspectives and the theoretical foundations that inform arts writing.
✍️ Creative Connections – Building relationships, exchanging ideas and strengthening regional voices within the broader arts conversation.
Critical writing is an important part of our creative ecology. It helps tell the stories behind artworks, challenge perspectives and ensure regional and First Nations voices are represented in conversations about contemporary art.
Programs like BLAKVIEW provide invaluable opportunities for regional creatives to develop their practice, build networks and contribute to the future of arts writing in Australia.
A huge congratulations to ARAA and all the participating creatives! We can't wait to see the writing and ideas that emerge from this experience.
