Please join us and special guest Michael Bell for the opening of

YOU CAN NEVER HOLD BACK SPRING

an installation by Julie Grant

and

EXIT (same, same but different)
Dedicated to the two I love

two installations by current Artist in Residence, Peter Lewis

Carol Dilley, in collaboration with the National College of Dance, will present a unique series of performances in the Lock-Up's Cells. Carol, a US based dancer, teacher and choreographer, is the Lock-Up's current Artist in Residence. This residency follows a 2008 residency Dilley undertook, where she met with and taught students of the Marie Walton Dance Academy and National College of Dance.

Please join us for their performances of Fragment

6pm Monday 16 and Tuesday 17, August

Choreography: Carol Dilley and Dancers
Music: William R. Matthews
Performers: Simon Jones, Katie Douglas, Grace Fielding, Georgia Thompson, Emma Jane Howley, Erin McFadyn, Raegan Williams, Jesse Attwood Skip Bobsien-Willcox
Video: Nick Sullivan, Krystle Wagonett, Cameron Adamthwaite, Michele Piermonte, Alex Tweedale, Marc Boyd, Shane McGregor, Adrian Serna.

image : Jesse Attwood and Raegan Williams

Liz Ashburn, Family Fleeing, 2009, Ceramic tiles

LIZ ASHBURN : EXPLOSIVE FORCES
6 - 22 August

Liz Ashburn continues her explorations of the dynamics of power with image and text with an exhibition responding to the continued violence and conflict in the Middle East.

In “Explosive Forces: Fear and Destruction in Conflict” Liz Ashburn continues her explorations of the dynamics of power with images form and text. Here she combines two seemingly disparate visual traditions to create a sense of quiet advocacy.  Indeed this exhibition can be regarded as a homeopathic exercise - that by engaging with a little of the poison we can possibly negotiate a cure. - Craig Judd June 2010

Brought to Light
Darren Siwes Mark Tredinnick Matthew Tome
Curated by Gerry Bobsien
16 July - 1 August

This exhibition explores the fragments of three hidden sites in the city of Newcastle. But don't go looking for historic fact here as Brought to Light revels in the slippery potency of what may have been. It revels in the folkloric rather than the particularities of official record.

Please join us for the opening 6pm 16 July at the Lock-Up and an open day and tour of AA Company House 24 July - 9am - 1pm

ART SOUNDS from gerry bobsien on Vimeo.

Ian Burns will be creating new work throughout his residency, working from the studios at Newcastle Community Arts Centre. Nearing the end of his residency Burns will open up his studio to the public, offering a unique occasion to see the artist in progress and to speak with him directly.

Please join him at:

5pm, Wednesday 21 July

Studio 12
Newcastle Community Arts Centre
246 Parry Street, Newcastle West

A Promise of More, Ian Burns, 2009

Image: Hello Sailor, Joan Ross, 2010

Please join us for a floor talk by the current artist in residence, Joan Ross.

5:30-6pm Friday 2 July

The artist will speak on her current installation I DON'T THINK I CAN SEE YOU ANYMORE exhibited in the John Paynter Gallery from 30 June - 11 July.

Joan Ross is exhibiting at the Lock-Up courtesy of Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney.

This year's ART SOUNDS festival is making it's way to the Lock-Up!

Please join us for this free musical event

6pm, 2 JULY 2010

This musical journey will start from The Loft Youth Venue, venture to the Renew Newcastle Headquarters and finish at The Lock-Up Cultural Centre, accompanied along the way by the Sudanese Equatoria Women's Choir.

The Lock-Up leg of the journey will feature Melbourne based singer and song-writer Ben Riddle. An ex-novocastrian, Ben will make a return to Newcastle with his soon to be released debut album in tow. Riddle will be touring the album internationally in late 2010.

7 - 20 June

Pamela Mei-Leng See has installed a series of works in the men's cells at the Lock-Up Cultural Centre. Throughout her residency she will be contributing to the installation Money Back Guaranteed on a daily basis.

Image: Money Back Guaranteed, Pamela Mei-Leng See