Image: Amanda Donohue, Choleric 1, 2012

18 MAY - 3 JUNE

An exhibition by :

Diane Eklund-Āboliņš, Annette Abolins, Helen Mortimer & Amanda Donohue

Combining many mediums from painting to textiles, Being Human, brings together the work of Diane Eklund-Āboliņš, Annette Abolins, Helen Mortimer & Amanda Donohue as they examine the esscence and many facets of what it is to be human. Connecting with the crimminals that once filled the Lock-Up, Being Human captures the essence of being human; to laugh, to dream, to feel loneliness, to contemplate death and considers what beauty is.

Please join us for the opening

6PM FRIDAY 18 MAY

Are you interested in exhibiting at The John Paynter Gallery?
Or exhibiting in one of the historic Holding Cells?

Are you interested in spending time at The Lock-Up as Artist in Residence?

Applications for 2013 Artist in Residence and John Paynter Gallery program is now open.

Head over to our Documents and Forms page and download the forms today!

Applications Close 30th JUNE, 2012

27 APRIL - 15 MAY

A survery of David Capra's intercessory practice, articulated through dance, banner waving and glossolalia or speaking in tongues. Also catch a glimpse of new work created whilst on residency at The Lock-Up, attempting to initiate spiritual  and literal healing to benefit Newcastle.

Please join us for the opening

6PM FRIDAY 27 APRIL

Image: Courtesy of the artist

12 - 30 APRIL

Please join us for the opening of New Intercessions
6PM FRIDAY 27 APRIL



6 - 22 APRIL

Curated by Varelle and Ann Hardy, in conjunction with the Heritage Festival, Art of Ideas is an exhibition of invited local artists who have interpreted 'innovation and invention' of Newcastle and the Hunter.

The exhibition will be opened by Joanne Sinclair, Regional Manager Menal Health Carers ARAFMI Hunter.

Please join us for the opening

6:30 - 8:30PM Friday 13 APRIL

TWO GENERATIONS - 20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art

28 MARCH - 5 MAY

Current Artist in Residence Hang Chunhui and Lv Peng are both featured in the exhibition Two Generations held at The University of Newcastle Gallery. From the iconic Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, features some of China's best contemporary artists curated by Catherine Croll and Brian Wallace.

For more information please visit The University Gallery website

Image: Uzbek Girl - Kashgar, Xinjiang, 2010

23 MARCH - 1 APRIL

Splitting her time between Australia and China, Catherine Croll, Director of Special Projects from the Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, and Founding Director of Cultural Partnerships, Australia, presents an exploration of the diverse faces through her photographs of people met in China. Croll's photographs sit next to her collection of paintings collected from the Dafen Artists Village in Shenzhen.

Please join us for the opening

6PM FRIDAY 23 MARCH

LIU LIFEN

In 2011, Lifen founded Moss Gallery and Livstone House where she is the current Director, in Kunming, Yunnan, China. Lifen also initiated and developed the International Artist in Residence Programme at 943 Studio in Kunming, where she has been the Director since 2008.

LV PENG 

Lu Peng's paintings evoke a theatrical world in a two dimensional stage production. His paintings often reveal the bizare and fantastical amongst a surreal landscape which can only be delivered by allowing himself to paint within the moment.

HANG CHUNHUI

Lu Peng and Hang Chunhui will be exhibiting their works at The University Gallery between 28th March and 5th May in the exhibition TWO GENERATIONS - 20 Years of Chinese Contemporary Art.

For more information please visit The University Gallery website.

Rather than providing technical assistance and advice (e.g. how to create a blog or website), this workshop will consider how blogging can be a useful way to hone your skills as a writer and to create opportunities for publishing and promoting your work. Discussion topics will include: why write a blog; how to situate your blog in the blogging world; how to promote your blog in a community of interest; traps and hazards to look out for; organising and archiving posts; and ways to use the body of work offline.

Rebecca Olive has been publishing her own blog, Making Friends With the Neighbours, since 2006 and is a regular contributor to (and sometime co-editor of), Kurungabaa: a journal of literature, history and ideas from the sea. Through writing her blog, he has had opportunities to publish and present in a variety of surfing cultural spaces, art publications and exhibitions including, Wax On: From Cronulla to Palm Beach and Beyond, Trickhouse, Kook, and Surf City: Getting radical in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Rebecca is currently completing her PhD at the University of Queensland, where her research interests focus on surfing and beach cultures, cultural theory, gender relationships and online physical culture communities. The rest of her time, when she is not writing or reading, she tries to spend in the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

Cost: $55 for members, $66 for non-members. Saturday 3rd March, 10am-3pm

To Book: Please send an email to hunterwriterscentre@gmail.com to register.

For additional information please contact the Hunter Writers Centre

TUESDAY 13 MARCH 10am - 12pm

In conjunction with The Lock-Up's Artist in Residence Programme and Big hART's touring performance, Namatijira, The Lock-Up Cultural Centre will be hosting Watercolour Masterclass with the Namatijira School of Watercolour Painters.

This is a chance to sit with and learn through watching a master paint. Learn new techniques, and create your very own landscape.

All materials and light refreshments will be supplied.

Places are limited, so please contact The Lock-Up on 0249 252 265.