The Lock-Up will be closed as we prepare for our next exhibition, Wendy Sharpe: Into the Dark. We will reopen our shop, The Little Locker, on Wednesday 15 July and open the exhibition on Friday evening, 17 July.

Opening night documentation, COLLECT and COLLECT: Focus 2025, curated by Andrea Grljusic and Malvika Satelkar, The Lock-Up Contemporary Art Space, Muloobinba/Newcastle. Photograph by Ben Adams

ARTIST NETWORKING NIGHT / COLLECT 2025

4 - 8pm, 10th July, 2025

WE’VE SMASHED THE SALES, NOW LET’S CELEBRATE OUR ARTISTS! MIX AND MINGLE WITH ARTISTS, CURATORS AND MORE AT THE LOCK-UP FOR AN ART PARTY FOR OUR PEOPLE.

We’re celebrating artists at The Lock-Up! We’ll be extending our opening hours on Thursday, 10 July, so swing by for late-night arts, performances, and an artist’s panel featuring our Early Career Curators and artists from COLLECT and COLLECT: Focus.

WHEN: Thursday, 10 July, from 4pm
Performances by Benjamin Fraser McKenzie from 5pm
Panel discussion at 5.30pm hosted by Early Career Curators Andrea Grljusic and Malvika Satelkar, featuring COLLECT artists Jessica Gilbert and James Rhodes, and COLLECT: Focus artist Megan Farquhar.
TICKETS: FREE! Book HERE

Come along and meet our COLLECT artists for a night to remember!

All works will be available to purchase online HERE and in the gallery, with 40% of all sales facilitating The Lock-Up’s artistic program.

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90 Hunter Street
Muloobinba/
Newcastle NSW 2300 Australia

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