Content warning: child sexual abuse.

EXHIBITION VIEWING: 5.30PM – 6PM
IN-CONVERSATION: 6PM-7PM
Free event, bookings required. Click here to reserve your place.

Join Artists Peter Gardiner, Damien Linnane and Clare Weeks in conversation with Curator Dr Rod Pattenden as they discuss their work featured in The Lock-Up’s current exhibition LOUD SKY.

Listen as the artists speak about the processes involved in making their works in response to stories of survivors of institutional church-based child sexual abuse uncovered through the hearings of the Australian Child Sexual Abuse Royal Commission.

Developed closely with members of the Clergy Abused Network (CAN), LOUD SKY presents the experiences of survival in the aftermath of trauma through contemporary art; for those immediately affected, family members, and the wider community within the context of the Hunter, a region profoundly impacted by institutional child abuse.

We encourage visitors to come to the in-conversation and exhibition with a friend, family or support person.

If this topic raises any concerns for you, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14, Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, DV Connect on 1800 811 811, or Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800.