Come and celebrate the ‘WE ARE’ photographic portraiture project by the WH!P collective.
CURRENT
A solo exhibition by Sara Morawetz featuring newly-commissioned works.
Saskia Ellis will be taking part in The Lock-Up’s Artist in Residence Program in partnership with Catapult Dance Choreographic Hub.
FUTURE
The Lock-Up presents ARTS IN THE YARD – a free contemporary art workshop for kids, every Saturday morning.
LOUD SKY is a powerful collaborative exhibition featuring five Hunter-based contemporary artists who have created new works responding to stories of survival. These stories were uncovered through the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in the Hunter Region in 2016.
Presented in partnership with Newcastle Writers Festival.
Alex Golden is The Lock-Up’s COLLECT 2023 Young and Emerging Curator. Alex will be working closely with The Lock-Up’s staff to develop and curate our annual fundraising exhibition.
BACK AGAIN FOR 2023, THE LOCK UP’S FUNDRAISING EXHIBITION COLLECT IS YOUR CHANCE TO SEE AND INVEST IN WORK BY SOME OF THE BEST ARTISTS IN THE HUNTER AND BEYOND.
PAST
Join us for an in-conversation between artist Santa Fe based artist Sara Morawetz and Independent Curator Meryl Ryan as they discuss Sara’s current exhibition MEASURE TWICE, CUT ONCE.
THE LOCK-UP PRESENTS ARTS IN THE YARD – A FREE CONTEMPORARY ART ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS, EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
THE LOCK-UP PRESENTS ARTS IN THE YARD – A FREE CONTEMPORARY ART ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS, EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
THE LOCK-UP PRESENTS ARTS IN THE YARD – A FREE CONTEMPORARY ART ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS, EVERY SATURDAY MORNING.
During her extended residency at The Lock-Up, Sara Morawetz will be completing a durational performance within the historical cells.
A queer sex worker gothic melodrama – Part chronicle, part love letter, part brothel intro, part pirated copy of Microsoft Office 2009. Say it once… Say it twice… But we dare you to say it three times HORNY GHOSTS HORNY GHOSTS HORNY GHOSTS
Join us for an in conversation with artist Alex Seton about his exhibition EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT.
CANCELLED: Join us for an intimate in-conversation with artist Michelle Gearin as she discusses her exhibition DOUBLE RAINBOW.
Artist Dorcas Tang will be completing a residency at The Lock-Up to continue expanding her ongoing project Love Me Long Time.
Artist Julie Gough will be utilising this residency to complete initial research and planning for her solo exhibition at The Lock-Up in 2023.
