The Lock-Up presents the first-time exhibition collaboration between two major Australian Hip Hop and visual artists
CURRENT
ARTS IN THE YARD //
FREE contemporary art for kids!
10am-12pm Every Saturday morning. from
6th July
–
15th December, 2024
The Lock-Up presents ARTS IN THE YARD – a free contemporary art workshop for kids, every Saturday morning.
FUTURE
The Lock-Up presents the first Newcastle exhibition of the major Lebanese Australian artist’s work spanning the last 12 years of his career.
OPENING EVENT // Saturday 14 August 2-5pm
Free event, bookings essential
Saturday 28 September 2-3pm
Free event, bookings essential
Get your tickets here
Presented in partnership with NEW ANNUAL 2024
PAST
ARTIST PANEL // SATURDAY 31 AUGUST 2024, 2PM
Brigitte Beyer, Eddy Lou, Ella Grace Paterson, Giverny Maretich, Nikola Jokanovic
The Lock-Up welcomes Melbourne-based artist Girl On Road, ahead of an upcoming group exhibition in late 2024.
The Living Room Theatre, in partnership with The Lock-Up, presents a new site-specific performance.
HIBALL will be utilising this second residency in 2024 to shoot footage for a newly commissioned video & sound work for upcoming group exhibition DATA MINDS.
‘Focus’ showcases separate bodies of work from artists Brigitte Beyer and Nikola Jokanovic in conjunction with our annual fundraiser exhibition, COLLECT.
The Lock-Up welcomes dance artist Julie-Anne Long to our Artist In Residence apartment, to conduct research for a one-off performance in 2025.
Back again for 2024, 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.
Artist Wayne Magrin will be participating in an artist residency at The Lock-Up for the installation of his work in the upcoming exhibition, Where Delusion Meets the Sun.
The Lock-Up’s annual fundraising exhibition, COLLECT, is back for 2024.
Discourse-duo Vanity Project complete a week long residency at The Lock-Up ahead of their performance at GREASE.
Isabel Whittle is The Lock-Up’s COLLECT 2024 Young and Emerging Curator. Isabel will be working closely with The Lock-Up’s staff to develop and curate our annual fundraising exhibition.
Curatorial duo substance presents: GREASE, an experimental arts event melding performance, sound, and art for one night only.
Artist Calum Hotham will be utilising this residency to research and develop work for The Big Picture Fest Newcastle 2024.
Curatorial duo, substance, will be working closely with The Lock-Up’s staff to develop their new multi-disciplinary event, GREASE.
The Lock-Up presents work by Julian Schnabel, Lottie Consalvo & Wayne Magrin. Curated by James Drinkwater.
Locked In /
Revealing Historical Characters and Events Inside The Lock-Up
2:00-3:00PM
12th May, 2024
Join The Lock-Up Director, Warwick Heywood with research assistant, Isabel Whittle on a historical journey through Newcastle’s old police station.
Immerse yourself in the sensory process of wild beverage fermentation with artist, Chris Brown.
Step into the world of projection mapping with mixed media artist and musician, Wanjun Carpenter.
Artist Rebecca Ross will be completing a residency at The Lock-Up to research and develop new work based on the aerial phenomena of the area.
The Lock-Up is pleased to partner with Black Inc Books and Harry Hartog to present the offical book launch of, Crimes of the Cross.
Lacey Bilger will be utilising this residency to further develop her work, Low Level with local dance company Catapult.
HIBALL will be utilising this residency to research and develop a new work for a group exhibition opening at The Lock-Up at the end of the year.
The Lock-Up presents a new commission by indigenous, multimedia artist Wanjun Carpenter.
The Lock-Up presents newly commissioned, existing and collaborative works by Australian artist, Charlotte Haywood. With invited artists Kylie Caldwell, Helle Jorgensen, Immortal Soil, Sue Simpson, Shellie Morris, Emily Lubitz, Jennifer Williams, Tilly Hewett, Pedro Espi-Sanchis, Michelle Chapman, Chris Brown, Peta Lumley.
Charlotte Haywood will be utilising this residency to create new works and prepare for her upcoming solo exhibition, MNEMONIC VEGETABLES, opening at The Lock-Up in late February.
