The Lock-Up’s innovatively curated program promotes current, experimental and diverse practices from local, national and international creatives.
HOW DO I KNOW MY PARROT IS HAPPY? // ROSIE DEACON
5 DECEMBER - 31 JANUARY 2021
Rosie Deacon transforms The Lock-Up spaces with her deep, immersive environmental installations that channel the artist's childhood memories of growing up in a rural town in New South Wales.
CAPTURING THE REAL // Trajectory Ensemble with artist Nat Randall presented by Tantrum Youth Arts
13 NOVEMBER - 22 NOVEMBER 2020
Artist Nat Randall will be working with Tantrum Youth Art’s Trajectory Ensemble in an exciting multi-arts collaboration, exploring ideas of liveness and improvisation across performance, video, visual arts and sound.
miyarnuwimanha // NICOLE MONKS
12 SEPTEMBER - 8 NOVEMBER 2020
miyarnuwimanha, translating to ‘learning, becoming knowledgeable’, explores the innate and unconscious interconnectedness to Country, community and culture.
Oliver Harlan 'Cable' 2020 //
30 October 2020 -
A new video work by Newcastle artist Oliver Harlan that explores the current political and historical moment in America through performed recreations of the news media and the American obsession with paranormal content.
Visiting residents engage with the community, schools and tertiary institutions through lectures, in-conversation events, workshops, open studios and exhibition/performances.
Read MoreIn September 2014 The Lock-Up re-launched as a dedicated contemporary art space as a place for exchange, ideas, exploration, information and cultural endeavour.
Read MoreThe Lock-Up offers a dramatic setting for your next event in the heart of Newcastle’s heritage precinct.
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Easter 2017 - closed Easter Friday, open 11am - 4pm Easter Saturday, closed Easter Sunday and Monday. Drop in and say hello!
Located in one of Newcastle’s most significant heritage buildings, The Lock-Up is a multidisciplinary contemporary arts space and inner city hub for creative thinking and doing.
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