The Lock-Up’s innovatively curated program promotes current, experimental and diverse practices from local, national and international creatives.
BEHAVE // PENNY THWAITE & MATTHEW TOME
1 SEPT - 23 SEP 2018
A multi-sensorial experience that includes hand-crafted architectural forms and interiors, sensory evocations, performances, sound works and participatory projects.
FULL CIRCLE // PRESENTED BY CRITICAL ANIMIALS AS PART OF TiNA
28 SEPT - 14 OCT 2018
An exhibition that considers the inheritance of family cultural traditions and how artists delve into the past to navigate their future.
GIVE AND TAKE // CRITICAL ANIMALS CREATIVE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2018
27 - 30 OCT 2018
Octapod and The Lock-Up present the Critical Animals Research Symposium
as part of This is Not Art (TiNA).
SEBASTIAN JOLIVET // ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
15 JUL - 13 AUG 2018
French artist Sébastien Jolivet will utilise his time in residence at The Lock-Up to further investigate connection with the port of Newcastle his hometown port, Le Havre harbour, France for large, ongoing body of work, SPRING.
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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