Newcastle Central Coast
Gosford Regional Gallery
36 Webb Street, East Gosford 2250. T (02) 4304-7550. E gallery@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au W www.gosfordregionalgallery.com H Daily 9.30 to 4.00. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday. Visit website for exhibition program.
The Lock-Up
90 Hunter Street, Newcastle 2300. T (02) 4925-2265. W www.thelockup.org.au H Wed-Sat 10.00 to 4.00, Sun 11.00 to 3.00. Dec 4 to Jan 24, 2022 ELEMENTS: Sam Smith.
Maitland Regional Art Gallery (MRAG)
230 High Street, Maitland 2320. T (02) 4934-9859. E artgallery@maitland.nsw.gov.au W www.mrag.org.au H Tues-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. Closed public hols. To Jan 16, 2022 National Art – Part One – a group exhibition celebrating 50 practising Australian artists who all studied at the National Art School.
Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie
First Street, Booragul 2284. T (02) 4921-0382. E mac@lakemac.nsw.gov.au W mac.lakemac.com.au Facebook + Instagram: @themacmuseum Free entry. H Tues-Sun 10.00 to 4.30, selected public hols 11.00 to 4.00. Dec 4 to Jan 20, 2022 Yapang Emerging Art Prize Finalist Exhibition – a $15,000 acquisitive prize open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across the country. Supported by Lake Macquarie City Council and Create NSW. Also, Truth In Fire: Tim Georgeson – an exhibition responding to the Australian bushfires of 2019/20 and the significance of First Nations knowledge and fire practices.
Newcastle Art Gallery (NAG)
1 Laman Street, Newcastle 2300. (02) 4974-5100. Gallery Director: Lauretta Morton. Tues-Sun 10.00 to 5.00. To Jan 30, 2022 – developed in response to the KILGOUR PRIZE 2021, guest curator Donna Biles Fernando examines artistic modus operandi through portraits from Newcastle Art Gallery’s collection. Also, – from community activism to – celebrates the achievements of South Australia’s most influential artists working in craft-based media. Inspired by the symbiosis between science and poetry, artworks elicit intrigue and a strong sense of personal investigation as she manipulates seemingly familiar botanical and parasitic forms in beguiling and unusual ways.
