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. Jan 29 to March 20 SCAR / Catapult Dance.
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.
Museum of Art and Culture Lake Macquarie
First Street, Booragul 2284. (02) 4921-0382. Facebook + Instagram: @themacmuseum Free entry. Tues-Sun 10.00 to 4.30, selected public hols 11.00 to 4.00. To Feb 20 – an exhibition of works by 32 finalists in the inaugural yapang Emerging Art Prize. The biennial prize was developed to celebrate, promote and support emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from across the country. Contending artworks reflect each artists practice across all media and could utilise a mixture of forms, including (without limitation) sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, installation, sound digital, net or live art etc. The winner of the yapang Emerging Art Prize 2021 is , for her work . Also, by – responds to the Australian bushfires of 2019/2020 and the significance of First Nations knowledge and fire practices. Central to the exhibition is moving image work , which captures the environmental impact of fires on the country of the Yuin Nation. Extending on this powerful immersive experience and soundscape are additional moving image and photographic works, including . images encapsulate the progression of the bushfires, from the lightning strikes that ignited the initial blazes to the first new growth on the scorched trees.
