The Complete Guide To Newcastle Art Galleries Part 1: Newcastle CBD
Fill those frames! Image Courtesy of Roost
Given that Newcastle has more artists per capita than any other city in Australia, here at Urban Insider we thought it fitting to provide a comprehensive guide to our local galleries - that way you know where to find the works of all the amazing artists that live and visit here.
Here is the first installment in the Urban Insider complete guide to Newcastle’s art galleries, which focuses on the CBD area.
Over the coming weeks we’ll cover Merewether, Cooks Hill, The Junction and the Hunter Valley.
We’d love to keep adding to the guide, so please let us know if you know more information about a particular gallery that other readers might find handy by commenting below.
ARThive
ARThive is part of the Renew Newcastle Initiative. ARThive has of offer a cheap exhibition or project space to assist unknown and emerging Newcastle artists in showing off their talent.
-32.928146
151.785377
Lovett Gallery
Opening hours are Monday - Wednesday: 9:30am-8pm, Thursday & Friday: 9:30am - 5pm & Saturday: 9:30am - 2pm.
-32.929417688595855
151.770179271698
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
Opening hours are Tuesday - Sunday: 10am - 5pm.
-32.929417688595855
151.770179271698
Newcastle Art Space
Opening hours are Thursday - Sunday: 12pm - 5pm.
-32.92320391649381
151.7530345916748
The Lock-Up and John Paynter Gallery
Opening hours are Wednesday - Sunday: 10am - 4pm. The Lock-Up was the local Newcastle Police Station until 1982. It is now Hertiage listed building and houses the John Paynter Gallery.
-32.927481
151.783889
Podspace Gallery
Opening hours are Wednesday - Saturday: 12pm - 5pm. Podspace Gallery is a not-for-profit gallery run by emerging artists. A new space for the gallery is currently being renovated on Hunter St.
-32.928895388320434
151.78414821624756
Shannon Hartigan Images
Shannon Hartigan is a self taught photographer with a passion for landscape images.
-32.927286
151.782064
Watt Space
Opening hours are Wednesday - Sunday: 12pm - 6pm. Watt Space is a contemporary art gallery displaying the works of Newcastle University students.
-32.92822900073351
151.77099466323853
Odditorium Vintage Portrait Parlour & Galleria .. Wednesday To Saturday… an interactive space / shopfront featuring a macarbe wunderkammer (wonderroom) dress yourself up photobooths with monthly exhibitions of featured artists work adorning the two levels of our Thorn street premises
PODSPACE Gallery is currently in recess for a short while as we are relocating to 401 Hunter Street (near Tantrum Theatre).
What about TAFE’s Front Room Gallery and the wonderful Shopfront Gallery on Hunter St near Union?
Shopfront Gallery is a another contemporary artist run space in Newcatsle, located at 539 Hunter Street opposite the Newcastle Art School (TAFE).
http://www.shopfrontgallerynewcastle.com