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City of Newcastle

City of NewcastleNewcastle, New South WalesUse Australian English from August 2019
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The City of Newcastle is a local government area in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia. The City of Newcastle incorporates much of the area of the Newcastle metropolitan area. The Lord Mayor of City of Newcastle Council is Councillor Nuatali Nelmes, a Labor politician. Nelmes was elected at a by-election on 15 November 2014 following the resignation of Jeff McCloy, the former Lord Mayor. The Awabakal and Worimi peoples are acknowledged by Council as the traditional custodians of the land and waters of Newcastle.

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2300 Newcastle-Maitland, Newcastle
New South Wales, Australia
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The Lock-Up
The Lock-Up

The Lock-Up is a public art gallery in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The gallery is located in a former police station and holding cells, which is listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register. From 1861 until 1982, the building used for The Lock-Up operated as a police station and holding cells for short-term prisoners. After the police station closed, the site became the Hunter Heritage Centre in 1988, which included a museum and an art gallery. The space was re-launched as The Lock-Up in September 2014, as a dedicated multidisciplinary contemporary art gallery. The exhibition spaces include several cells, a padded cell, an indoor exercise yard for prisoners, and a considerable amount of graffiti created by prisoners, all of which have been maintained in their original form following its conversion into an art gallery. Performative exhibitions have featured at the gallery, including one which incorporated the original graffiti by exploring the characters of 'Sue and Dyan', whose names are carved into the walls of one of the cells. Art at the gallery has often been social and criminal justice themed, including on issues such as the climate crisis and the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Their 2018 exhibition, justiceINjustice, a collaboration between artists and lawyers which focused on miscarriage of justice, won an IMAGinE award from the Museums and Galleries of NSW. Then director Jessi England also received the IMAGinE award for best director that same year. The Lock-Up is a not-for-profit independent gallery. The gallery receives around $150,000 funding a year from Create NSW, and receives additional support from a patrons program. In 2023, they received a $400,000 grant from Creative Australia, with funds to be provided over four years beginning in 2025. Funds are also raised via an annual exhibition titled Collect. The gallery typically runs about six or seven shows a year, usually with original installations, and also supports an artist-in-residence program. Notable artists exhibited at The Lock-Up include Blak Douglas.