COLLECT 2025: OPENING NIGHT

We're doing things differently this year! 

Join us from 5pm on Friday, 6 June, for an exciting opening night of this year's iteration of COLLECT and COLLECT: FOCUS. ✨

Due to high demand, we are running three viewing sessions on the night to ensure everyone gets a chance to experience Newcastle's favourite art fundraiser!

The three sessions will run as:

• 5pm - 5.45pm
• 6pm - 6.45pm
• 7pm - 8pm

COLLECT is The Lock-Up's annual fundraising exhibition, which proudly showcases over a hundred artists from Newcastle and the Hunter, as well as The Lock-Up's broader artistic program.

Curated by Early Career Curator Andrea Grljusic, COLLECT is a celebration of our diverse creative community⎯it's our way of supporting and connecting with our local community of artists⎯positioning early career through to established artists alongside our highly regarded artistic program, and introducing them to COLLECT-ors big and small. The Lock-Up is committed to presenting the best of contemporary art in Newcastle and beyond, and we hope to mirror this commitment in our selection of artists. 

COLLECT: Focus is returning this year, showcasing bodies of work from two local emerging artists. This year, Focus will emphasise multidisciplinary art forms, including performance art and experimental practices. Focus will be curated by Early Career Curator Malvika Satelkar.

All works will be available to purchase online and in the gallery on the night, with 40% of all sales facilitating The Lock-Up’s artistic program.

Image: COLLECT, 2024, curated by Isabel Whittle, The Lock-Up, Muloobinba/Newcastle. Photographer: Wanagi Zable-Andrews.