What's On at lot19?
Unfathomable
Group Exhibition
Opening Celebration: Sat 7 December, 2pm
Some things are just too hard to find words for. Too raw to be exposed. Too difficult to unpack.
The five Central Victorian artists in this exhibition take what is hard to explain and create challenging, beautiful, messy, and inspiring artworks, artworks which have the capacity to handle the complexity of emotions that we find hard to articulate or bear. – this is how we talk about the things that are unfathomable.
Featuring new work by Jackie Gorring, Minna Graham, Ella Hughes, Chandra Paul and Dannielle Wilkinson.
Exhibition Open: 10am-4pm, Saturday and Sunday, 7 – 22 December
Liyanganyuk Banyul
First Nations Solidarity Network
Sunday 15 December, 4-8pm
Bringing this network together in-person for the first time – with an open invitation to the community.
Agenda will be in two parts. Feel free to come and go as needed.
4-6pm – discussions and shared learning
6-8pm – Social gathering to get to know each other & dinner.
Click below to find out further details on the origin & protocols of the network.
Luminate
Summer Solstice Community Philosophy Workshop
Saturday 21 December, 6-8pm
Join us for a community philosophy walkshop designed to help us connect with the world around us. In this two-hour experience, we’ll practice the art of observation and collective meaning-making through reading, walking, and creating together. It’s an invitation to wander, listen, and reflect.
We’ll journey across a 1km route, weaving threads of thought as we stop to share, read, and map the things that matter to us. Along the way, we’ll explore how our surroundings shape our understanding and deepen our connection to the world.
Venue Hire
What can’t you do at lot19 Artspace? Not a lot.
How we work
celebrate life through creativity and togetherness.
…providing spaces for you to make and present your art…
…designing events for you to experience art…
Castlemaine Idyll
Meet the Artists
Our work
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Arts Precinct
Exhibitions
Lot 19 places a high value on exhibitions that originate from the North Central region of Victoria, as well as those from further afield and overseas. We aim to offer something new and stimulating to our audiences and encourage exhibition applications from emerging, mid-career and established artists/curators across all disciplines and visual art forms.
Our studio artists
Artists’ skills, imaginations and courage are let loose is this safe and cross-collaborative testing-site. Over 20 artists are resident on site, working across visual art, music, textiles, ceramics, sculpture, writing and everything in between. Learn about our studio artists – their diversity, and their practices.
Venue Hire
Weddings, selected parties, celebrations, meetings. Our arts-centered venues and activities showcase Lot19 as a destination for locals and visitors seeking entertainment and cultural enrichment in Castlemaine and the surrounding towns of this food, wine, and travel region.
Lot19 was founded to celebrate life. It is evolving, it is permanent, it’s a safe haven for artists. We house many different creative expressions and through this add value to the whole community.
We’re a destination, a venue, a hub, a playspace, and present many iconic events, including Castlemaine Idyll, the Spring Sculpture Show, heartfelt weddings, and our ongoing exhibition program.
The three-acre property consists of 21 artists’ studios, two outdoor stages, a contemporary art gallery, an outdoor sculpture park, Castlemaine Press (open access print-makers facility and exhibition space), Castlemaine Clay (open access ceramics facility), and a literary venue/ bar in the newly settled W-Class Tram.
A venue with a lot of art, a lot of heart.
Lot19 Arts is an evolving creative space and events venue located in Central Victoria.
Home to a Gallery, Tram, Theatre, 20 artists’ studios, an open-access ceramics studio and print-makers studio, 2 outdoor stages on large green space, bar-café with dining, and all-access facilities.
The relaxed ambience and flexibility of this site means that you can easily curate an event to remember, whether you are planning a wedding, party, or some other kind of special occasion or gathering. Or if you prefer to take the fuss and stress out of planning, let us do it for you. We can provide you with event management, production, catering, entertainment, staff, and more.
Easy going, laid back, intimate, or grand, we love events that bring people together and encourage creativity. Let’s to chat about how we can assist in creating a truly unforgettable experience for you and your guests, contact Mark to discuss your ideas today.
Founded by Mark Anstey in the year 2000, and built by hand from re-purposed materials, first and foremost, Lot19 is a place for artists. This multi-faceted space is filled with kilns, pottery wheels, printing presses, green spaces, metalwork zones, large scale fabrication utilities, woodworking sheds, easels, and tools of every type.
With 20 artists in studios residencies, over 60 beginner-to-established members regularly accessing the open-access clay and printmaker workshops, this dynamic site is integral to the long-term viability of regional arts practices. Artists’ skills, imaginations and courage are let loose is this safe and cross-collaborative testing-site.
Lot19’s considered and balanced programming appeals to all-ages, all-abilities, and diverse backgrounds. Lot19 specifically seeks presentations for-and-by youth and children, disability and other artists, international and philosophical thinkers, and Australian Indigenous practitioners.
