What's On at lot19?

Find out what is happening across our unique spaces...inside and out...

2024 Spring Sculpture Prize

Opening Celebration

Saturday 12 October, 2:00pm

The lot19 Spring Sculpture Prize is a truly independent and unique arts prize, and a key event in the Central Victorian arts calendar. 

Join us for the 2024 Opening Celebration, featuring prize-giving, live music, food & drink and of course, all the wonderful sculptural entries. 

The exhibition opens on 12 October, and continues Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm until Sunday 27 October.

Spring Sculpture Prize

Youth Workshop

Sunday 13 October, 11am-1pm

Use recycled materials such as wool and cardboard boxes to make a colourful basket.

This workshop, run by artist and teacher Jodie Goldring, will be held in the unique surrounds of the lot19 W-Class Melbourne Tram, as part of the 2024 Spring Sculpture Prize. 

Recommended for ages 8-12 and limited to 12 participants.

BOOK NOW, places filling up fast!

lot19 Open Day

Part of our 21st Birthday Celebrations

Sunday 17 November, from 10:00am

On Sunday 17 November, we’ll be throwing open our gallery, tram and artists studios.

There will be music, refreshments and the chance to peek inside the glorious collection of studios across our site and meet the wonderful extended lot19 family. Maybe even pick yourself up a treasure.

the lot19 kitchen & bar might even get some breakfast rolls and bloody mary’s on the go!

Pop this one in your diary now, and stay tuned for more details.

Day of the Dead Fiesta

Saturday 23 November, 3pm & 7pm

Day of the Dead Fiesta – For the first time in Castlemaine – Come down and celebrate Mexican Day of the Dead with us at lot19! 

Featuring festive piñatas, mouth-watering tacos, and over 10 masked luchadores. Expect a show packed with acrobatics, action, and a pinch of comedy that’ll keep the entire family entertained! Plus, later at the adults show – Dress in your finest Day of the Dead attire and makeup,  for a night filled with Mexican and Latin DJs, live music including MARIACHI, photo booth,  traditional Altar, spectacular Mexican Wrestling show and an Aztec Shaman. 

This is an authentic Mexican event, carefully put together by Mexicans, featuring Mexican performers. Tickets are on sale now!

lot19 Gallery: Exhibitions & Hire

Expressions of interest from artists, curators and groups who would like to exhibit at lot19 in 2025 are now open. 

Our gallery space is big, rustic, beautiful and friendly, and available for performances, creative workshops and artistic gatherings. It’s a light filled space flowing onto adjoining decks. We also have an old W-Class Melbourne tram onsite, which hosts exhibitions, talks, workshops, music performances and more.

To apply for an exhibition, or for enquiries about other events, check out our spaces.

Applications for 2025 close at the end of October. 

Venue Hire

What can’t you do at lot19 Artspace? Not a lot.
Exhibitions, sculpture shows, performance, live music, festivals, weddings, parties…almost anything.

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

Castlemaine's Premier talent contest, lot19 fundraiser and a ridiculous amount of joy and community fund. Contestants, hot band, celebrity judges, volunteers, dancing, singing, broadcasting and more...

Meet the Artists

This is no ordinary place to work. Lot 19 is a hive of creativity, you’ll find painters, printers, potters, fashionistas, makers, performers and creators hard at work…

Our work

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What's On at lot1

Find out what is happening across our unique spaces...inside and out...

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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.

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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.

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