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SUMMARY:Club Unity
DESCRIPTION:𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟏𝟑𝐓𝐇5pm – 12amClub Unity returns to Lot 19 (Castlemaine/ Djaara Country) with a 2x stage festival for our last event of 2025 ✨ \n\n\n\n𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐘𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐂 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄: LUQMAN B2B KENJIMS. ONUR KURT FT. TARABEAT (LIVE)DJ EMIOTORONGO (BRI)VEE \n\n\n\n𝐌𝐀𝐇𝐈𝐊𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄:LIM_ONETRIBEZËODJ MATABDJ CLAMRUCHI \n\n\n\n+++ 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐒 (LIVE + INSTALLATION)\, 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒\, 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃 \n\n\n\nGET YOUR TICKETS NOWfor this all star event in an open air location & STAY POSTED AS THERE WILL ALSO BE AN OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY UNTIL SUNRISE 15MIN FROM LOT 19! \n\n\n\nProceeds will go to fundraising for a soundsystem!
URL:https://lot19.au/event/club-unity/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Community Event,Fundraiser,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251212T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251221T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222222
CREATED:20251203T052941Z
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SUMMARY:Salon of Smalls
DESCRIPTION:Come one\, come all! \n\n\n\nWe’re very excited to announce a brand-new annual group show in the Lot19 Gallery: Salon of Smalls. \n\n\n\nPicture this—every wall of the gallery brimming with a delightful collection of small works\, each one priced under $300. Perfect for festive gift giving or a small treat for oneself. \n\n\n\nOpening PartyFriday Dec 12\, 5pm – 8pm \n\n\n\nClosing FiestaSunday Dec 21\, 2pm – 5pm
URL:https://lot19.au/event/salon-of-smalls/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Celebration,Community Event,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251128T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251207T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222222
CREATED:20251202T112133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T003543Z
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SUMMARY:Alchemy: Through the Lens of Nature’s Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Kristy Lynch is a Bendigo artist who began painting in 2019 as part of her healing journey from addiction and mental health. Her latest collection\, Alchemy: Through the Lens of Nature’s Resilience\, draws on nature and memories of fire\, water\, and sky. Legally blind\, Kristy transforms emotion into vivid imagery\, showing that true vision comes from feeling as much as seeing.November 28 – December 7Friday\, Saturday and Sunday 10 – 4pm
URL:https://lot19.au/event/alchemy-through-the-lens-of-natures-resilience/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251108T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251123T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222222
CREATED:20251006T013852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T053956Z
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SUMMARY:Artist: Dan Murphy - Drive-by
DESCRIPTION:Sat/Sun 11 – 5 \n\n\n\nInspired by the landscape in which he lives\, Central Australia. Artist Dan Murphy will present a series of abstract\, 2 dimensional works from old car panels that are cut and sewn together with wire.
URL:https://lot19.au/event/artist-dan-murphy-drive-by/
CATEGORIES:Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251011T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251026T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222222
CREATED:20250824T085111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T011738Z
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SUMMARY:Lot19 Spring Sculpture Prize 2025
DESCRIPTION:Since its inception in 2006\, the Spring Sculpture Prize has been a key event in the Central Victorian artistic calendar. With a fabulous festive afternoon opening\, over $6\,000 worth of prizes\, independent judges and a three-week exhibition\, the prize is beloved by artists and visitors alike. The Spring Sculpture Prize Opening will be held from 2pm on Saturday 11 October\, featuring live music\, food and the lot19 bar. The exhibition is open 11-5pm\, Saturdays and Sundays until October 26. \n\n\n\nSpring Sculpture Prize Judges 2025 \n\n\n\nLeslie Thornton(Sir) Leslie Thornton\, a frequent Lot19 exhibitor (winner sculpture prize 2022) born Brisbane 1950\, self knighted 1990 (services to the banking sector). Leslie’s art practice includes painting\, clocks\, humourous ficticious documents\, ceramics\, political cartoons\, collage and double adaptor creations. \n\n\n\nMadeleine McClellandMadeleine is an accomplished arts manager\, and has overseen public art collections and commissioning for Melton City Council and Nillumbik Shire Council. She is currently Coordinator Public Art and Creative Industries at Mount Alexander Shire Council. She has decades of experience in working with communities to deliver arts programs\, and in fundraising and communications for small to medium non-profit organisations. Madeleine has qualifications in Art History and Curatorship\, Community Development and is undertaking a Masters in Creative Arts Therapies. \n\n\n\nKim PercyKim Percy is a multidisciplinary artist\, curator\, and educator with extensive experience as an artist\, designer\, educator and curator. She has exhibited nationally and internationally\, has a PhD in visual art\, and curated exhibitions at her gallery Radius. Her practice explores social issues\, bringing deep insight and critical engagement to her role as art judge.
URL:https://lot19.au/event/lot19-spring-sculpture-prize-2025/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Celebration,Community Event,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250913T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250928T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250805T210043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251006T025856Z
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SUMMARY:Hope - is the thing with feathers
DESCRIPTION:Opening Celebration – Friday\, September 12\, 6pm \n \n \nExhibition runs: September 13 – 28\, Sat/Sun 11 – 4 \n \n \n‘Birds have been used as symbols of freedom\, hope\, spirit\, transition\, and new opportunities since time immemorial\, in every culture\, in every era. The primary reason for this is their ability to fly\, to be free.’ \n \n \nChrisanne Blennerhasset\, Bridget Farmer\, Ken Killeen\, Jonathon Lane\, Eleni Rivers\, Jane Rusden\, and Diane Thompson are a motley flock of Castlemaine artists drawn to the avian world for inspiration\, connecting to something vital in our environment\, something precious and beautiful and wondrous and vulnerable. They are making statements about things they love\, and through their art\, hope to assist those who see the artworks to look a little closer and care a little deeper. \n \n \nThe title of the exhibition is taken from a poem by Emily Dickinson. \n \n \n“Hope” is the thing with feathers –That perches in the soul –And sings the tune without the words –And never stops – at all – \n \n \nAnd sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –And sore must be the storm –That could abash the little BirdThat kept so many warm – \n \n \nI’ve heard it in the chillest land –And on the strangest Sea –Yet – never – in Extremity\,It asked a crumb – of me. \n \n \n \n 
URL:https://lot19.au/event/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Celebration,Exhibition,Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250830T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250830T235900
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250805T204946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T205027Z
UID:10000097-1756573200-1756598340@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Spring Into The Blue Cloud
DESCRIPTION:Anna Morley & Tom McGowan (live)Square Wave Bounce (live)OK Darling (live)Luqman (live)Joel Pearson (DJ)Tom Barker (DJ)DJ Clam (DJ) \n\n\n\nSaturday\, August 30\, Lot19 presents a line up featuring some of Central Victoria’s finest – a blend of live music and DJs\, complemented by delicious food and drink\, devised to get your head noddin’ and feet movin’! \n\n\n\nCome along to the Lot19 gallery for an evening of synthpop/house/electronica for your dancing enjoyment. \n\n\n\nTickets \n\n\n\nOnline: $20 \n\n\n\nDoor: $25 \n\n\n\nJoin us as we Spring into the Blue Cloud and celebrate the arrival of sunshine and warm weather to the Mount Alexander Shire. \n\n\n\nSpring into the Blue Cloud takes place on Djarra Country\, the unceded lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung. Always was\, always will be Aboriginal land. Entry is free for mob from all over.
URL:https://lot19.au/event/spring-into-the-blue-cloud/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Community Event,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250809T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250824T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250717T054010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T030249Z
UID:10000095-1754737200-1756051200@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Self and Place - Pencil and Brush
DESCRIPTION:Self and Place; Pencil and Brush is a solo exhibition of colourful self portrait and landscape works by visual artist\, poet and musician\, Allis Hamilton. Between 2019–2022 Allis turned some of her landscape drawings\, created sitting with the ants on the earth looking and recording her impressions\, into oil paintings. She will exhibit landscape paintings from the Flinders Ranges\, as well as works depicting places closer to Castlemaine. Also during this time Allis drew many and varied self-portraits in pencil on paper. These drawings will enliven the walls of the show alongside her landscape works.The exhibition will be opened by renowned Castlemaine artist Sir Les Thornton\, following which Allis will perform some music\, then some ambient sounds performed by Sha.On Sunday 17th August at 11am Ross Gillet will launch Allis’s new book\, Stone — a collection of poems and drawings around her experience surviving a paralysing brain hemorrhage. 
URL:https://lot19.au/event/self-and-place-pencil-and-brush/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Community Event,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250803T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250803T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250717T055226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T205046Z
UID:10000096-1754229600-1754240400@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Give Water to Birds
DESCRIPTION:ZÖJ is not just a duo but a conversation—between worlds\, between past and present\, between the known and the unnameable. Since 2016\, Gelareh Pour and Brian O’Dwyer have been making music under this name\, though their collaboration stretches back further\, to when they first began tracing the edges of each other’s sound in 2012.  \n\n\n\nTheir debut album\, Fil O Fenjoon (2023)\, was unrushed\, inevitable. It resonated\, not just in accolades (the Australian Wettest 100’s number one album\, the Excellence in Experimental Practice award at the 2024 APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards) but in the way it settled into listeners like something remembered rather than discovered.ZÖJ’s second album\, Give Water to Birds (June 2025 via Bleeemo Music Australia and Parenthesis Records Europe)\, marks a compelling new chapter in the duo’s evolving musical journey. Building on the foundations of their critically acclaimed debut\, this release sees ZÖJ\, Gelareh Pour and Brian O’Dwyer\, pushing their sound into new and unexpected territories.Featuring Brett Langsford on guitar\, Give Water to Birds expands ZÖJ’s sonic landscape\, blending intricate melodies\, atmospheric textures and rhythmic explorations that defy categorisation. The album captures the duo’s deepening commitment to experimentation and storytelling. While their debut explored the intersection of tradition and innovation\, Give Water to Birds delves further into themes of transformation\, resilience and the human connection to nature.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets
URL:https://lot19.au/event/give-water-to-birds/
CATEGORIES:Music,Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250712T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250727T190000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250519T113032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T205057Z
UID:10000093-1752328800-1753642800@lot19.au
SUMMARY:The Selkie's Timekeeper
DESCRIPTION:Opening CelebrationSaturday 12 July\, 4 – 6pm With the artists\, live music\, warm fire\, bar and glowing artworks. \n\n\n\nSelkies – mythic seal people who shift between land and sea are timeless folkloric symbols of longing\, transformation and fluid identity. \n\n\n\nThe Selkie’s Timekeeper is the collaborative work between Costumier /Textile Artist Madeleine Somers and Illumination Artist Laura Jade. \n\n\n\nThrough projection\, refraction\, and material play\, the exhibition charts rhythms of return and metamorphosis and time\, marked by lunar pull and its tides. Stingray bones become navigational tools; lights and shadows play\, projections ripple across surfaces like moonlight. \n\n\n\nSculptures of reclaimed\, hand painted textiles shimmer. Hybrid sea life both creature and coral\, recall the architecture of shells – vessels of memory and protection. Suspended and illuminated these forms act as reliquaries. \n\n\n\nThe Selkie’s Timekeeper invites you to float inside a cyclical space – part dream\, part tide pool\, part disco.
URL:https://lot19.au/event/the-selkies-timekeeper/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Community Event,Exhibition,Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250614T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250629T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250519T112338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250612T081509Z
UID:10000092-1749898800-1751212800@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Linda Dunstan
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://lot19.au/event/linda-dunstan/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Community Event,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250510T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250524T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250519T113148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250824T125819Z
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SUMMARY:SHARED GROUND
DESCRIPTION:Brett Igmus Davies has been exploring the use of movement in his sculptures. Inspired by the works of Alexander Calder\, this exhibition will feature sculptural mobiles made from wood\, wire\, and found objects that will gently dance in the airspace above his more renowned stationary wood carvings.Jeremy ‘Jez’ Forbes continues his formidable ‘shedism’ movement with exploration and inspiration in Kyoto and Central Victoria\, as well as a focus on nostalgia through Cuisenaire rods\, board games\, and colour. \n\n\n\n‘Shedding Verse’ is an extra-special element of this exhibition: Jez’s collaboration with poet Noa Schaerf-Trauner\, who has written poems for a selection of Jez’s paintings that will be displayed next to the artworks. Noa will also read a selection of her poems on opening night. Finally\, Jez will present a collection of paintings from his years of being inspired by sheds and his painting journey — Shedism: A Movement Is Born\, A Movement Grows.
URL:https://lot19.au/event/shared-ground/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Community Event,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250510T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250510T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250428T045950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T212059Z
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SUMMARY:Jeremy Forbes & Brett Davies: SHARED GROUND
DESCRIPTION:Opening Celebration: Friday May 9\, 5 – 9pmExhibition: May 10 – 25\, Sat/Sun\, 11 – 4 \n\n\n\nBrett Igmus Davies has been exploring the use of movement in his sculptures. Inspired by the works of Alexander Calder\, this exhibition will feature sculptural mobiles made from wood\, wire\, and found objects that will gently dance in the airspace above his more renowned stationary wood carvings. \n\n\n\nJeremy ‘Jez’ Forbes continues his formidable ‘shedism’ movement with exploration and inspiration in Kyoto and Central Victoria\, as well as a focus on nostalgia through Cuisenaire rods\, boardgames\, and colour.‘Shedding Verse’ is an extra-special element of this exhibition: Jez’s collaboration with poet Noa Schaerf-Trauner\, who has written poems for a selection of Jez’s paintings that will be displayed next to the artworks. Noa will also read a selection of her poems on opening night. \n\n\n\nFinally\, Jez will present a collection of paintings from his years of being inspired by sheds and his painting journey — Shedism: A Movement Is Born\, A Movement Grows.
URL:https://lot19.au/event/jeremy-forbes-brett-davies-shared-ground/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Exhibition,Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250510T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250510T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250422T023903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T050825Z
UID:10000089-1746867600-1746896400@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Lot19 Studio & Garage Sale
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://lot19.au/event/lot19-studio-garage-sale/
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250412T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250427T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250327T031622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T050656Z
UID:10000088-1744452000-1745769600@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Dimensional Illustrations
DESCRIPTION:Dimensional Illustrations by Deborah Klein\n\n \nExhibition runs: 12-27 April\, Sat/Sun\, 10am-4pm\n\n  \nDeborah Klein has worked in all aspects of the creative industry in both Australia and overseas for over 30 years. She has maintained a parallel practice as a commercial and exhibiting artist for much of that time. \n\nWhile studying graphic design and marketing at RMIT Deborah discovered traditional cut-paper illustration. She went on to explore and expand the possibilities of this practice\, teaching herself methods of manipulating paper that combined her love of illustration and sculpture. The work featured in Deborah Klein: Dimensional Paper Illustrations is a survey of that exploration.  \n\nDimensional Paper Illustration Workshop: Sunday 27 April\,12pm-4pm\, doors at 11.45am\n\n  \n\nTickets\n\n 
URL:https://lot19.au/event/dimensional-illustrations/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Exhibition,Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250329T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250329T233000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250217T053550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T033540Z
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SUMMARY:Club Unity - Castlemaine Fringe
DESCRIPTION:Club Unity\n\n\n\n29 Mar 2025\, 5:00 pm – 11:50 pm\n\n\n\nlot19\, 19 Mcshanag Rd\, Castlemaine\n\n\n\nClub Unity is a party series showcasing DJ sets and Live acts\, launched in Naarm with the next one being at lot19 in Castlemaine! We acknowledge the Dja Dja Wurrung as the custodians of the land this event will be hosted on. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n$20/$15. \n\n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS
URL:https://lot19.au/event/club-unity-castlemaine-fringe/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Community Event,Fundraiser,Music,Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250327T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250405T213000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250217T053214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T033557Z
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SUMMARY:WORDSPOKEN - Castlemaine Fringe
DESCRIPTION:WORDSPOKEN\n\n\n\n27 Mar 2025\, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm\n\n\n\nlot19 Tram\, 19 Mcshanag Rd\, Castlemaine\n\n\n\nA live theatrical experience where story\, music\, slow circus\, and poetry meet in an old Melbourne tram. A lo-fi\, full-presence event\, WORDSPOKEN will usher you mischievously into the night. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCelebrating local artists\, each show will bring a new voice to the fore. 27\, 28 Mar & 4\, 5 Apr. $30/$25. \n\n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS
URL:https://lot19.au/event/wordspoken-castlemaine-fringe/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Community Event,Music,Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250320T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250320T180000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250217T061117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T033613Z
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SUMMARY:Departure Point - Exhibition Opening
DESCRIPTION:Departure Point by Melinda Harper\, Zoe Amor\, Michael Wolfe\, Dale Cox\n\n\n\nExhibition Opening event: Thursday 20 March\, 4-6pm (artists in conversation with Suzanne Donisthorpe)\n\n\n\nDeparture Point is a live\, visual conversation across mediums between established artists Melinda Harper\, Zoe Amor\, Michael Wolfe and Dale Cox with raconteur Suzanne Donisthorpe delving into the finer points of their Art life and work at the lot19 Gallery on Jaara Country. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDeparture Point RUNS FROM Saturday 15 March 11am to Sunday 6 April at 4pm
URL:https://lot19.au/event/departure-point-opening/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Celebration,Community Event,Music,Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250320T053000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250320T203000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250307T051609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250418T064021Z
UID:10000087-1742448600-1742502600@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Autumn Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:Autumn Philosophy\n\n\n\nThursday 20 Mar 2025\, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm\n\n\n\nlot19 kitchen\, 19 Mcshanag Rd\, Castlemaine\n\n\n\nWhat does hope look like in a time of impending darkness?How can we gather what we have to make what we need?Our Autumn Community Philosophy Workshop will focus on what we can gather\, glean and store away for darker days through care-full conversation over the kitchen bench. Join us as we gather\, glean\, chop and bottle what we have harvested over the past season\, and consider what might be able to carry forward from this time into the future.Held in the lot 19 kitchen this hands on workshop will be part food preservation\, part community philosophy. We will be exploring themes of gleaning\, bricolage\, mutual aid\, radical rest and community care as we preserve what has been harvested from our local surroundings. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nTickets are available through purchase or donation of produce.
URL:https://lot19.au/event/autumn-philosophy/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Fundraiser,Music,Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250315T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250315T223000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20240919T054904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T192924Z
UID:10000059-1742043600-1742077800@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Castlemaine Idyll 2025
DESCRIPTION:Castlemaine Idyll is Central Victoria’s ultimate talent contest\, a ridiculously fun event and major fundraiser for lot19.SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY 15 MARCH\, 2025 Idyll features hot local voices\, a hugely talented professional band\, celebrity judges and a community uniting joyously in support. And we’re excited that Castlemaine Idyll Kids Karaoke (CIKK)) will return in 2025! \n\n\n\nFor more photos and to keep up to date with Castlemaine Idyll\, follow us on Facebook\, or join the lot19 mailing list for early access to tickets.  \n\n\n\nImage: Star Lady at Castlemaine Idyll 2022 (photo by Richard Baxter)
URL:https://lot19.au/event/castlemaine-idyll-2025/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Community Event,Fundraiser,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250315T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250406T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250216T230829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T033644Z
UID:10000081-1742036400-1743955200@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Departure Point - Group Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Departure Point by Melinda Harper\, Zoe Amor\, Michael Wolfe\, Dale Cox\n\n\n\nOpening event: Thursday 20 March\, 4-6pm (artists in conversation with Suzanne Donisthorpe)\n\n\n\nDeparture Point is a live\, visual conversation across mediums between established artists Melinda Harper\, Zoe Amor\, Michael Wolfe and Dale Cox with raconteur Suzanne Donisthorpe delving into the finer points of their Art life and work at the lot19 Gallery on Jaara Country. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDeparture Point RUNS FROM Saturday 15 March 11am to Sunday6 April at 4pm
URL:https://lot19.au/event/departure-point-group-exhibition/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Celebration,Community Event,Exhibition,Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250308T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250310T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250307T050934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T033702Z
UID:10000086-1741431600-1741622400@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Der Turm - Pop-up Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Der Turm by Lawrence and Riley Finn\n\n\n\nOpening event: Saturday 8 March\, 2-4pm\n\n\n\nA collaborative exhibition by Lawrence and Riley Finn\, a father-and-son duo exploring the power of printmaking as both artistic expression and historical dialogue. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDer Turm RUNS FROM Saturday 8 March 11am to Monday 10 March at 4pm
URL:https://lot19.au/event/der-turm/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Celebration,Community Event,Exhibition,Music,Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250208T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250208T210000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250116T021926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250116T041516Z
UID:10000079-1739030400-1739048400@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Upstander – Fundraiser supporting freedom & safety for women
DESCRIPTION:Upstander is a super-charged fundraising event supporting the freedom\, safety and celebration of Women. \n\n\n\nUpstander will raise money for a women’s refuge in the area (Annie North)\, increase awareness of what refuges do\, and promote men’s behaviour-change programs in the area \n\n\n\nFeaturing:– Live Music: Castlemaine all-women’s group the Supersisters headlining with support from locals M79 and friends– Speakers from Annie North Women’s Refuge\, Centre for Non-Violence and more– Local DJs: Jen Moore\, Tina Rae and Clam Dirt are guaranteed to keep the vibe up and the dancing going \n\n\n\n– Dance performance from Delicious Gagalicious \n\n\n\nUPSTANDER RUNS FROM 4pm-9pm.  \n\n\n\nTICKETS: https://upstanderfiesta.com.au/?page_id=847 \n\n\n\nAll women\, men\, gender expressions\, ages welcome
URL:https://lot19.au/event/upstander-fundraiser-supporting-freedom-safety-for-women/
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Community Event,Fundraiser,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250208T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250223T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250203T003717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T033730Z
UID:10000080-1739012400-1740326400@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Girls\, Goddesses and Greatness
DESCRIPTION:A celebration of everything feminine\n\n\n\nIncludes a live performance on Saturday 22 February from 2pm to 4pm\n\n\n\nTickets for live performance:Adults $30Conc $20Children $20 \n\n\n\nSumi-e artist Isabelle Kawai Vincent and musician\, Oliver Vigor will take you on an immersive journey from acknowledging the courage of motherhood\, to the cheeky shenanigans of Kimiko\, and Japanese doll\, and get in touch with your inner Goddess\, regardless of gender. The grand finale will acknowledging the Year of the Snake with a gigantic Sumi-e brush painting a super long snake. Then you will be invited to contribute to this piece using Sumi-e ink and brushes and paint around the snake. \n\n\n\nGirls\, Goddeses and Greatness RUNS FROM Saturday 8 February 11am to Sunday 23 February at 4pm \n\n\n\nFor more information and bookings\, scan the QR code below.
URL:https://lot19.au/event/girls-goddesses-and-greatness/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Celebration,Community Event,Exhibition,Past Shows
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250201T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250201T230000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20250116T020302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T070311Z
UID:10000078-1738422000-1738450800@lot19.au
SUMMARY:The Love Battle
DESCRIPTION:Looking for the most original way to show that special person how much you care about him or her or them? \n\n\n\nThen you have found the best way! Take him or her or them to Lucha Fantastica’s: \n\n\n\n𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝘽𝘼𝙏𝙏𝙇𝙀(𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙩 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚’𝙨 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬!)\n\n\n\nOn sale now from:www.fantastica.com.au/tickets𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸\, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁! \n\n\n\nExpect an amazing battle between the forces of love and evil \n\n\n\n𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀:Family show: 3-6pmAdult show: 7-11pm \n\n\n\nFAMILY SHOW: 3pmMore than 10 masked luchadores in a show packed with acrobatics\, action and a pinch of comedy! Followed by our infamous Piñata Fiesta for kids. And Mexican street food of course! \n\n\n\nADULT SHOW: 7pmDid we mention that live Mariachi would serenade you during the night? Ah! Que romantico! \n\n\n\nExpect as always:• More than 10 masked Luchadores (professional wrestlers) doing a combination of sport\, entertainment and dramatic storytelling\, suspense\, soap opera\, physical comedy all rolled up into a flamboyant display\, wild and highly flying insanity. \n\n\n\n• The legendary battle of evil vs good (Rudos vs Técnicos) \n\n\n\n• Tacos from special guest Restaurant \n\n\n\nTICKETS ON SALE NOWFantastica.com.au/tickets
URL:https://lot19.au/event/the-love-battle/
LOCATION:lot19: paddock\, gallery & more\, 3450
CATEGORIES:Celebration,Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250112T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250126T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20241118T023109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T033750Z
UID:10000069-1736679600-1737907200@lot19.au
SUMMARY:You Must Be My Lucky Star: Joint Exhibition (11am-4pm\, Sat & Sun\, 12 - 26 Jan)
DESCRIPTION:You Must Be My Lucky Star: Joint Exhibition \n\n\n\nOpen Saturdays & Sundays\, 11am-4pm from 12 – 26 January. NOTE: Gallery will close Sun 26 January at 2pm NOT 4pm \n\n\n\n“YOU MUST BE MY LUCKY STAR” ENCOMPASSES 12 ARTISTS WORKING AT LOT19.SOME ARE TEACHERS\, SOME ARE STUDENTS. NOT REALLY SURE WHO IS WHO AND IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER – WE ARE ALL TEACHING EACH OTHER…WHAT DOES MATTER ISCONNECTIVITY\, COMMUNITY AND EXCHANGE – GENRES AND MEDIA BONDED THROUGH SHARED STUDIOS\, AND ARTISTIC EXCHANGE. \n\n\n\nArtists – Estelle Duff\, Simon Dubbeld\, Jacqueline Griffiths\, Tobias Richardson\, Jakob Schmitt\, Fin Connolly\, Galan Sartore\, NedMiddleton\, Zara Forrest\, TarleyHenderson\, Scottie Charalambous & Liam Muir. \n\n\n\nOPENING CELEBRATION: Sat 11 January\, 4pm-6pm.  \n\n\n\nExhibition open Saturdays & Sundays\, 11am-4pm from 11 – 26 January.
URL:https://lot19.au/event/you-must-be-my-lucky-star-ned-middleton-friends/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Community Event,Exhibition,Past Shows
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lot19.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/invite.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250111T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250111T180000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20241118T023601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250225T224053Z
UID:10000070-1736611200-1736618400@lot19.au
SUMMARY:You Must Be My Lucky Star: Joint Exhibition - OPENING CELEBRATION
DESCRIPTION:You Must Be My Lucky Star: Joint Exhibition \n\n\n\nOPENING CELEBRATION: Saturday 11 January\, 4pm \n\n\n\n“YOU MUST BE MY LUCKY STAR” ENCOMPASSES 12 ARTISTS WORKING AT LOT19.SOME ARE TEACHERS\, SOME ARE STUDENTS. NOT REALLY SURE WHO IS WHO AND IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER – WE ARE ALL TEACHING EACH OTHER…WHAT DOES MATTER ISCONNECTIVITY\, COMMUNITY AND EXCHANGE – GENRES AND MEDIA BONDED THROUGH SHARED STUDIOS\, AND ARTISTIC EXCHANGE. \n\n\n\nArtists – Estelle Duff\, Simon Dubbeld\, Jacqueline Griffiths\, Tobias Richardson\, Jakob Schmitt\, Fin Connolly\, Galan Sartore\, NedMiddleton\, Zara Forrest\, TarleyHenderson\, Scottie Charalambous & Liam Muir. \n\n\n\nExhibition open Saturday & Sundays\, 11am-4pm from 11 – 26 January.
URL:https://lot19.au/event/you-must-be-my-lucky-star-ned-middleton-friends-opening-celebration/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Celebration,Exhibition
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lot19.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/invite.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241221T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241221T203000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20241125T050608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241204T222428Z
UID:10000072-1734804000-1734813000@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Luminate: Summer Solstice Community Philosophy Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The world is heating up. The shadows are illuminated. What happens when we pause and really see what’s around us? This Summer Solstice\, we invite you to explore what’s illuminated when we truly pay attention to where we are — in both place and time. \n\n\n\nJoin 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. \n\n\n\nWe’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. \n\n\n\nDetails: \n\n\n\nDistance: 1km over 2 hours\, with regular stops. The route includes dirt paths and some inclines. \n\n\n\nDate: Saturday\, December 21st \n\n\n\nTime: 6:00 PM sharp \n\n\n\nDeparture: lot19 \n\n\n\nPlease reach out if you have any accessibility concerns and we will do our best to accommodate your needs to ensure a comfortable experience for all. \n\n\n\nFAQs \n\n\n\nWhat is community philosophy?Community Philosophy is a practice of thinking together about the big ideas with compassion\, humility and tenderness.Who is running this workshop?This workshop is run by Dr Kelly Lee Hickey\, an artist and community philosopher. She developed her community philosophy practice through her creative PhD\, which developed a series of creative and place based practices to support communities responding to social and ecological crisis. She has delivered community philosophy workshops and events at arts festivals and conferences across Australia\, and online. Who is this workshop for?Anyone who is wondering how to navigate these times\, or struggling to find direction and hope in the current political and social climate. It is especially useful for activists\, and others involved in front line struggles for social and ecological justice. \n\n\n\nPLEASE NOTE: THIS WORKSHOP IS NOT A THERAPEUTIC SPACE\, NOR IS IT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THERAPY. WHILE WE AIM FOR A CARE-FULL SPACE\, ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR WELL BEING AND ACTIONS\, DURING AND AFTER THE EVENT.
URL:https://lot19.au/event/luminate/
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241215T160000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241215T200000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20241127T064427Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T033810Z
UID:10000073-1734278400-1734292800@lot19.au
SUMMARY:Gathering of the First Nations Solidarity Network - Liyanganyuk Banyul
DESCRIPTION:Gathering of the First Nations Solidarity Network – Liyanganyuk BanyulSunday 15 December\, 4-8pm \n\n\n\nFirst Nations Solidarity Network Liyanganyuk Banyul Gathering \n\n\n\nEarlier this year the First Nations Solidarity Network Liyanganyuk Banyul formed as a response to the referendum results\, and the direct ask from First Nations people for more action from non-Indigenous people to actively learn about and challenge structural and personal racism\, including our own. So far it has been an informal and growing Whatsapp community to share resources\, events\, inspiration and accountability\, and to make visible and link the many existing groups and individuals already working in First Nations solidarity in the Liyanganyuk Banyul (Mount Alexander Shire and surrounds) area. \n\n\n\n4-6pm – discussions and shared learning– Acknowledgement of Country– A brief introduction to the network and its intent– Community notice board – what’s going on across the network?– Conversations in breakout groups.  \n\n\n\n6-8pm – Social gathering to get to know each other. Dinner and a fire.– Bring some food to share and all you need (plates\, cutlery\, cup)– Outdoors so dress appropriately \n\n\n\nChildren are of course welcome. \n\n\n\nRSVP HERE \n\n\n\nThis short welcome document outlines the purpose of the network and how it came about:https://docs.google.com/document/d/10AkQFYZE8iYgfG43VkolBaoi4cGi9XLqvljuKE_YP58/edit?usp=sharing \n\n\n\nNote\, we will be abiding by the group agreement and protocols at the gathering:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m8sQQq9GpCDc8xYMfyVSPDUpV4wl9uNmmEix5vqC45I/edit?usp=sharing \n\n\n\nCost? Free\, $5 suggested donation to Lot-19 to maintain the venue
URL:https://lot19.au/event/liyanganyuk-banyul/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Community Event,Exhibition,Past Shows
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241207T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241207T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T222223
CREATED:20241204T035924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T230448Z
UID:10000075-1733580000-1733587200@lot19.au
SUMMARY:UNFATHOMABLE: Opening Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Opening Celebration: Saturday 7 December\, 2pm \n\n\n\nUNFATHOMABLE – deep\, inexplicable\, confounding\, lost. \n\n\n\nSome things are just too hard to find words for. Too raw to be exposed. Too difficult to unpack. Featuring new work by 5 central victorian artists\, this exhibition at Lot 19 Gallery in Castlemaine takes that which is hard to explain and transforms it into challenging\, beautiful\, messy\, and inspiring artworks – this is how we talk about the things that are unfathomable. \n\n\n\nMinna Graham (Musk\, 3461) responds to the emotions within grief that feel too overwhelming. Grief\, loss\, and sorrow can be too much to hold inside. Minna creates physical forms—vessels\, containers—that embody these feelings\, giving them a tangible space where they can exist and be processed. These pieces are not about finding answers\, but about creating space to hold what cannot always be said. \n\n\n\nJackie Gorring’s (Allendale\, 3364) relief prints are each a story\, like chapters in a book they come together to form something more complete and deeper than the individual story can tell by itself. Jackie chose these relief prints for Unfathomable because they represent the loss of loved ones or friends who have moved away\, or the loss of herself at times. \n\n\n\nElla Hughes (Guildford\, 3451) has created a small army of golems to hold her grief. A golem will do the work its master asks of it\, and it will keep doing it forever. “There is a culture of shame around grief\,” she says. “we’re criticised for grieving too much or too little\, too loudly\, or too quietly.” Ella has also created sculptural works that are part homage\, part portrait\, and part commemoration. Like a statue that would be created for a famous person\, these pieces pay a very personal homage to the women in her life who gifted her a love of craft\, textiles and making. Ella Hughes lives in Guildford but makes ceramics in her studio at Lot 19 in Castlemaine. \n\n\n\nWorking with found clay from around central Victoria Chandra Paul (Clunes\, 3370) has conducted numerous experiments to make vessels from the very ground beneath her. This is a highly technical and multilayered process that takes extraordinary amounts of time. Chandra says that her experiences have taught her that there is beauty in the weathered\, uneven\, transient and unfinished. Flaws are meaningful\, normal and harbour memory. \n\n\n\nDannielle Wilkinson’s (Castlemaine\, 3450) work for this exhibition\, My father called me barren\, explores the unique relationship between women and their reproductive system….in particular\, the fact that these are the only organs in the body that we are asked if we are using them or wasting them. Every woman will have a distinctly individual relationship with this part of their body and will respond differently to conversation and questions that surround it\, and every one of those relationships is valid and should be heard. \n\n\n\nThese artworks have the capacity to handle the complexity of emotions that we find hard to articulate or bear. In many ways the artworks are better at expressing our innermost thoughts and feelings than we are ourselves. \n\n\n\nGallery open 10am-4pm\, Saturday & Sunday\, 7 – 22 December.
URL:https://lot19.au/event/unfathomableopening/
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Exhibition
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