Exhibition: Weekends 6th to 21st September, 10am - 4pm
Opening Celebration: 11am, Saturday 6th September. All Welcome
Cate Kennedy on The Writing Life
Join Newstead Writers for a special evening - Friday 26 September, 6pm. BOOK NOW
De-Stash Market on Sunday 31 August: BOOK a STALL!
Ready to De-Stash!!! Saturday 31 August, 10am - 3pm. BOOK a stall!
40 Years Julie Patey – A Retrospective
Exhibition opens 10am Saturday 2 August
10th Birthday Party
It's our birthday!
New Nature Writing
Writing workshop over six weeks with Deborah Wardle, exploring what climate change means to writers and how to write about or with non-human characters.
Mondays, 6 - 8pm, 18 August - 22 September
Wonderland – Felicity Burman
Exhibition opens 10am Saturday 5 July
Fire Stories
Stories Around the Fire is happening again at the Arts Hub on Saturday June 21st 2025, 5pm - 8pm. Come and gather around the fire pit and celebrate an age-old tradition of community storytelling on the longest night of the year.
Newstead Arts Hub’s Trivia Night Fundraiser
Trivia Night featuring frivolity, music, games, puzzles, delicious food and ... trivia questions
Trilogy
Exhibition: weekends Sat 3 - Sun 25 May, 10-4pm
The Writing Life – Bonny Cassidy
Event: Friday 23 May, 6pm-7.30pm. Bookings open now!
Rudderless
Exhibition: Weekends 5 -13 April, 10am-4pm
LAST Chance this weekend! All Welcome
Fleeting Fields
Fleeting Fields: THIS Sun 30 March, 10am-4pm PopUp Sculpture Park!!
Cornucopia
Workshop: Sun 6 April, 2025, 10am -3pm BOOK NOW!!
The Writing Life – Carmel Bird
Event: Friday 28 March, 6pm-7.30pm
Love Tokens
Workshop: Sun 9 Feb, 2025
Landscapes: Milton Moss
Exhibition: Weekends 15 Feb -2 March, 10am-4pm
Opening Celebration: 15 Feb, 2pm-4pm. All Welcome
Small World Sculpture Prize: Exhibition
Exhibition: LAST CHANCE this Sat & Sun 10am-4pm
Newstead Open Studios 2025
NEWSTEAD OPEN STUDIOS ART TRAIL: Fri 7 to Mon 10 March, 10am-4pm
Instrument Makers Gallery + Art Bar: Newstead Live 2025
NEWSTEAD LIVE 2025 EVENT: Sat 25 & Sun 26 January 10am-6pm, Mon 27 Jan 9am-12noon
Art Bar: Newstead Live 2025
NEWSTEAD LIVE 2025 EVENT: Sat 25 & Sun 26 January 10am-6pm, Mon 27 Jan 9am-12noon
PopUp-ShowUp + Membership drive
PopUp-ShowUp Exhibition: LAST CHANCE
Sat 8 Feb & Sun 9 Feb, 10am-4pm.
Small World Sculpture Prize: Entries
Entries CLOSED! Finalists announced SOON!
Newstead Artist Market
Newstead Artists Market: Sun 01 Dec, 10am-3pm Mark your Calendars!!
Making great writing: young writers’ workshops
Writers Workshops - December to February BOOK NOW!
Writers Read
Event: Friday 22 November, 6.30-8pm
Going Going…Newstead Art Auction
Silent Auction continues @ the Hub until 28 Nov! Get along to view and bid.
LAST CHANCE!
Exhibition: Gallery 2&3, Sun 21 July 10am-4pm
Workshop: Small Birds from Natural Materials
Workshop: Sat 24 Aug 2024, 10am-3.30pm
Lucy Wise Concert – Hub Fundraiser
Lucy Wise: Concert - TONIGHT doors open 6pm!
Tickets available at the door!
Come for Delicious curry dinner before the show 6-7pm
vegan and gf options available.
Never bore an audience – Writers Talk: Lauren Williams
Never bore an audience - Writers Talk: Lauren Williams - Friday 26 July 6.30-8.30pm - Book NOW!
Medieval to Modern: Buninyong Players Concert
TODAY! Concert - Sun 21 July 2.30-4.30pm. BOOK NOW or tix at the door!
POSTPONED: Movie Night + Director Q&A: Defend, Conserve, Protect
POSTPONED: Keep your eyes out for this special event later in the year!
150th Celebration – Newstead Railway
THIS Sun 7 July, 2.30pm FREE Community Event:
Jo Huf Concert
THIS FRIDAY 7pm!! Concert + snacks and drinks @ bar prices. BOOK NOW
Fire Stories: A free community event
Get warm by the Fire! Sat 22 June, 5-8pm
Charcoal Painting, Stories from the Fire
Workshop: THIS SAT!!, 10am-3.30pm.
Book NOW!
Put Your Hands Up!
Put Your Hands Up! Connecting Volunteers with Opportunities at the Hub
Tripartite
Exhibition: Lawrence Winder,
Gallery 2&3 Weekends
Sat 1 - Sun 23 June 10am-4pm.
Just Below the Surface
Exhibition: Gallery 1, Sat 1 - Sun 23 June 10am-4pm
Jody Galvin & Kylie Cuthbertson
Traditional straw plaiting & ‘Corn Dollies’: June Workshop
Workshop: NEXT Sun 16 June, 2024, 10am -3pm BOOK NOW!!
Expressions of Interest: Sign Scoping project
Applications now open!
De-Stash Market: BOOK a STALL!
Ready to De-Stash!!! THIS Sat 27 July, 10am - 3pm. Last chance to BOOK a stall!
Quirky Clay: Hand-building for beginners
Workshop: Sat 18 May, 10am-3pm & 25 May 10am-12.30pm Book Now!
Central Australia: forming, folding and shaping
Jim Roberts - Exhibition: LAST Weekend Sat 25 - Sun 26 May 10am-4pm.
Through My Eyes
Exhibition: Dawn Robinson - Through My Eyes
Stunning limestone sculptures and abstract expressionist paintings. Sat & Sun 10am to 4pm ALL welcome
Finding your creative self through experimentation
Workshop: Sat 27 April 2024, 10am-3.00pm.
SOLD OUT! Join the waitlist.
Slow Stitching: a workshop with Liz Sardone
Workshop: Sun 14 April 2024, 10am-3.30pm. SOLD OUT!
Nicole Hurley-Moore: How to write great characters & other tips!
TOMORROW! Writer's Talk: Nicole Hurley-Moore - Friday 22 March 6.30-8.30pm - Book NOW!
Barrys’ Bonsai from the Hidden Garden
Exhibition: Last Chance! Sat 23 - Sunday 24 March, 10am-4pm.
Newstead Open Studios
NEWSTEAD OPEN STUDIOS ART TRAIL: 9, 10, 11 & 16, 17 March 11am TO 5pm
PopUp-ShowUp
Exhibition: Weekends Sat 17 - Sunday 25 Feb, 10am-4pm.
Mysterious Landscapes
Exhibition: Last Chance this weekend Sat 23 - Sun 24 March 10-4pm
Newstead’s inaugural Artist Market:
Artists Market: Sunday 10 December, 10am-4pm
Instrument Makers Gallery: Newstead Live 2024
NEWSTEAD LIVE 2024 EVENT: Fri 26 & Sat 27 January 10am-5pm, Sun 28 Jan 10am-12noon
All Aboard!
All Aboard celebration: Friday 1 December 6-9pm. All welcome
Program & Promotion Coordinator: Applications closed!
Applications now closed
Create a woven boat form: a workshop with Jodie Goldring
Workshop: Sun 21 January 2024, 10am-4pm
The Shape of Blue
Exhibition: Weekends Sat 4 November to Sunday 26 November, 10am-4pm.
Elinor Ryan: an exhibition
Exhibition: Weekends Sat 7 Oct - Sun 29 Oct, 10am-4pm.
Random Weave a Basket: a workshop with Jodie Goldring
Workshop: Sat 21 October 2023, 10am-3.30pm
Introduction to Backstrap Band weaving with Ilka White
Workshop: Sun 22 Oct 2023, 10am-4.00pm Book NOW!
Poetry @ the Hub – Peter Bakowski
Poetry Pep talk: Friday 27 October 7-8.30pm - Bookings open!
While We Live: an exhibition
Exhibition: Weekends Sat 9 Sept - Sun 1 Oct, 10am-4pm.
Finding a voice: Spring series of artists’ talks
Series of Artists' Talks: 7 Sept, 12 Oct, 9 Nov, 5.30pm Book now (free)
NerdROM Node 1: Sound and Music
Event - Sat 2 September 7.00pm. FREE
StudioBaxter: an exhibition of student work
Exhibition: Fri, Sat & Sun, 5-27 August 10am-4pm
Decolonising Fire Science: a live-streamed talk
Live Stream - Thurs 13 July 6pm
Be part of a community conversation: Indigenous Voice to parliament
Book now for 9 & 30 August, 5.30-7.00pm
Contra Guitar Duo: Concert
Concert - Sat 29 July 7-9.30pm. BOOK NOW
Coiled Basketry: a workshop with Jodie Goldring
BOOKED OUT Workshop: Sat 22 July 2023, 10am-3.30pm
Braided Rag Rug: a workshop with Ilka White
BOOKED OUT Workshop: Sat 15 July 2023, 10am-4.00pm
Ghost Stories: an artist talk with Melissa Proposch
Ghost Stories: 8 July 2023, 2pm (free)
Winter Warmer – Stories around the Fire
Sat 24 June, 5-8pm - All welcome!
Nature Printing workshops with Rhyll Plant
WORKSHOPS: Sundays 18 & 25 June, 10am-3.30pm
Rural Heritage: an exhibition of monochrome prints
Exhibition: Weekends 6 - 28 May 2023, 10am-4pm.
Seeking a Media/Publicity Coordinator!
Apply now to join our volunteer team
Sparrows of Kabul
Sparrows of Kabul: Concert Friday 2 June, 7pm - book now!
Art Windows: Dressing Up the Street
Art Windows: on show Fri 17 March to Sun 2 April, 2023
Tiny Towns Arts Trail – 22-24 April 2023
Event: Sat, Sun & Mon 22-24 April 2023
Launching ‘Precious’ – The Book
Launch: Sunday 12 March, 3pm
Traditional straw plaiting & ‘Corn Dollies’
Workshops: Half day 30 March or full day 15 April, 2023
Remembering Newstead Railway Station
Open Day: Saturday 22 April 2023, 10am-4pm
Scratching the Surface – Sean Kenan
Exhibition: Weekends 15 - 30 April 2023, 10am-4pm.
Tell us what you’d like to learn, do or explore!
Create your own workshop, class, space to meet: answer our quick survey here
Clay Hand-building Weekly Classes with Jason Luca
Weekly class: Thurs, 6-9pm to 9 March (then resuming after Easter)
It’s a Small World Sculpture Prize: Exhibition 18 March – 9 April
Exhibition: Sat 18 March-Sun 9 April 2023, 10am-4pm
POSTPONED Landscapes in watercolour: 1-day workshop with Mark Dober
POSTPONED - ONE DAY plein air workshop: 16 April, 10am-2pm
POSTPONED – Let’s explore colour: ONE DAY lino print workshop with Susan Clarke
POSTPONED: ONE DAY workshop: 23 April, 10am-4pm
Cancelled: Creating Scratchboard Art – a workshop with Sean Kenan
Workshop: Sat 29 April 2023, 10am-3pm
Clay Hand-building Classes with Jason Luca
Weekly class: Starts Thurs 9 Feb, 6-9pm - 5 weeks
Responding to Country: Friends of the Box-Ironbark Forests, 1998-2023
Exhibition: Weekends 25 Feb - 12 March + Mon 13 March, 2023, 10am-4pm
Happy Holidays
Happy holidays: the Hub reopens Sat 21 Jan 2023 for Newstead Live
The Nature of Seasons
Exhibition: Weekends 28 Jan - 19 Feb, 2023, 10am-4pm
Instrument Makers Gallery: Newstead Live 2023
EVENT: Sat-Mon 21-23 January 2023
Earthwork
Exhibition: Weekends 3-18 Dec 2022, 10am-4pm
Landscape: paintings & photographs by Milton Moss
Exhibition: Weekends 5-27 November, 10am-4pm
It’s a Small World Sculpture Prize: Entries closed!
Entries now open! Deadline extended to Sun 18 December 2022
Garden Whispers: Drawings to prints – a second workshop with Dianne Longley
2 places left! Workshop: Sun 12 Feb 2023, 10am-4.30pm
Gardens of Colourful Connections: Multi-block lino printmaking – Second workshop
Workshop: Sat 19 November 2022, 10am-4.30pm
Last chance! Expressions of Interest – exhibitions, workshops & events 2023
Last chance: Final call for Exhibitions
Creating Scratchboard Art – a workshop with Sean Kenan