University Galleries

University Galleries The University Galleries are located across three physical exhibition spaces.

Watt Space Gallery is situated in the NUspace city precinct in Newcastle and the University Gallery and Senta Taft Hendry Museum are located at the Callaghan campus.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ SAVE THE DATE 27 September exhibition launch at Watt Space, all welcome! Weโ€™re pleased to present a photographic exhi...
31/08/2026

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ SAVE THE DATE 27 September exhibition launch at Watt Space, all welcome! Weโ€™re pleased to present a photographic exhibition by artist Damien Frost Damien Frost - based in London, an alumni of University of Newcastle.

REPOST Repost App โ€ข Damien Frost

Iโ€™m thrilled to announce that as part of the New Annual Festival New Annual I will be having a major exhibition of my photographic work Watt Space Gallery in Newcastle, Australia - the festival runs from the 25th Sept - 4th October and there will also be a Nightflowers themed party on Saturday 26th September.

๐Ÿ“ธ Photograph features Marco Tullio Siviglia Marco Tullio Siviglia shot in London 2021

A migrant orphan from Ireland who became one of Australiaโ€™s important women leaders, Susan Casson (1871-1952) founded th...
29/08/2026

A migrant orphan from Ireland who became one of Australiaโ€™s important women leaders, Susan Casson (1871-1952) founded the Mental Hospital Aftercare & Comforts Association in Perth - one of the countryโ€™s first mental health charities. Australians today continue to benefit from the dedication and legacy of Susanโ€™s work over a century ago.

More insightful and personal stories to delve into โ€˜FINDING HOME: Life Outside Institutionsโ€™ currently showing at Watt Space.

Exhibition continues to 12 September.

Plan your visit๐Ÿ“WATT SPACE
OPENING HOURS Wed-Fri 10-5 | Sat 12-4

๐Ÿ“ธ IMAGES / VIDEO: Exhibition details in Gallery 3, Watt Space. Portrait of Susan Casson (nee Holmes) - image courtesy State Library of Western Australia

This exhibition presents research that was fully supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Councilโ€™s Discovery Projects funding scheme - Life Outside Institutions: histories of mental health aftercare 1900-1960.

Stride Mental Health University of Newcastle Galleries University of Newcastle, Australia

22/08/2026

Step into past lives and reflect on the personal stories presented at โ€˜FINDING HOME: Life Outside Institutionsโ€™ - now showing at Watt Space.

Exploring the history of mental health aftercare in Australia, archival footage, images and true tales bring this fascinating research to life in this exhibition.

Plan your visit today๐Ÿ“WATT SPACE
OPENING HOURS Wed-Fri 10-5 | Sat 12-4

๐ŸŽฅ VIDEO: Details of exhibition installation in Gallery 3, Watt Space.

This exhibition presents research that was fully supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Councilโ€™s Discovery Projects funding scheme - Life Outside Institutions: histories of mental health aftercare 1900-1960.

University of Newcastle Galleries University of Newcastle, Australia

Weโ€™re pleased to share the extraordinary โ€˜Multiverseโ€™ major survey exhibition by Cairns-based Torres Strait Island artis...
14/08/2026

Weโ€™re pleased to share the extraordinary โ€˜Multiverseโ€™ major survey exhibition by Cairns-based Torres Strait Island artistย Brian Robinson currently at Newcastle Art Gallery.

This project received support from the University of Newcastle and the University Galleries through the Artist in Residence Program where Brian was able to access the Universityโ€™s significant ethnographic collection of Oceanic and Torres Strait artefacts and objects.

โ€˜Multiverseโ€™ by Brian Robinson exhibition continues to 30 August.

๐Ÿ“Plan your visit to Newcastle CBD and enjoy gallery hopping across our partner galleries newcastleartgallery to Watt Space Gallery to The Lock-Up - as well as independent galleries across the city ะ›ะ•ะ”ะ Wester Gallery CSTUDIOS ART GALLERY Lighthouse Arts, Newcastle Newcastle Studio Potters & Back to Back Galleries

IMAGES / VIDEOS:
1. Brian Robinson, Maluyligal/Wuthathi/Dayak peoples, โ€˜Urban oasisโ€™, 2017 - Newcastle Art Gallery, purchased through the Gil Docking Bequest 2017
Brian Robinson, Maluyligal/Wuthathi/Dayak peoples, โ€˜Bedhan Lag: Land of the Kaiwalagalโ€™, 2019 - Newcastle Art Gallery, gift of the Newcastle Art Gallery Society 2019
- sourced from Art Guide Australia
2. Portrait of Brian Robinson, sourced from newcastleartgallery
3. Street flags for Multiverse exhibition on Laman Street, Newcastle Art Gallery
4. Street flag and entrance on Auckland Street into Watt Space Gallery
5. Front of building of The Lock Up Art Space, Hunter Street - sourced from The Lock-Up

wattspacegallery University of Newcastle Galleries University of Newcastle, Australia contemporaryart creativenewcastle whatsonnewcastle

08/08/2026

Cast your thoughts to the future as you reflect on the historical and personal stories presented in โ€˜FINDING HOME: Life Outside Institutionsโ€™ exhibition - continues to 12 September.

Plan your visit๐Ÿ“WATT SPACE
OPENING HOURS Wed-Fri 10-5 | Sat 12-4

๐Ÿ“ธ IMAGES: Detail of archival images depicting different worlds of asylums and institutions in Australia before 1920, video projection in Media Space - Watt Space Gallery.

This exhibition presents research that was fully supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Councilโ€™s Discovery Projects funding scheme - Life Outside Institutions: histories of mental health aftercare 1900-1960.

University of Newcastle Galleries University of Newcastle, Australia

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—”! NEW ANNUAL program and tickets is LIVE today Monday 3 August - Watt Space is pleased to be part this exciting an...
05/08/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ๐—”! NEW ANNUAL program and tickets is LIVE today Monday 3 August - Watt Space is pleased to be part this exciting annual festival. Hit the links!

๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ก! We're thrilled to announce an incredible photography exhibition '๐‘ต๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’• ๐‘ญ๐’๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’”' by Damien Frost, ๐’๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’ 25 ๐‘บ๐’†๐’‘๐’•๐’†๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“ - presented at Watt Space by the University Galleries for New Annual. This project is supported by The Lock Up's Artist in Residence Program.

๐‘ซ๐’†๐’‡๐’Š๐’‚๐’๐’•. ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’”๐’„๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’. ๐‘ฌ๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’‡๐’š๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ. ๐‘จ๐’ ๐’‚๐’„๐’„๐’๐’‚๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’… ๐’‘๐’‰๐’๐’•๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’‘๐’‰๐’Š๐’„ ๐’†๐’™๐’‰๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’.
~ New Annual

๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’†๐’ ๐‘ญ๐’“๐’๐’”๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’†๐’™๐’•๐’†๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’†๐’™๐’‰๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’‰๐’–๐’๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’๐’‡ โ€˜๐’†๐’๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’†๐’™๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’„ ๐’”๐’†๐’๐’‡-๐’”๐’•๐’š๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚๐’“๐’•.
~ City of Newcastle

๐Ÿ“WATT SPACE is also host to Artist Talk, Photography Workshop and Grumble Boogie as part of New Annual, tickets on sale now.

๐Ÿ“ธ IMAGES: Courtesy of New Annual and artists.

University of Newcastle is a proud Presenting Partner of New Annual, Newcastleโ€™s flagship 10-day festival of art, culture, and creativity. From beachside gigs to immersive theatre, live music and ideas, the festival transforms our city into a vibrant celebration of contemporary culture.

Emily Darvall Paterson, a talented composer and pianist, would invite women patients from the Gladesville Mental Hospita...
03/08/2026

Emily Darvall Paterson, a talented composer and pianist, would invite women patients from the Gladesville Mental Hospital for the insane into her home for concerts and tea. It really wasn't the done thing in 1905, especially from a blind woman.

These vintage posters exhibited in 'FINDING HOME: Life Outside Institutions' tell the inspiring story of Emily D. Paterson whose creativity and compassion founded the After Care Association of NSW. Started in 1907, Aftercare NSW has evolved into Stride Mental Health which employs 800 staff and provides services across five states and territories across Australia today.

Exhibition continues to 12 September.
Plan your visit๐Ÿ“WATT SPACE
OPENING HOURS Wed-Fri 10-5 | Sat 12-4

๐Ÿ“ธ IMAGES: Emily D. Paterson as a young woman from a pencil sketch, 1880s. Image courtesy of Stride. Archival images of sheet music for Emily D. Paterson's compositions - Cradle Song and Black Swans courtesy of Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW MLMSS6021/Item 1X.

This exhibition presents research that was fully supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Councilโ€™s Discovery Projects funding scheme - Life Outside Institutions: histories of mental health aftercare 1900-1960.

01/08/2026

Step into past lives and reflect on the personal stories presented at โ€˜FINDING HOME: Life Outside Institutionsโ€™ - now showing at Watt Space.

Exploring the history of mental health aftercare in Australia, archival footage, images and true tales bring this fascinating research to life in this exhibition.

Plan your visit today๐Ÿ“WATT SPACE
OPENING HOURS Wed-Fri 10-5 | Sat 12-4

๐ŸŽฅ VIDEO: Details of exhibition installation in Gallery 1, Watt Space.

This exhibition presents research that was fully supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Councilโ€™s Discovery Projects funding scheme - Life Outside Institutions: histories of mental health aftercare 1900-1960.

University of Newcastle Galleries University of Newcastle, Australia

YOU'RE INVITED! โœจ๐Ÿ“ฃ Watt Space's sister gallery ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ is launching 'HEAD2ART: An Arts-based Inquiry' exhibit...
27/07/2026

YOU'RE INVITED! โœจ๐Ÿ“ฃ Watt Space's sister gallery ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ is launching 'HEAD2ART: An Arts-based Inquiry' exhibition - please join us for the opening event this Thursday 30 July at 5:30pm. All welcome!

HEAD2ART ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ-๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด-๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜‹ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด (๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ญ) ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜บ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด (๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ), ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ.

๐Ÿ’ซ HEAD2ART Launch Event
๐Ÿ“University Gallery, University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308
๐Ÿ•  Thursday 30 July, 5:30pm

HEAD2ART was partially funded by the NSW Governmentโ€™s Children and Young People Wellbeing Recovery Initiative Grant and the Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship.

IMAGE 1: Helena Bezzina, Unquiet 3 (detail) 2025, Charcoal on paper, 100cm x 70cm
IMAGE 2: Helena Bezzina, Unquiet 2025, Charcoal on paper, 100cm x 70cm

PSA โœจ๐Ÿ“ฃ Watt Space and University Galleries team send huge congratulations to Newcastle Writers Festivalโ€™s founding direc...
27/07/2026

PSA โœจ๐Ÿ“ฃ Watt Space and University Galleries team send huge congratulations to Newcastle Writers Festivalโ€™s founding director, colleague and friend Rosemarie Milsom on her new position as director of Adelaide Writersโ€™ Week. So excited for you, but weโ€™re going to miss you!

Rosemarie established Newcastle Writers Festival in 2012 while working full-time as a Newcastle Herald journalist. The inaugural event was held in April 2013.

โ€œIt has been an extraordinary privilege to lead Newcastle Writers Festival,โ€ she said. โ€œI am deeply proud of what we have built - a festival that reflects the vibrancy, diversity and intellectual curiosity of its community. I am grateful to the writers, audiences, sponsors, volunteers, festival board and valued colleagues who have helped make the experience so meaningful.โ€

Watt Space continues to be a partner venue for Newcastle Writers Festival - we congratulate and welcome newly appointed Tristan Sharp as festival Managing Director and Amy Lovat as Artistic Director.

Canโ€™t wait for the 2027 Program!

๐Ÿ“ธ IMAGES CREDIT: Rosemarie Milsom, Newcastle Writerโ€™s Festival, Watt Space | IMAGES 5 and 6: NWF 2025 Fresh Ink Emerging Writer Prize presentation at Watt Space

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