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Connecting people with the arts and each other.
ADFAS Newcastle offers nine evening lectures and two mornings of lectures on the arts each year – from February to October. Meet art specialists from Newcastle, Australia and the UK. Be entertained, fascinated and informed.
Morning Lectures
Evening Lectures
Evening lectures take place at 6:30pm on a Monday evening and are followed by a reception and an opportunity to meet the lecturer. Membership includes all evening lectures. Guests are always welcome and can purchase tickets in advance or pay on arrival.
ADFAS Newcastle Young Arts Grant Recipients
Congratulations to Tantrum Youth Arts recipient of a 2024 ADFAS Newcastle Young Arts Grant.
Using performance, storytelling and so much more, Tantrum offers creative workshops, projects and opportunities for young people aged 5 to 30 that build confidence, connections and compassion. ADFAS Newcastle is supporting the OPEN Scholarships program.
From Nel at Tantrum: OPEN Scholarships provide young people facing barriers to participation with a full year of Tantrum workshops. Currently we have five young people receiving OPEN Scholarships. They are aged 13 to 22 and identify as living with disability, experiencing financial barriers, or both.
Make a donation to ADFAS Newcastle’s Young Arts Grant Program.
Reg Russom Memorial Drawing Prize
ADFAS Newcastle is honoured to sponsor the Reg Russom Memorial Drawing Prize for the next three years. First established by TAFE in 1952 in honour of celebrated Newcastle TAFE teacher and artist/illustrator Reg Russom, the prize was offered annually until 2019.
With the support of ADFAS Newcastle the prize is restarting with a 2024 competition open to local TAFE students.
The 2024 award will be presented at 12 noon, Wednesday 21 August at the TAFE Newcastle Art School on Hunter St.
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ArtsNational Newcastle (42 374 836 979) is a member of ArtsNational.
Evening Lecture Venue
Hunter Theatre,
Cameron St, Broadmeadow.
Evening lectures start promptly at 6:30pm
Morning Lecture Venue
Apollo International Hotel,
290 Pacific Highway, Charlestown
Morning lectures start promptly at 10:00am
Contact
contact@artsnationalnewcastle.org.au
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ArtsNational Newcastle acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and create.
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