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The Auchmuty Library has a new feature on its exterior facade celebrating six contemporary Aboriginal women artists in the University’s Art Collection.

The University Gallery was thrilled to partner once again with the Newcastle Music Festival this year for two incredible nights at the gallery celebrating music and art, with sold out crowds.

Response is a partnership between the University Gallery and the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens. 12 local artists respond to the natural environment of this important regional environment, installing sculptural works along the pathways of the gardens. Find their works installed on site until 4 August.

The University of Newcastle Collection has a large archive of incredible artworks and artefacts. The stunning paintings Chrysalis Beginning 1989, and Skyspace 1981, by Virginia Cuppaidge, are two large scale works by the artist in the collection, currently on exhibition as part of Virginia Cuppaidge: the nature of abstraction at at Newcastle Art Gallery, 11 May - 21 July 2019.

The University Gallery created an outstanding catalogue for the recent exhibition of local Newcastle artists Dino Consalvo and Lottie Consalvo From the Mudbrick House, held 20 March to 20 April. The catalogue is now available as a digital download.

Yearning to Yarn is an initiative using Aboriginal ways of knowing and learning to support clinical placement experiences of Aboriginal health professional students. Created by Simon Munro, the Yearning to Yarn exhibition is on display at the Senta Taft-Hendry Museum, located under the University Gallery, now and into 2019.

Education Not Detention: Academics for Refugees National Day of Action17 October is a National Day of Action across university campuses to call for the end of the offshore processing regime. It is supported and promoted by the NTEU and Academics for Refugees.We welcome staff and students of the University of Newcastle to participate in (or simply lend your support to) a number of actions taking place on Callaghan Campus on Wednesday 17 October from 12pm.

Tuesday 9 October at 6pm historians Caroline Schneider and Dr Hans Lukas Kieser will present an expansion of the research contained within the Long Shadows exhibition concerning the Yazidi and the modern Middle East.

6PM Tuesday 18 September Floor Talk - Dr. Kate Ariotti: ANZAC POWS AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Current exhibition: Long Shadows: The Great War, Australia and the Middle East 5 September – 11 November Opening Tuesday 11 September from 6pm

The University Gallery is offering up an array of special events for the University's 2018 Open Day. See within for all the details and we will see you there!

RE-FRAME 2018 Annual Student Art Prize wishes to thank our Prize Sponsors Helen and Chris Ford, Signarama, The University Gallery and the Penny Finnegan Bequest for their support for this years art prize. Thanks also to Piggs Peake for their generosity in supplying the superb wine we will be enjoying on Awards night, and Eckersley's Art and Craft for the significant contribution of Gift Vouchers for our entrants.Entries are still open, and are OPEN TO ALL CURRENT STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE. So get your entries in soon... There could still be Eckersley's $50 Gift Vouchers to be had!