CULTURE HUNTER | EXHIBITIONS | NEWCASTLE | MEMORANDA AT THE UNIVERSITY GALLERY | 30 MAY - 14 JULY | FREE | Memoranda a short note designating something to be remembered a record, a note to self This group exhibition... facebook.com/Octapod/posts/…

CULTURE HUNTER | MARKETS | NEWCASTLE | THE OLIVE TREE MARKET | 2 JUNE 9AM - 2PM | FREE | THE OLIVE TREE MARKET Discover. Explore. Listen. Create + Free Indigenous Canoe Building Workshops The Grand Section –... facebook.com/Octapod/posts/…

CULTURE HUNTER | MARKETS | NEWCASTLE | RAID MY WARDROBE – PROUDLY SUPPORTING UPLIFT AUSTRALIA | 3 JUNE 9AM - 1PM | $5 - $25 | Come experience what everyone is talking about! Preloved fashion shopping at its best with 50... facebook.com/Octapod/posts/…

Who's coming to this FREE grant writing workshop at Maitland Regional Art Gallery? If you are considering applying to Maitland City Council for funding through their Creative Streets program (and even if you are not)...do come along! facebook.com/Octapod/posts/…

This video shows how powerful the arts is in creating change! Octapod is proud of our role in supporting artists to work with primary and secondary students from ten schools across the Upper and Lower Hunter and Central Coast to learn about the... facebook.com/Octapod/posts/…

Get your applications in for the National Young Writers' Festival Zine Fair as part of THIS IS NOT ART 2018! This year the event will be held at the Newcastle Region Library and will include a mini symposium as well! Applications close 15 July. facebook.com/Octapod/posts/…

CULTURE HUNTER | NEWS | We love sharing what other people are doing to support a diverse and thriving arts and cultural sector across the Lower Hunter region. Maitland City Council is embarking on an urban renewal... culturehunter.org/get-involved-i…

Octapod board member Emma Levine and staff member Justine Cogan made this beaut list by Newcastle Herald of 10 of the most creative women in Newcastle! Image: Four women stand in front of Newcastle Harbour at night, looking at the camera. theherald.com.au/story/5518862/…

The Maitland City Council Creative Streets EOI closes this Sunday 29 July! The Creative Streets program funds artists to create temporary or semi-permanent works for public spaces across the city identified... maitland.nsw.gov.au/news/creative-…

Looking for a Creative Space in Maitland? Please see the amazing opportunity below open to artists and creatives. There are only a couple of days to register (closes 31 August) and it’s a really simple, quick online... culturehunter.org/get-involved-i…

Yesterday Octapod Director Christina Robberds spoke at the Newcastle Brown Ale Tourism Industry Group - NTIG monthly Breakfast meeting about the value of the arts. We want to see arts and culture represented at the table when... facebook.com/Octapod/posts/…

Arts and Culture Matters! Join us for a conversation about the importance of arts and culture to the Cessnock region's economic wellbeing. The region is home to an exciting fusion of artists,... eventbrite.com/e/art-after-ho…

It was such an incredible experience to work with schools across the Hunter and Central Coast this year including with Denman Public School, using the arts as a tool for social change! Congratulations to all the students... facebook.com/Octapod/posts/…

Join us for a conversation with James Whitington Art at Cessnock Regional Art Gallery on Thursday 25 October 6-8pm. This free event is for artists and creatives of the Cessnock region to get together as part of Art After... facebook.com/Octapod/posts/…

Are you a Cessnock based creative? Join us this Thursday as we chat about the importance of creativity at Cessnock Regional Art Gallery. We are collaborating with the Gallery to host an Arty Party as... cessnockadvertiser.com.au/story/5709465/…

Octapod is having a garage sale! We are moving out of Pachamama House at the end of the month and have some goodies priced to sell or free to give away! Image 1: 4 black A-frames. Good working order. Need a... facebook.com/10662325939686…

New website is live octapod.org and we are on the hunt. Octapod recruiting for an Executive Manager. octapod.org/opportunities/…

There are some great things happening this weekend across the Hunter - here's our suggestion to fill up your weekend! TONIGHT: 7:30 - The Hunter Wind Quintet at Lounge Sessions (at Earthie... octapod.org/culture-hunter…

For 25 years, Octapod has supported arts and culture in the Hunter region, and we're so pleased to announce we're consolidating all our offerings under the single organisational banner of This is Not Art (retiring the Octapod name). Same great support - simpler business set up!

We'll be closing down this Octapod account over the next couple of weeks. So exciting to be communicating from a single account moving forward! Head to This is Not Art to keep following us and what we do. 2022 Festival dates: 1-31 October. Lots more changes to announce!