Category: News

Octapod is thrilled to announce our new home at Newcastle Art Space located in Islington. Established in 1983 as the Newcastle Community Arts Centre (NCAC), Newcastle Art Space is ...

Our friends at Newcastle Art Space are thrilled to open entries for this year’s annual Newcastle Emerging Artist Prize (NEAP), boasting over $9500 in prizes to be won. It ...

The Board of The Octapod Association is delighted to announce the appointment of David Couri as our new Executive Manager. David joins Octapod in a part-time capacity, continuing in ...

Octapod believes that arts and culture are critical to the social and economic health of our local community. Our vision is of a diverse and thriving arts and cultural ...

STAGING COLOURS AT THE RIVERLINK Calling all performers. From 27 March to 18 May 2019 The Riverlink at The Levee, Central Maitland will host a small stage that is ...

Build a successful writing career today. Commencing March: Self Publishing – an online course Have you heard about self publishing, but not sure it’s your thing? Does self publishing sound like ...

The Stencil Art Prize is a touring exhibition of the world’s biggest, best and most daring artists that use the technique of cutting stencil layers, and painting a design. ...

The National Young Writers’ Festival is now taking artist applications! The festival takes place in Newcastle 3-6 October as part of This is Not Art festival (TiNA) and artists can participate through panels, ...

Tea Gardens Public School Call Out for artists and artisans for 2019 Easter Art and Craft Expo. We are celebrating our 42nd year, and would like to invite new ...

Octapod is excited to announce that Culture Hunter is changing…on 31 March the Culture Hunter portal will be embedded in the new Octapod website. We’re aiming to create the most ...