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At MAC, the health and safety of our visitors and staff are paramount. On your next visit, you will see we have implemented a range of stringent health procedures. Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with the following icons. We appreciate your assistance in helping us maintain these rules.

The Sculpture Cafe to reopen

We're pleased to confirm the Sculpture Cafe will reopen alongside MAC on 2 June and will operate Tuesday – Sunday (10am–2pm).

Make the most of your visit to MAC with a coffee and cake, lunch, afternoon tea, a cold Foghorn beer or glass of Earnest Hill wine.

With Government restrictions in place, the cafe can accommodate a maximum of 12 customers inside and 8 outside at any one time.

Food and Drink: A limited menu will be available with GF and Vegan options on offer.

Take Away: Available all day, and you are welcome to enjoy your takeaway outside in the sculpture park.

Bookings: Groups of less than 4 are welcome on a walk-in basis, or you can book via the café phone number 0434 227 909

License: We are not a licensed venue and cannot accommodate BYO.

Current Exhibitions

First Class 19
Until 28 June

For those of you who thought you had missed out, here's your chance to catch the latest exhibition in our First Class series. This much-anticipated annual project celebrates the high calibre of work produced by Higher School Certificate Visual Arts students from the Hunter and Central Coast regions in the previous year. First Class 19 artist talks

Guan Wei: A Case Study
Until 28 June

MAC is pleased to be able to continue this popular exhibition in the case-study series. Leading Australian-Chinese contemporary artist Guan Wei, whose sculpture No1 Sky Pig, installed on the Warners Bay sculpture walk, is a favourite amongst young and old.

YOUR COLLECTION: yapang
Until 27 September

This exhibition celebrates a new initiative to showcase MAC collection works permanently in the exhibition space. Focusing on different aspects of the collection, this ongoing ‘your collection’ series first features works by Aboriginal artists.

Picnic in the Sculpture Park

After a difficult couple of months, what better way to celebrate reconnecting with MAC than with a tranquil afternoon in the Sculpture Park.

For those unfamiliar, the Sculpture Park was launched in 1996 with the installation of Richard Tipping’s Hear the art and Ted Prior’s Love boat.

Since then, the sculpture park has continued to develop and currently comprises sixteen sculptures by artists: Jamie North, Richard Tipping, Nigel Helyer, Janet Laurence, Fatu Feu’u, John Turier, Braddon Snape, Graham Gilchrist, Ted Prior, Susan Morris and Trevor Weekes.

To discover more about these works, ask Visitor's Services for a free Sculpture Park Discovery Trail for families and enjoy a leisurely walk in the museum grounds.

Enjoy art, fresh air, and a breathtaking view of the lake view while you enjoy lunch, coffee or a glass of wine from the Sculpture Cafe.

It's the perfect place for a family picnic!

But don't just take our word for it - come and enjoy it for yourself.

Artists invited to submit designs for 10m canvas of new cultural facility

Calling all artists, designers and creatives!

Lake Macquarie City Council is seeking concept brickwork designs for a 10m exterior wall which will form part of the soon-to-be-built Multi Arts Place in Speers Point Park.

Expressions of interest are now open, with $1000 awarded to the selected entry.

Applications close Friday, 5 June 2020.

Visit lakemac.com.au to download the information package and application form.

Submissions for Reconnected: A Recovery Story are now open

The exhibition provides local artists with the opportunity to have their work featured and celebrates creativity and emerging from isolation.

Artists can submit up to three works each, across all mediums including painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation art. Works could be displayed inside MAC or within the grounds outside.

Submissions close 5pm, Thursday
4 June 2020.

For more information or assistance with your application, contact culturalprojects@lakemac.nsw.gov.au