Exhibitions
Watch this space for details of InterAlia 2026 exhibition for members only. Lot 19 gallery is booked for September!
82 people visited the Press for this event - such a successful day - and thankyou to the 5 print makers, Vanessa, Kaye, Heather, Nicky and Karen for sharing of knowledge and skills and for their prior preparation.
Festival 2026 event!
Printmaking 101 demonstration day Sunday 22nd March
2 sessions
10.30-12.30
1.30-3.30
5 printmakers
at Castlemaine Press studio, Lot 19 McShanag Drive
1030-1230 Printmaking from nature theme
1030-1130
Botanical print making - Vanessa Johnstone and Kaye Dixon will demonstrate, step by step, how to print directly from plant matter using the etching press and tetrapac.
1130-1230
Heather Wallace uses a variety of techniques and media in her nature based artwork. She will demonstrate drypoint, a component that is frequently combined with other elements.
1.30-3.30pm - layering techniques and more
Nicky Chudleigh is currently exploring the composition and layering, using a combination of stencils, collagraph and dry point, some of which she will demonstrate or show examples of, on the day:
- Ways to create stencils (board, butchers paper)
- How a drypoint plate is created (using plastic or acetate)
- Preparing paper – wetting the cotton rag and why
- Composition and why white space is worth considering
- Printing layers, and what is a ghost print?
And
Karen Sims will be working with collogragh and monoprint using stencils. ‘I’m playing around with shape, texture and colour’
10 Exhibition 2025
22 prints by 19 printmakers were exhibited as part of the 10th birthday celebrations on Saturday 8th November 2025, with the theme of Ten! One of the original founders, Melissa Proposch gave a heartfelt and enlightening speech about the Press beginnings.
More than 50 people enjoyed paella, sangria, Raziel’s beautiful guitar music and firepits(!) under bunting produced by our own Print Club! Thank you all!
See the exhibition here and contact Andrew at the Press via castlemainepress@gmail.com if you would like to purchase a print or contact the artist.
Each print is for sale at $100 as a fundraiser for the Press, with 50% back to the artist. Each print is 28cm square.
Jinette de Gooijer
Nicky Chudleigh
Vanessa Johnstone
Louise Moysey 1
Virginia Harkin 1
Kaye Dixon
Mark Wilkinson
Anna Havir 1
Sujeeva Henadira
Anna Havir 2
Janine McGuiness
Karen Sims
Louise Moysey 2
Heather Wallace
Jane Marriott
Vanessa Johnstone 2
Ruth MacLaren
Barbara Semler
Helen Seligman SOLD
Sue Benham
Andrew Gray
Virginia Harkin 2
Pictured here Kir Larwill, one of the Press founders, opens the inaugural InterAlia exhibition in 2025.
There is also an interstate collaborative print exchange project with PAWA in the workings… for some time in 2027.
Past Exhibitions
‘Inter Alia’ - inaugural Castlemaine Press members’ exhibition 2024
Lot19 Gallery, Lot19 Arts Hub, McShanag Drive, Castlemaine
Opening celebration: Saturday 14th September 2024, 2:00 - 4:00pm
Each weekend day in September (14th & 15th, 21st & 22nd, and 28th & 29th)
11:00am - 5:00pm
In a celebration of diversity in print, over 30 Castlemaine Press members will be exhibiting work at the beautiful Lot19 Gallery this September. Come and see what Castlemaine Press members have been exploring in print, made both at the Press studio just down from the Gallery, and in their own studios.
Come and support your local open-access community-run Press! Works will be for sale directly through the artists.
Image: Peter Ward, ‘Crow/Skull’ unique state, hand-coloured linocut, 25x28cm, 2023
In My Backyard: online 2025
It was wonderful to have Chrisanne Blennerhasset, longtime organiser of In My Backyard, to open the 2025 IMBY with great insight and sensitivity to the 38 presented works. Members and friends gathered for the opening and many visitors dropped in throughout the day which coincided with the Lot 19 Spring Sculputre Prize as usual! $2360.50 raised through entries and sales with 10% of this donated to the Asylum Resource Centre.
In My Back Yard: online 2024
Another year of the ‘In My Back Yard’ international print exchange and another year of fabulous work from beginners to established printmakers. This year’s exhibition was opened by the most engaging Joel Meadows of ‘Yes, In My Back Yard!’ composting initiative. Our exhibition resonated with many of Joel’s interests: the little tiny things we see, hear, and feel in our own back yards that help keep the world a greener place to live in. What will you submit next year?
In My Back Yard: online 2023
The 6th annual print exchange of ‘In My Back Yard’ culminated with a colourful exhibition of over 40 prints and celebrated with a joyful opening on the day of our national referendum and the Lot 19 Spring Sculpture Prize. Committee member and organiser, Chrisanne Blennerhassett, gave a heartfelt Acknowledgement of Country before Dr Colleen Boyle gave an opening speech in recognition of the diversity of work under the umbrella of such a universal theme. Thank you to everyone who took the time to make a print and contribute to this initiative. We look forward to receiving more beautiful prints from you all in 2024!
