Hunter Wetlands Centre Saturday and Sunday, 1 Wetlands Place, Sandgate. Guided buggy tours, dip-netting, bird watching, a playground, canoeing and more.
Lake Macquarie City Farmers Market Saturday, 7am to 1pm, Speers Point Park.
Homegrown Markets Saturday, 9am to 2pm, The Station Newcastle.
Newcastle Food & Flower Markets Saturday, 8am to 2pm, Sunday, 8am to 1pm, 1 Rural Drive, Sandgate.
Lake Mac Food Truck Crawl Saturday: 4.30pm to 7.30pm, Blacksmiths Boat Ramp; 11.30am to 3pm, Rathmines Playground; 11.30am to 7.30pm, Belmont South Playground; Morisset Roundabout, 11am to 3pm.
Urban Permaculture Working Bee Saturday, 1pm, 4 Alfred Street, Belmont North.
Everlasting Wreath Making Workshop Saturday, 10.30am and 1pm, Creative Village Newcastle, Pearson Street, Newcastle. Bookings essential.
Warm Winter Gin Long Lunch Sunday, 1pm, The Nags Head Hotel, Adamstown. Tickets $100 per person.
A Day On The Farm Sunday, 9.30am to 2.30pm, Purple Pear Farm, 131 Anambah Road, Anambah. Tickets $50 at Event Brite.
Newcastle City Farmers Market Sunday, 7am to 1pm, Newcastle Showground.
Veterans Market Sunday, 6am to 1pm, Wickham Park, Islington.
Adamstown Lions Markets Sunday, 7am to 1pm, cnr Brunker and Glebe roads, Adamstown.
Maitland Growers and Artisan Markets Sunday, 8am to noon, The Regal Inn, Tenambit. Free workshops: Maplewood Permaculture; Urban Botanica Collective.
Remember, events are subject to cancellation at late notice so please check on the day.
ART with AHN WELLS
It is the final weeks for Rachel Milne's solo exhibition NEST concluding August 1 at Newcastle Art Gallery.
Milne's exhibition focuses on the everyday by capturing in paint those fleeting moments that others pass by, documenting the world around her.
Milne has painted many well-known sites including the abandoned Victoria Theatre, the old David Jones building before and after it was demolished, plus more intimate subjects including a piece of cake, her studio chair and a self-portrait.
Milne says "I want to show people how important these places are, how I see the importance they have to the community. For me, I am always trying to paint myself into belonging and painting these spaces is my way of trying to connect to people."
This exhibition is one not to be missed by one of our favourite local artists.
Newcastle Art Gallery, Laman St, Newcastle; Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm.
Monday 10am to noon and Thursday 6.30pm to 8.30pm, Paint along with Priya at Art House Studios, New Lambton. It's for absolute beginners to rusty painters to anyone who feels like giving painting a go. Priya says "you will complete a paintings from start to finish in a small group."
Bookings: arthousestudios.com.au/paintalong or priyajoy@arthousestudios.com.au
Seascapes, Watermarks and Mermaid tales is on now and includes works by artists from Art Mania Studios at Swansea Library until September 23. Art Mania Studios provides a wide variety of art-related workshops for kids and adults from watercolour to clay to woodburning. artmaniastudio.com.au
Learn a variety of printmaking techniques at Newcastle Printmakers Workshop including screen-printing, etching, linocut and zinc-plate etching. Classes range from weekly to weekend and are open to the public. Details: newcastleprintmakersworkshop.org/workshops
Forward Momentum is showcasing the works by emerging artists Robert Connell, Lucy Maher, Grace Murphy and Wolfe Jessie at Onwards Studio. The exhibition will present each individual's own artistic practice including painting, photography and illustration.
Visit Saturday, July 24, between 10am and 4pm; 6 Torpey Place, Hamilton.
