Creative Direction
Our Creative Executive is responsible for the over-arching creative direction of Lot19. It includes the Founder and selected members of the Board. This group is informed by members of the Studio and Workshop community and our broader networks.

Lot19 Board

Mark Anstey
Director & Chair
Lot19 Founder, furniture-maker, boat builder and maker of fine things in wood.
Mark began his professional life as a registered nurse, but gave his creative self the lead, and has been a thriving furniture maker for the past 25 years…

Emmaline Macartney
Director & Secretary
Artist, Creative Producer
Emmaline is an inter-disciplinary producer and contemporary artist with a background of studies in performance art, community cultural development and theology. Emmaline is dedicated to the animation of arts and cultural practices and she views this as a vital tool for crafting sustainable lifestyles and communities.

Jon Anstey
Director & Treasurer
Solicitor
Jon has 25 years of experience as a lawyer, executive and leader in 20+ countries, including 10 years with the United Nations, Shell and BP in Europe and Asia.

Suzanne Donisthorpe
Director
Arts Broadcaster and Journalist, Creative Collaborator
Suzanne has been an arts broadcaster for over 30 years, working on the various incarnations of the books and arts programs at ABC Radio National…

Jane Goodrich
Director
Social Enterprise Founder, Organiser, Adventurer
Jane Goodrich is passionate about working with local creative people and groups.
Sustainability
Lot19 declared a state of Climate Emergency in 2020. This means that we acknowledge the unsustainability of life as it has been lived, and that we need to make changes to secure a sustainable future.
Every managerial and practical decision made in the running of Lot19 needs to be run through this lens, ensuring that we make sustainable choices as a matter of policy. Lot19 is built from recycled materials wherever possible. Otherwise, plantation or reclaimed materials have been used, ethical choices are made at each step. Founder and Owner of the site, Mark Anstey’s industry knowledge as a builder and furniture maker has informed these choices in his role as architect and builder of Lot19. Lot19 is powered by 100% green power, with solar feeding into the grid. Over 400 trees and extensive gardens have been planted and nurtured during the development of the site.


Reconciliation
Lot19 is committed to sincere and meaningful reconciliation that is led by Indigenous peoples of this land.
Lot19 has a long and ongoing relationship with Dja Dja Wurrung Elder Auntie Julie McCale, and Katherine Coff, CEO of Nalderun, a service supporting the Aboriginal Community led by Aboriginal people. Lot19 also has an ongoing creative partnership with Indigenous arts organisations Agency (Vic/NT) and Durrmu Arts Centre (NT). Our leadership staff are undertaking important protocol training with Nalderun to ensure ethical development of these presentations. We pay the rent.
Accessibility
Lot19 has complied with Windarring Disability Access – Risk Assessment Process enabling collaborations with the disability community. Infrastructure: gallery, theatre, tram, stage, bar, cafe and 2 toilets are all wheelchair accessible, with approved ramps and turnaround areas. Studios have approved wheelchair access, including the open access studios Castlemaine Clay and Castlemaine Press. There are standard tactile indicators to indicate entrances, exits and steps. Signage and pathways are well lit. Dedicated disabled access carparks onsite. Lot19 strives to better understand, support and respond to needs within the disability community. Windarring deliver mentoring, workshops, exhibitions and interactive events with this local community organisation. Lot19 is developing a plan to dedicate one of its studios to be an appointed and permanent all-access venue.

Get in touch
Lot 19 Arts Precinct is open to wanderers
Friday – Sundays, and for tours, proposals,
and visits by appointment at all other times.
Respect the artist, respect the process,
respect the space.
Lot 19 McShanag Drive
Castlemaine 3450
Victoria, Australia
PO Box 937
Castlemaine 3450
Victoria, Australia
Lot19 General Enquiries
& Lot19 Gallery
lot19artspace@gmail.com
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Pay the Rent
“Pay the Rent offers all Australians an opportunity to work outside of government to right the wrongs.”
– Ted Wilkes
We acknowledge we live, reflect and create on First Nations’ country and sovereignty has never been ceded. Always was, always will be Aboriginal Land.