The clever peeps at Headjam have produced a little video showing Belinda Howden’s laser-level install and the opening of retrospective exhibition, 0 to 100: The Projects of Renew Newcastle.

The exhibition is open to view at The Emporium, 185 Hunter Street, Newcastle (former David Jones) on Thursdays 10am-6pm, Fridays 10am-5pm & Saturdays 10am-4pm.

Renew Newcastle 0-100 Exhibition 2013. from Headjam on Vimeo.

Join in the celebrations as City Evolutions officially opens it’s year-long series of interactive lighting installations along Newcastle’s oldest street, Watt Street, this Friday 21 June from 5pm to 10pm.

Several Renew Newcastle projects are a part of the fun activities that will take place along Watt and surrounding streets. Check it out:

+ Super! Exhibition at Curve Gallery. The opening of The Roost Creative’s interactive exhibition inspired by superheroes with fun games, animation an works with extra BAM! and POW! Where: Curve Gallery (cnr Watt & King Sts), from 6pm to 10pm.

+ DIY Window Projections Five Renew Newcastle studio projects have caught the City Evolutions bug, producing DIY window projections to liven up their building after dark. Look up and see the window works by Behind Space, Jodie Dixon Architecture, Good Mixer Media, Blackfish Graphic Design and artist Madeleine Cruise. Where: Level 2, 23 Watt Street.

+ Car Culture Projection Renewers Liz Anelli (Illustrator based at The Clinic) and Jane Shadbolt (animator & filmmaker based at The Sanitarium) have teamed up to prodice a speed drawing about Newcastle’s car culture. Where: David Maddison Building (cnr Watt & King Sts).

For more information about the opening night features head to www.cityevolutions.com

SUPER! at Curve Gallery.

Holy Art Show Batman! Curve Gallery & The Roost Creative are bringing some BIFF, BAM and POW to City Evolutions opening night with an exhibition that pays homage to super heroes, featuring interactive games and animation. Where: Curve Gallery, 37 Watt Street, Newcastle When: one-night only! Friday 21 June, 2013, 6pm to 10pm.

Jo Dyer at The Emporium’s Galleria

View a selection of dreamy paintings and illustrations by Renew Newcastle project participant, Jo Dyer at The Galleria (http://renewnewcastle.org/projects/project/the-emporium-galleria/). Where: The Galleria in the foyer of The Emporium, 185 Hunter Street, Newcastle (former David Jones) When: until 29 June. Thu 10am to 6pm, Fri 10am to 5pm, Sat 10am to 4pm.

Marked By Water at Curve Gallery.

Marked by Water is the inaugural Print Exhibition from two long established Printmaking Studios, Newcastle Printmakers Workshop and Warringah Printmakers Studio. Stimulated and linked by water, this common thread between the Studios, will inspire this joint exhibition and play homage to the importance of harbour and waterways in the life of these two cities across all techniques of print including lithography, etching, screen printing, lino and wood cuts. Where: Curve Gallery, 37 Watt Street, Newcastle When: until 29 June, Thu-Sat, 1pm to 7pm.

COMING IN JULY Ghosts by Kate Parker at The Galleria

Kate Parker explores memory and place, often specific to Newcastle, with her latest exhibition, Ghosts. The works are collages including elements of photography, illustration, abstraction and meditative drawing and are linked either to a strong memory or a period of lengthy silence and meditation as part of the drawing process. Where: The Galleria in the foyer of The Emporium, 185 Hunter Street, Newcastle (former David Jones) When: 4-27 July 2013, Thu 10am to 6pm, Fri 10am to 5pm, Sat 10am to 4pm.

Join Renew Newcastle for Winter Wander, a free, guided walking tour of the newest activated spaces in Newcastle’s CBD.

You’ll discover handcrafted upcycled vintage industrial style furniture; a world-champion stone-carver’s studio and shop; dedicated shopfront for Newcastle’s Olive Tree Market; handcrafted slate homewares; a therapeutic, multi-sensory sculpture studio and the opening of a new exhibition of works by Kate Parker.

Join us straight after work for light refreshments from 5pm at Make Space (200 Hunter St Mall) before heading off at 5.30pm for a tour of new Renew Newcastle projects at The Emporium, where you can also view 0 to 100: The Projects of Renew Newcastle, an exhibition celebrating the activation of 52 otherwise empty spaces with 100 creative projects since Renew Newcastle began in 2009.

What: Winter Wander Tour – a guided walking tour of Renew Newcastle’s latest projects.

Date: Thursday 4 July 2013

Time: 5pm Gather for light refreshments | 5.30pm Tour commences, until 6.30pm

Location: Tour starts Make Space, 200 Hunter St Mall, Newcastle (opposite The Emporium).