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Get your Spring City Walk on - Friday 30 September 2011 [22.09.2011]
Next Friday 30 September 2011 Renew Newcastle presents the Spring City Walk, a free guided walking tour of Renew Newcastle shops & galleries.
On the First Friday of the month, Renew Newcastle shops and galleries around the Mall stay open late to launch their latest exhibitions and showcase new wares by local artists. It’s your chance to connect up with local creatives and to bring your spark into the city at night. This month we’ve bought the celebrations forward to Friday 30 September 2011 to coincide with the long weekend and This Is Not Art festival, and we are hosting a guided tour.
Renew Newcastle General Manager Marni Jackson said “It’s a way for locals to get together and experience the city in a new way. Walking through the back streets and laneways, seeing the new street art, and visiting shops and galleries that they might not have visited before. It’s a chance to connect up with local creatives and to find out a little bit more about Renew Newcastle participants, to support these fledgling enterprises which are rejuvenating the city in creative ways.The ”Winter Wander“ tour we held in July was alot of fun – cold outside but we were warmed with hot chocolates and pudding, and there were smiles all round!”
The city is blossoming: come see for yourself. Explore back streets and hidden treasures, discover a little more about the creative culture which is thriving in Newcastle. It’s free, everyone’s invited, and fresh fruity treats are on offer along the way!
THE TOUR INCLUDES:
Renew Newcastle talk: an update of where we are at, and where we are headed with Renew Australia. The guided tour starts here with a ladle of fruity punch, led by Renew Newcastle General Manager Marni Jackson. Renew Newcastle’s Creative Director Marcus Westbury will kick off the tour with an update on current activities, as well as an annoucement on the Renew Australia initiative which will be launched in October. 3 Morgan St at 6.00pm
Make Space: where makers meet & art & craft canoodle. Launch their new Jo Dyer mural, introduce their new makers, & new photographic exhibition by Edwina Richards. Try (This Is Not) Craft activities & Spring Syrup Cake.
111 Hunter St from 5pm.
Odditorium: 1st Birthday Soiree. Steampunk inspired group show. Simone Darcy’s al fresco laneway photographic exhibition Bus Stop Project. Birthday cake. Tunes by The Nugs & The Hatty Fatners w/– Fruma Fruma.
Downstairs, 14 Thorn St from 6.00pm
Arthive: This Is Not Bart group show inspired by The Simpsons.
Featuring local emerging artists like Grant Hunter, Sarah Mould, Jessica Louttit, Rose Turner, Logan Knight and a dozen others! Maybe even more!
Upstairs 111 Hunter St (entry off Morgan St) from 6pm
The Woods: First Annual Gnarchibald Prize. Portraits of famous peeps in any medium, like Jay Z on a skateboard deck. Winners announced! Prizes given! Still accepting entries!
100a King St from 7.30pm
Tipsy Orchestra: Fashion for the Fearless
Eco-eccentric fashion boutique.
Upstairs, 14 Thorn St
from 6.00pm
Join us for the Renew Newcastle Spring City Walk. Date: Friday 30 September 2011 Time: 6pm Location: Renew HQ, 3 Morgan St Newcastle (just off the Hunter St Mall near the One Penny Black cafe)
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