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Launch this Saturday 21 February 11AM [19.02.2009]

Renew Newcastle will be opened with a launch event at our headquarters in the former Catholic Church at 3 Morgan St Newcastle this saturday 21st of February at 11AM. It will be followed by a tour of the projects led by Renew Newcastle founder, some time ABC TV presenter, and This Is Not Art festival founder Marcus Westbury.

The first seven projects are all taking place in and around Newcastle's Hunter Street Mall. They are the first of dozens of empty shopfronts, offices and sites around the Newcastle CBD that will be brought back to life under the scheme.

The first projects include a new photography gallery, a sound digital and media gallery, an animation studio/production house, a shopfront for children's art and craft classes, an architecture based installation exhibition, an online magazine and design hub, and a shop that will be home to artworks, origami and custom made creatures.

If you are from out of town come up to Newcastle for the day,spend the afternoon hanging out or at the beach and come back in the evening for several exhibition openings!