From its hip hop origins, street art has evolved to become part of a broader
spectrum of public art that inspires the masses and starts conversations. Joining
Councillor Carol Duncan, Chair of City of Newcastle’s Public Art Reference
Group, to preview the upcoming Big Picture Fest and Little Festival, directors
Katerina Skoumbas and Jacinta Fintan explore the nature of street art, which is
visibly transforming the city as more murals and installations turn blank walls
into colourful canvases. Visit www.thebigpicturefest.com/event/newcastle-2022
and www.littlefestival.com.au.

From its hip hop origins, street art has evolved to become part of a broader spectrum of public art that inspires the masses and starts conversations. Joining Councillor Carol Duncan, Chair of City of Newcastle’s Public Art Reference Group, to preview the upcoming Big Picture Fest and Little Festival, directors Katerina Skoumbas and Jacinta Fintan explore the nature of street art, which is visibly transforming the city as more murals and installations turn blank walls into colourful canvases. Visit www.thebigpicturefest.com/event/newcastle-2022 and www.littlefestival.com.au.

What’s happening in Your Newcastle? Lord Mayor City of Newcastle, Nuatali Nelmes, takes five with City leaders as well as prominent and everyday Novocastrians to discover events, projects and initiatives in your backyard.
Together we explore how the City of Newcastle is evolving into a smart, liveable, sustainable global City and find out how you can have your say on matters important to you.

 

What&rsquo;s happening in Your Newcastle? Lord Mayor City of Newcastle, Nuatali Nelmes, takes five with City leaders as well as prominent and everyday Novocastrians to discover events, projects and initiatives in your backyard. Together we explore how the <a href="https://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/home">City of Newcastle</a> is evolving into a smart, liveable, sustainable global City and find out how you can have your say on matters important to you.
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Your Newcastle

Street Art Part 1: The ephemeral nature of art

From a convict’s button to larger, iconic pieces from the BHP Newcastle
steelworks, there are treasures abound in the Newcastle Museum collection.
Find out what a day in the life of Curation and Collection Coordinator David
Hampton looks like, and some interesting facts about steam locomotives,
including Australia’s oldest piece of gravity-fed, fishbelly rail, which was
discovered in Newcastle and is on display at the museum.

From a convict’s button to larger, iconic pieces from the BHP Newcastle steelworks, there are treasures abound in the Newcastle Museum collection. Find out what a day in the life of Curation and Collection Coordinator David Hampton looks like, and some interesting facts about steam locomotives, including Australia’s oldest piece of gravity-fed, fishbelly rail, which was discovered in Newcastle and is on display at the museum.

A day in the life of Newcastle Museum Curator David Hampton

City of Newcastle’s Local Centres Program paves the way for neighbourhood
centre upgrades near you, delivering footpath upgrades, tree planting, street
furniture and stormwater infrastructure to activate community hubs. Councillor
Peta Winney-Baartz, Senior Project Planner Sarah Horan and Project Manager
Chris Merlo unpack the latest upgrade to Shortland Local Centre and preview
those nearing completion at Mitchell Street, Stockton, and Orchardtown Road,
New Lambton, exploring the concept of a 20-minute neighbourhood and the
importance of connecting parks, traffic and cycleways to create safer, more
accessible public spaces.

City of Newcastle’s Local Centres Program paves the way for neighbourhood centre upgrades near you, delivering footpath upgrades, tree planting, street furniture and stormwater infrastructure to activate community hubs. Councillor Peta Winney-Baartz, Senior Project Planner Sarah Horan and Project Manager Chris Merlo unpack the latest upgrade to Shortland Local Centre and preview those nearing completion at Mitchell Street, Stockton, and Orchardtown Road, New Lambton, exploring the concept of a 20-minute neighbourhood and the importance of connecting parks, traffic and cycleways to create safer, more accessible public spaces.

20-minute neighbourhoods: creating safer, more accessible public spaces

Greening Newcastle’s streets has never been more important as we face the
challenges of urban heat island effect, population growth and the impacts of
climate change. Street gardens are a simple yet powerful way to transform the
nature strip between your footpath and the road to bring climate, social, biodiversity and stormwater drainage benefits. So, who is eligible to plant one,
and what are the criteria? Find out with Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Declan
Clausen and Environmental Education Officer Elise Budden how you can get
involved in City of Newcastle’s street garden program. Visit
www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/streetgardens for more information.

Greening Newcastle’s streets has never been more important as we face the challenges of urban heat island effect, population growth and the impacts of climate change. Street gardens are a simple yet powerful way to transform the nature strip between your footpath and the road to bring climate, social, biodiversity and stormwater drainage benefits. So, who is eligible to plant one, and what are the criteria? Find out with Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Declan Clausen and Environmental Education Officer Elise Budden how you can get involved in City of Newcastle’s street garden program. Visit www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/streetgardens for more information.

Street Art Part 1: The ephemeral nature of art

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