A friend of mine was in Newcastle for the Arts festival "TINA" (This Is Not Art). The festival involved many disciplines of the arts including writing, performance, music, art. There is a project taking place at the moment called Renew Newcastle whcich she was telling me about and which was a big part of the festival. For various reasons, many shops and houses in Newcastle are vacant at the moment and the real estate agents just can't convince anyone to buy them. Renew Newcastle has organised for artists to exhibit in the shop fronts for free. An initiative which means the art is accessible to the public. The real estate agents are allowing this as they hope the value of the shops will increase due to the attention and publicity.
I thought this was a good topic for Art and Architecture as well as Art and it's Institutions. The artists are working with local architecture and already vacant space and everyone wins through the placement of the works! Unfortunately I didn't get to go to the festival but the project should be running for a fair while, or until the properties get sold perhaps! It would be worth checking out if in the area.
http://renewnewcastle.org/
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