Lower Hunter
Arts Upper Hunter
Overview
Areas Covered: Cessnock, Dungog, Greater Lakes, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Merriwa, Murrurundi, Newcastle, Port Stephens and Scone.
Our Approach
A series of creative development retreats for young people across the hunter. These retreats will provide a variety of workshops in response to requests by young people. A small grants round will support young people to run projects in their communities using skills learnt at the retreats.
Key Festival Events:
- Retreat 1, 20/07/2009, Vacy
- Retreat 2, 06/10/2009, Vacy
- Retreat 3, 12/10/2009, Murrurundi
- Retreat 4, 07/12/2009, Stroud
- Retreat 5, 14/12/2009, Stroud
Local ArtStart Supporters:
Cessnock Youth Development Project, Singleton Youth Venue, Port Stephens Council, Gloucester Youth Development Officer, Lake Macquarie Youth Development Officer