{"id":26129,"date":"2024-04-12T20:34:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=26129"},"modified":"2024-04-12T20:34:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T20:34:59","slug":"local-artists-create-a-feast-for-the-senses-at-this-years-new-annual-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/local-artists-create-a-feast-for-the-senses-at-this-years-new-annual-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Local artists create a feast for the senses at this year’s New Annual festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

City of Newcastle (CN) has awarded five local creative organisations close to $100,000 in funding to bring their unique ideas to life at this year’s New Annual festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of $94,500 was offered from CN’s “Made New” expressions of interest (EOI) commissioning process as part of a five-year plan to support the region’s arts industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"CatapaltCatapult Choreographic Hub perform Rhapsody as part of the New Annual Festival.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Design and fabrication workshop Built In-Kind will make its New Annual debut in 2024 as one of the successful program applicants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group, which specialises in custom furniture and delivers education to women and diverse communities, will offer “The Memory Feast” workshops. Participants will create a sculptural ‘dining hall’ from recycled materials and finish with a dining experience that showcases local chefs, food, and wineries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newcastle Youth Orchestra will debut “Mistborn Orchestral Suite” an immersive concert merging music, visuals, and dance to showcase compositions by local Indigenous composer Jacob Cummins. A participatory wayfinding art adventure through the city will be brought to life by Tantrum Youth Arts, and Newcastle-based dance company Catapult Choreographic Hub will commission a new contemporary dance work crafted by acclaimed First Nations choreographer Jasmin Sheppard and performed by a diverse ensemble of artists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final recipient of this year’s “Made New” funding, Art Thinking, will create an immersive experience centred around a chair that interacts with users’ physical input to generate visuals on LED screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said that continuing to support such a high calibre of local creative talent was integral to New Annual’s success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“City of Newcastle’s ‘Made New’ program will this year see almost $100,000 additional funding invested directly into local arts performances as part of the flagship festival,” Cr Nelmes said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our commitment to fund local talent forms part of our five-year plan to support and grow our region’s arts industry while simultaneously attracting renowned artists that will help New Annual achieve national recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In addition, the festival will strengthen Newcastle’s position as a cultural tourism destination, which generates an economic boost for local businesses through hotel stays and increased visitor spending in the city.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair of CN’s Community and Culture Advisory Committee Cr Carol Duncan said New Annual would continue to provide a high-profile vehicle for innovation, creativity, and entertainment in Newcastle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Local artists and performers accounted for more than 60 per cent of New Annual’s 2023 programming, and this year we expect the same,” Cr Duncan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The expressions of interest for the 2024 ‘Made New’ funding were of a high standard, and I am thrilled that the five successful organisations will be featured in this year’s program.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring free, ticketed and family-friendly events, New Annual will run for 10 days during the Spring school holidays from 27 September to 6 October 2024, with the full program to be announced later this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To keep up-to-date with the latest New Annual news and announcements, visit www.newannual.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

City of Newcastle (CN) has awarded five local creative organisations close to $100,000 in funding to bring their unique ideas to life at this year’s New Annual festival. A total of $94,500 was offered from CN’s “Made New” expressions of interest (EOI) commissioning process as part of a five-year plan to support the region’s arts … Continue reading “Local artists create a feast for the senses at this year’s New Annual festival”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26130,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26129\/revisions\/26130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}