Newcastle Art Space Receives Australia Council for the Arts Grant!
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Newcastle Art Space (NAS) has received a substantial grant from the Australia Council to upgrade and revolutionise how the gallery and exhibitions run. The COVID 19 virus forced the early closure of the gallery and existing exhibition, and led to the cancellation of other exhibitions planned for April and May. In response to the need to exhibit and NAS’ commitment to all artists of Newcastle and Hunter origin, they developed and initiated our dual exhibition policy, recognising that local Artists continue to need an audience and their plan for major events still needed to happen. NAS Gallery is celebrating its 20th year in 2020 and has been a significant space for the development of artists, curators and gallery managers. The Australia Council for the Arts: 2020 Resilience Fund – Adapt means they will soon be able to take the gallery to the world via a new website. “Our commitment to exhibit our annual art prizes and host the DOMA sponsored Newcastle Emerging Artist Prize, the Newcastle Club Foundation International Art Prize and the Hunt Hospitality sponsored Shoot Your Local Photographic Prize, can now continue with confidence, knowing we can bring these exhibitions and events to life on the internet, regardless of COVID 19 restrictions,” said NAS Business Manager Leah Fawthrop. “We are thrilled to be able to offer this opportunity for all Newcastle Art Space Gallery Exhibitions to continue to be curated and hung, and now exhibited online. Our Studio Artists will have artworks available in our online shop and also will have the ability to develop online workshops, tutorials and personalised masterclasses.” For more information visit www.newcastleartspace.org.au
Business as Usual at The
Newcastle Fishermen's Co-Op AUSTRALIANS LOVE THEIR WILD-CAUGHT SEAFOOD AND THE NSW COAST, ALL 2137 KILOMETRES OF IT, REVEALS AN EMBARRASSMENT OF SEAFOOD RICHES.
The lure of surf and sand and the crunch of salty hair is as much about the Australian coastal lifestyle as is the promise of eating great seafood – whether it be cold, poached, pan-fried, deep-fried, barbecued or smoked. There really is no other food that speaks so clearly of place than seafood, especially if you can hear, see or smell the salty air of its former habitat. The Commercial Fishermen’s Co-Operative, located on Hannell Street in Wickham, is considered to be the best place to get the freshest seafood in Newcastle. Straight from the sea, to the boat, to you – the only way you could get fresher seafood is if you caught it yourself (and have you ever tried to catch a prawn?). Like many other local businesses, service has slowed at the Commercial Fishermen's Co-Op due to Covid19 and the resulting social-distancing measures, but surprisingly it seems to have had little effect on the overall demand for fresh seafood which is almost on par with previous years.
Co-Op manager Robert Guata said that “trade has been much the same as previous years despite the impacts of the coronavirus which has affected so many other businesses in the area”. “It seems people who have been unable to go to restaurants, pubs or clubs to enjoy a meal are opting to buy fresh seafood to cook and enjoy at their homes”. "We certainly were not expecting such positive trade results, but it has been pretty consistent – albeit we have had to limit the number of people in the store and implement a number of safety measures for the benefit of all,” he said. The Commercial Fishermen’s Co-Operative supplies local caught fresh seafood daily through their retail outlets at Wickham, Swansea, and Tacoma. They also sell wholesale at their receiving depots including Wickham, Nelson Bay, Tea Gardens, Swansea and Tacoma. Choose from their selection of fresh Atlantic Salmon, barramundi, blue eye travella, tuna, snapper, flathead, kingfish, ling, ocean trout, ocean jacket and orange roughy – fillets or whole. Balmain bugs, blue swimmer crabs, squid, eastern rock lobsters, shrimp, mussels, scallops, clams and oysters… With such a wide selection, there is seemingly no end to this piscatorial paradise!
For all your Australian, sustainably caught, fresh local seafood needs, you wouldn't go anywhere else, other than the Fishermen’s Co-Op!
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