Plan Your Visit
2 Hours: Clyde Street Creative Quarter
Spend a couple of hours around Newcastle’s working creative quarter, beginning at The Creator Incubator and continuing to Newcastle Art Space. Both venues combine exhibitions with the wider activity of artist studios and creative communities.
- Time
- 2 Hours
- Getting around
- Walking
- Start
- Piratti Bakery, 9:30am Thu/Fri
- Finish
- Newcastle Art Space
- Area
- Clyde Street Creative Quarter
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The itinerary
Hospitality
Piratti Bakery
Allow around 25 minutes
Piratti Bakery is tucked inside the Clyde Street Arts precinct, serving sourdough breads and baked goods influenced by Finnish and Italian traditions. Surrounded by artist studios, makers and creative businesses, it is an especially good place to begin a visit to one of Newcastle’s most active independent arts precincts.
Gallery Space
The Creator Incubator
Allow around 35 minutes
The Creator Incubator is a vibrant creative hub founded in 2017 by artist and director Braddon Snape. Located in Hamilton North, Newcastle, it is home to around 38 multidisciplinary resident artists, designers, makers, and thinkers.
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Clyde Street Arts Precinct
Allow around 10 minutes
Clyde Street Arts is a large creative precinct housed within a former industrial complex in Hamilton North, home to artists, makers, designers and independent creative businesses. Wander through the precinct for working studios, exhibitions, public art and a glimpse into one of Newcastle’s most established creative communities.
Gallery Space
Newcastle Art Space
Allow around 35 minutes
Established in 1983 as the Newcastle Community Arts Centre, Newcastle Art Space (NAS) is a leading co-located arts hub in Tighes Hill, Newcastle. For more than four decades it has fostered creativity by providing exhibition opportunities, professional development, and support for artists across painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, photography, and more.
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Good to know
Best Thursday or Friday morning. Piratti Bakery trades 7:30am–11:30am; The Creator Incubator opens at 10am; Newcastle Art Space opens at 10am on Thursday and Friday. A 9:30am start gives the cleanest overlap.