'This Is Not Art' Festival

The 'This Is Not Art' Festival will be held in Newcastle from 27 Sep to 1 Oct.

There's five full days of conferences, workshops, panels, artists' presentations, forums, exhibitions, performances and gigs (most of them free!).

See Newcastle come alive with creativity, discover something new, or simply appreciate the talents of others. There's opportunity to display your art for sale by applying for a market stall, it may be a bit early for ACNB members to get pieces together this year (way too early I say!), but maybe we could consider this for next year? Just a thought.

Check out the website for further details www.thisisnotart.org, and if you want sign up for festival updates, email marni@thisisnotart.org with "This Is Not Art announcements sign me up" in the subject header.

The Festival currently incorporates four other major festivals, each of them with their own unique focus:

Electrofringe www.electrofringe.net
National Young Writers' Festival www.youngwritersfestival.org
Sound Summit www.soundsummit.com
Critical Animals www.criticalanimals.org

You may be deceived into thinking these festivals cater for the young and upcoming artists only (I did anyway! and of course 39 is way over the hill!!!), however on closer scrutinisation (I have checked out the Young Writers Festival) there are competitions for even those as old as me! So I encourage you to read the fine print.