Awesome Newcastle July Winner – Survival Candle
Our July Awesome Newcastle took place last Thursday in the alluring Reserve Wine Bar. Nestled together in a booth with wine in hand, our board members once again gathered to hand out a no-strings attached bag of cash to an awesome person.
New to the list of permanent board members is Chris Joannou, legendary Silver..
Students love learning. An update from a past Awesome winner.
MaD Science is an interest elective class created by teacher Jivvel Kilham. It focusses on materials and design through science and engineering topics. The class is mainly aimed at students who are otherwise not that excited about school or learning.
At January’s Awesome Newcastle event Kilham expressed his passion ..
Pay It Forward Pink Envelope Initiative
Picture this. One morning in you wander down the path, across the front yard and open the mailbox to find a little pink envelope. No addressee. Just a message saying ‘Be Awesome, Open Me’.
Inquisitively you open it to find a random amount of money. Awesome right! So what would you do with it?
The Awesome Foundatio..
March winner update – Newcastle Art Prize
Newcastle Art Prize took home the title of Awesome Newcastle Winner and the $1,000 cash in March this year.
At our March event, Gwendolin Lewis told our board members that the society is constantly struggling to find the budget to cover prize expenses, so the $1,000 grant would be make up the major art prize.
Since..
June 2016 Winner – Adopt a Singer
June’s Awesome Newcastle took place last Thursday behind the big blue doors at The Village of Useful. Finalists and board members gathered once again to choose the next awesome winner for the month.
Choosing finalists is getting increasingly difficult as there are so many great applications and ideas happening in th..
Sandcastle Maker
Close your eyes and think back to your family beach trips in the summertime. The car packed to the brim with towels, beach umbrellas and the trusty bucket that two-timed as a sandcastle mould and collector for moat water.
Let’s face it, we all thought our castles were the best while we built for hours along the san..
Stellar Displacement
Albert Kong, resident local of San Francisco, is bringing the great outdoors into the big smoke with Stellar Displacement.
Stellar Displacement is a traveling immersive environment in a box truck that transports participants into a forest clearing on a summer night giving them the opportunity to stare up at the sta..
‘Roughly Speaking’
Conal McGuire is giving a voice to Liverpool’s homeless, showcasing their interpretations and interactions with the city through art.
McGuire’s ‘Roughly Speaking’ project, the Nightscape series, highlights some of the most vibrant accounts given by local homeless rough sleepers, specifically showcasing their unique ..
Awesome Newcastle May Winner – To The Edge High Performance Centre
Our May Awesome Newcastle took place last Thursday night at the heavenly Wine Selectors Headquarters in Honeysuckle. All gathered in the private tasting room with a wine in one hand, nibbles in the other and a keen interest to hear all the great things planned for Newcastle. Our awesome board member Lois Donaldson fr..
Class Matter Inc.
If you’ve been following Awesome Newcastle on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, you may have seen ‘The Business of Doing Good’, a Philadelphia based school program teaching primary school children entrepreneurial skills.
Keeping in with the theme of awesome kiddies on track to changing the world, lets talk about Aweso..