Newcastle Creative Art Precinct

Newcastle is centred around Civic Park and the City Hall and includes the Regional Art Gallery, Music Conservatorium, University and Northumberland House, TPI House, Council’s Central Administration Building, Cultural Centre Library, Wheeler Place and the Honeysuckle Railway Workshops and Maritime Museum.

There are at least three distinctive locations that encapsulate Newcastle’s cultural, performing arts, new media and IT precincts. This is in addition to established precincts such as Newcastle East, The Junction and Cooks Hill - Darby Street that include private art galleries, design studios and other creative venues.

Newcastle Precincts

There are at least three distinctive locations that encapsulate Newcastle’s cultural, performing arts, new media and IT precincts. This is in addition to established precincts such as Newcastle East, The Junction and Cooks Hill - Darby Street that include private art galleries, design studios and other creative venues.

Civic and Cultural Precinct 

• Newcastle Region Art Gallery
• School of Music and Conservation
• University House, City Hall, Civic Theatre
• Newcastle Region Library
• Performing Arts Newcastle
• Honeysuckle and Octapod Building
• Wheeler Place
• Civic Station
• Newcastle Waterfront

Newcastle Foreshore 

These precincts are part of the urban renewal of Newcastle’s foreshore and include new media, digital technology and IT companies as well as government organisations: 

• Honeysuckle
• Cottage Creek.
• Hunter Street
• Wickham
• Marina
• Carrington
• Linwood

University of Newcastle, Callaghan 

• Creative Industries Cluster  (School of Creative Arts and Hunter Creative Industries and Technology Centre)

-        Design and visual arts

-   Software development and interactive content

-     Music and performing arts

-     Film, television and radio

-     Advertising and marketing

-     Architecture

• Centre for Urban and Regional Studies