Bright Sparkes - Living Place Project

Image: Carolyn McKay 2011

Congratulations, Sparke Street Georgetown! We're the happy recipients of a grant from the City of Newcastle for the Bright Sparkes project. To summarise the event:

Bright Sparkes concept: Sparke Street residents (children and adults) will be invited to attend a 4 hour lantern-making workshop one Saturday. On the following Saturday evening, residents will decorate the street-side exterior of their homes with the lanterns, and the section of Sparke Street between Christo Road and Moate Street will be closed to traffic from 5.30 – 7.30 pm for a community gathering.  Residents can mingle on the street, meet more people from their immediate neighbourhood, enjoy the sight of tea light-lit lanterns and create a visual event for other visitors.

In order to get the ball rolling, a small group of residents will meet this weekend with a view to selecting 2 consecutive Saturdays in August 2011 for the lantern-making workshop and the actual community event.