AU T U MN / W IN T E R 2020
Art About Town A snapshot of arts activity happening around the Maitland community.
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Birds in the Laneway which have been painted on boards and installed in each window space. Look for a cockatoo, peacock, owl and many more. Recently a baby owl was spotted perched on the roof of an historic building nearby, perhaps attracted to living amongst this community of feathered friends!
An artful flock of birds is now nestling on the side of an old building in Maitland, which was home to the Carrington Hotel until the 1980s and then a pet shop called ‘Bob’s Bird Barn’. The building has been vacant and deteriorating for years now, but thanks to an anonymous artist an exterior wall has come to life with colourful paintings of birds. Though Bob’s Bird Barn is gone, you can now look up from the laneway next to The Bikesmith & Espresso Bar and spot an array of characterful birds, some fierce and some friendly-looking,
326 High Street, Maitland
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