Appetite

Creating an urban clay town

Residents and visitors to Newcastle town centre have been helping to create an urban clay town.

The creative event, organised by Appetite, took place at Newcastle Common recently and saw Sally Fitchard’s ‘Urban Clay’ project conclude.

Appetite’s mission is “to get more people in Stoke-on-Trent and the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme to experience and be inspired by the arts. Appetite works with local community members, a broad range of

partners and local, national and international artists to deliver an inspiring menu of artistic projects to develop the appetite for the arts in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme.”

A spokesman for Appetite said of their latest project: “We want to say a huge thank you to Sally for all her hard work and enthusiasm and a heart felt well done to all those town centre businesses who got involved – what a response.

“We are very excited about further collaborations with local businesses in the near future – watch this space.

The fantastic ‘clay buds’ and all the amazing shoe box buildings are still on display within our Astley Walk space from Thursday to Saturday between 11am and 3pm.

To find out more about Appetite and forthcoming creative projects for the area, go online to: www.appetite.org.uk.