Joe Vegas
A screenprinter by trade Joe Vegas is a supremely talented yet rarely organised art-making machine. He is known to often dwell in the streets of Melbourne Town. 10 years ago whilst living in a caravan on the NSW coast he would scribble away furiously by himself during the gaps left by skateboarding, acting more out of compulsion than any grand →
Boo
Boo is a stencil artist and facilitator from Melbourne city. In spite of her honours degree in fine art she has been making street art for many years. The reclamation of public space being central to her work, she prefers the street to the gallery but exists wholly between the two. Boo is obsessed with the point at which the →
Welcome to Sweet Streets 2010
Welcome to Sweet Streets 2010, proudly presented by Melbourne Stencil Festival in conjunction with the City of Yarra & 3RRR. Our festival celebrates & embraces the diversity of street art. Discover why Melbourne has a global reputation for these art forms through our extensive list of events, and happenings which will take you on an unforgettable journey that you will want →
Phoenix – Ephemeral
Melbourne street artist Phoenix has created a work ‘EPHEMERAL’ to coincide with Sweet Streets 2010. This work – which he has installed on the wall of the carpark opposite Thousand Pound Bend – is an exploration of the way street art evolves with the passage of time. The top letters are sturdily built – made of plywood coated with PVA and →
Artists Talk
Come along to 1000 pound bend this Saturday to meet artists Kirsty Furniss (from KA'a), Tom Civil, Junky Projects, Haha, and Boo, as they discuss their work with Mickie Skelton. Audiences are encouraged to get involved and ask questions as they hear about the artists' involvement in Street art culture and in particular, some of the challenges and politics surrounding being →
Fundraising Auction – Close of the Festival
Come along to one of the most anticipated events of Sweet Streets, as we close the festival with our Fundraising Auction. Help raise money for the future of Sweet Streets as well as the Collingwood Housing Estate Arts Community, and Anglicare Victoria - our chosen charities. Featuring signed prints donated by Obey, Acorn and Josh Cleary, the Award Show murals by well-known →
Live Walls – Presented by Napier Studios Productions
This weekend (16 & 17 Oct) there will be live painting in Richmond on post office lane just past Lennox on Victoria street. Come after lunch... yo see the Napier crew shred there stuff. Ha ha Broddock and Civil will be getting down...at the same time in the same place. On Monday (18 Oct) the Amnesty International wall will →
Artist Run Street Art Exhibition
Once again the Collingwood Underground Arts Park will be an integral venue for the Sweet Streets 2010 Festival. This unique space, which was once an underground car park and is still adorned with street art on the walls from last year’s festival, will host an artist run street art exhibition. Come to the opening party on Wednesday 20th October 6pm →
Stencils for Beginners
Join Daniel Lynch, renowned street artist from Junkyprojects, to learn how to make quirky stencils. This workshop starts at the very beginning, so if you’ve never picked up an art knife before, never fear. From cutting to spraying all the secrets of this DIY process will be revealed and you too can make your own two-toned stencil masterpiece. Bring along →
Opening of the Collingwood Underground
Come join Sweet Streets to celebrate the opening of the Collingwood Underground Wednesday 20th October 6 – 10pm. This is an exhibition of co-creativity between artists, and all involved with the festival, workshop participants, staff and audience. Free flow is the name of the game. We all need to play with this underground thing coz it’s real and does not →
Underground Artists Hub Opening times
Once again the Collingwood Underground Arts Park will be an integral venue for the Sweet Streets 2010 Festival. This unique space, which was once an underground car park and is still adorned with street art on the walls from last year’s festival, will provide a studio base for our artists, a venue for workshops, and an exhibition space for →
Our workshops are sweet!
Since the festival opening on Friday 8th October we have run 7 brilliant workshops over 4 days, facilitated by our amazing street artists at Signal and the Underground Arts Park. There are even more workshops to come, to find out more go to the ‘workshops – book here’ page.
Stencils for Beginners
Our stencils for beginners workshops are filling up fast, so we have scheduled another session on Sunday 10th October 10am - 1pm @ Signal Youth Art Space, Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne VIC. Go to the 'Workshops - book here' page to find out more and make bookings.