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 – 10pm. The exhibition will continue Thurs 21 – Sat 23, 2pm – 8pm.
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 a photo or drawing of your choice; remember the more simple and contrasted it is the better; a selection of images will be provided on the day for those of you who can’t choose!
Date & time: Saturday 23rd October 10am – 12.30pm
Venue: Collingwood Underground Arts Park, 44 Harmsworth Street, Collingwood VIC
Cost: $25
Enquiries: contact Debbie Hall: debbie_hall@bigpond.com or call 0431363097
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 belong to any individual, the opening will blow you away – you gotta help this be a real festival with the diversity we can all bring in our own unique ways. The exhibition continues Thursday 21st – Saturday 23rd October, 2 – 8pm. Click here to find out more about the underground space. Download an e-invitation here.
See magnificent walls painted during the festival by some of Australasia’s leading artists, images and footage of sweet streets happenings, participate in live painting, and generally immerse yourselves in this unique creative space.
Remember that Collaboration is at the heart of the “magic” we create!!!!!! People are the transformers – we are just the catalyst ————-Enjoy – there is more to come!!!!
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 artist run show during the last week of the festival. To find out more, go to the Artists Hub – Underground page. The hub will be open to artists supporting the festival: Tues 12 Oct (1-8pm), Thurs 14 Oct (1-8pm), Sat 16 Oct (4-8pm), Mon 18 Oct (2-10pm), Tues 19 Oct (2-10pm). Exhibition opening party Wed 20 October (6-10pm). Artists can continue to work on pieces for the auction on 21 & 22 October. Artists can contact Phil for more info phil.hall9@bigpond.com 0438661413.
Haha's advanced stencil workshop
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.
Mother & son doing JunkyProjects workshop
Josh Cleary's advanced stencil workshop
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.
Work by Simon Ormerod
This year our workshops embrace and celebrate the many different forms of street art catering for different skill levels and areas of interest. Join some of our leading street artists for workshops on stencils, character development, street sculpture, illustration, yarn wrapping. Places in each workshop are limited, so bookings are essential. Go to http://www.sweetstreets.net/workshops-book-here/ to find out more details and to book online.
The Peace Posters
Join Civil, leading stencil artist, activist, illustrator and publisher, for this 3 hour session focusing on using interlocking smaller scale stencils to initiate a narrative that others can build on. Create stencils based on hand drawn images, develop your own cutting style, optimise the use of colour, and build collaboration. This session is most suitable for people who have some experience with stencil techniques.
Session Date & Time: Saturday 16th October, 2 – 5pm
Venue: Collingwood Underground Arts Park, 44 Harmsworth Streets, Collingwood VIC
Cost: $25
Enquiries: contact Debbie Hall: debbie_hall@bigpond.com or call 0431363097
Boo 'our lady of the transparency'
Learn how to make extraordinary stencils with Melbourne’s eminent super stencil making heroine Boo. 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 a photo or drawing of your choice; remember the more simple and contrasted it is the better; a selection of images will be provided on the day for those of you who can’t choose!
Session date & Time: Saturday 16th October, 10am – 1pm
Venue: Collingwood Underground Arts Park
Cost: $25
Enquiries: contact Debbie Hall: debbie_hall@bigpond.com or call 0431363097
Cinzah
Join some of New Zealand’s leading street artists, Cinzah & Simon Ormerod (Cracked Ink), for a 3 hour workshop exploring character design & development using a range of different mark making materials & techniques. This session is designed to increase your appreciation of creative expression and finding your own unique style, and how to use available materials to best suit your style.
http://www.crackedink.com/ www.flickr.com/photos/seekayem
Session dates & Times: Thursday 14th October 6pm – 9pm
Venue: Collingwood Underground Arts Park, 44 Harmsworth Street, Collingwood VIC
Cost: $25
Enquiries: Contact Debbie Hall debbie_hall@bigpond.com or call 0431363097