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 begin. Come and see many of the Melbourne art stars bang this wall out.. Corner of Johnson and Napier Streets. Tuesday (19 Oct) should see Ever Fresh begin there wall on the corner of Gertrude and Young streets. Melbourne magic..
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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 – 10pm. The exhibition will continue Thurs 21 – Sat 23, 2pm – 8pm.
Opening of the Collingwood Underground
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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!!!!
Our workshops are sweet!
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
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.
Street Art workshop using Recycled and Upcycled Materials
Junkyprojects street sculpture
Join renowned Australian street sculptor Daniel Lynch of the ‘JUNKYPROJECTS’ in a street art workshop with a difference. Make your own creatures, critters and cretins using nothing more than garbage and a few nails. Learn innovative techniques to turn an endless resource of everyday waste into amazing art pieces for all to enjoy.
Participants are encouraged to bring along any found objects and rubbish that they find visually interesting ( we suggest squashed aluminium and steel cans, bottle tops, tins, scrap timber off cuts, plastic cutlery, basically just about anything you can find) however some materials will be provided on the day. http://junkyprojects.weebly.com/
Date & time: Sunday 10th October 2pm – 5pm
Venue: Signal Youth Art Space. Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne VIC
Cost: $25
Enquiries: contact Debbie Hall: debbie_hall@bigpond.com or call 0431363097
Stencil for Beginners
JunkyProjects
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: Sunday 10th October 10am – 1pm
Venue: Signal Art Space, Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne VIC
Cost: $25
Enquiries: contact Debbie Hall: debbie_hall@bigpond.com or call 0431363097
Street Art workshop using Recycled and Upcycled Materials
Junkyprojects street sculpture
Join renowned Australian street sculptor Daniel Lynch of the ‘JUNKYPROJECTS’ in a street art workshop with a difference. Make your own creatures, critters and cretins using nothing more than garbage and a few nails. Learn innovative techniques to turn an endless resource of everyday waste into amazing art pieces for all to enjoy.
Participants are encouraged to bring along any found objects and rubbish that they find visually interesting ( we suggest squashed aluminium and steel cans, bottle tops, tins, scrap timber off cuts, plastic cutlery, basically just about anything you can find) however some materials will be provided on the day. http://junkyprojects.weebly.com/
Date & time: Saturday 9th October 1 – 4pm
Venue: Signal Art Space. Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne VIC
Cost: $25
Enquiries: contact Debbie Hall: debbie_hall@bigpond.com or call 0431363097
Advanced Stencil Class with Josh Cleary
Josh Cleary with piece
Stencil artist Josh Cleary leads this advanced stencilling workshop designed specifically to show you how to create multi layered stencils using Photoshop. This workshop is targeted at those who have had experience in creating single layered stencils and have basic skills using Photoshop or similar image adjusting software. To get the most of this session, bring some images (1 could be black & white) on your USB memory stick. http://joshcleary.com/
Session date & time: Saturday 9th October, pm – 4pm
Venue: Signal Youth Art Space dedicated to people aged 13-20. Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne VIC
Cost: $25
Enquiries: contact Debbie Hall: debbie_hall@bigpond.com or call 0431363097
Advanced Stencil class with Haha
Ned Kelly by Ha Ha
Join Ha Ha, one of Australia’s most notorious and prolific stencil artists, for an advanced stencilling workshop designed specifically to show you how to add more depth and detail to your creations by using multi layered stencils. This workshop is targeted at those who have had experience in creating single layered stencils. To get the most out of this session bring in A3 photocopies of your own images/portraits to work on during the session, and a USB memory stick to save your work. http://www.regantamanui.com/
Session dates & times: Sunday 10th October 10am – 1pm
Venue: Signal Youth Art Space dedicated to people aged 13-20. Flinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne VICFlinders Walk, Northbank, Melbourne VIC
Cost: $25
Enquiries: contact Debbie Hall: debbie_hall@bigpond.com or call 0431363097