INVURT

Last year we did an interview with Laura Chong, one of the two masterminds behind a cool and fresh new magazine, Six Years Later. At the time, they’d just been celebrating the release of issue #1 of the mag and they’d just done a call outs for submissions of artwork for their second issue, this time with the theme "Surface".

Several months down the track, and issue #2 is now available! Having had a good look through it, we can say that the wait was definitely worth it – this is a really limited edition magazine, chock full of amazing artwork and creative imagery.

To help celebrate their release, we have two copies of the new magazine to give away! All you have to do, is to be a little creative and take a photo of the words:

INVURT ❤s 6YL

You can draw it, you can paint it, you can write it, you can stick it on the street or mark it on your hand. Take a photo of it, then just head to our fb page, post it on our wall and share it over at the Six Years Later page to show them some love from all of us! Alternatively, you can also enter by instagraming it and tag both @facter and @6ylmag.

The most innovative photo will win! See how ridiculously easy it is with this finely honed example we mocked up in two minutes on our lunch container …

Easy, right? The winner, will not only receive a copy of the latest issue of Six Years Later #2, but a very rare, now out of print copy of Issue #1 as well!Aalso in the pack, will be some stickers from several artists courtesy of our vault, both printed AND hand made just for you! But wait, there’s more! The runner up will get something too! A copy of Issue #2! Sweet! Plus, on top of all that, we’ll post up the winning entries and other images that we loved right here on the website.

Competition will run until Friday 8th of June when we’ll announce our favourite pics, and the winners of the giveaway!

Competition is open to anyone, anywhere! So get in there, and show the 6YL crew some Invurt love!!

Check out the Six Years Later website, and, alternatively to entering the comp in case you are having a lame attack of the not-feelin-creatives, go freakin buy a copy!!!

Well, it’s that time again, and the crew at Secret Walls are starting prep for one of the ultimate live art smackdowns. Yes, you read right – Secret Walls – they’ve had a bit of a small name change recently!

So, in line with actually needing some artists to battle it out, we got an email from the Secret Walls crew earlier today with details on how to apply for the competition itself.

This, artists, is your chance to be a part of it all!

"Secret Walls took Melbourne by storm in 2011 and plans are well under way for the next Melbourne series, commencing in May 2012, tois showcase amazing artistic talent. Secret Walls  a character based, black and white battle and is set in front of 400+ people.

If you think you can mix it live on the Secret Walls stage then get in touch. You will need to send us an email which includes 5 images, a brief bio & have ‘Secret Walls Melbourne Artists Call out’ in the heading.

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE COMPETITION

On the night -

• 90 minutes on the battle clock
• Only black markers and black acrylic paint can be used to paint
• No pencils/sketches should be on stage or used (loose rule)
• Each artist has to stay within the allocated space
• Battles are judged by 2 nominated and neutral guest judges + crowd vote

The judges each award a single vote to the artist of their choice. The third vote is the CROWD vote with the use of a decibel reader to make it all official. The artist with the most votes wins.

If you have what it takes then contact Secret Walls HQ by emailing shannon@aisle6ix.com"

There’s only a little time to get your entries in , so get your pics together and get emailing – we’ll see you at the event!

Check out the Secret Walls website for more info on the competition, and to check out all the previous comps!

Adnate sent us this news of a competition that the crew from AWOL are really keen on, and, being a resident of Prahran and a lover of anything that AWOL touches, we thought we’d also throw it out to you guys to help support them in their endeavours. Having the crew paint a six story tall building in one of the busiest areas of Melbourne would be an awesome project for a great bunch of artists, and a major coup for Melbourne and Australian street art.

"We are part of an arts competition based on a public voting system… The winner gets to produce a 6 story mural on the side of a new apartment block in Prahran and we are campaigning to get my collective, AWOL, to win!" – Adnate.

Do we need to really say it? A six story spray painted work of art in the centre of Prahran would be amazing – and, apologies to the other entrants, their works are great (These artists include Cat MacInnes, Letitia Buchan, Maurice Gollota (MSG), and you can check out all the entries here, they really are pretty cool)! Even given our usual un-biased reporting, we hope you forgive our one exception here and throw our support to Slicer on this one, we’ve seen how hard he and the rest of the AWOL crew work and would love to see them get this chance to push themselves.

You don’t even really have to do anything, we’ve set it up for you -

JUST CLICK HERE

… and then hit send on your email!! No need to type, write or anything, just send it and help them out. That’s all, you can do it in five seconds – so go ahead! Click. Click click click click click …

… you know, if you wanna ;)

 
Check out AWOLs website for a taste of what these guys could accomplish, as well as the Art Prahran facebook page for more details.

Leeloo – an online design store and blog – has put the call out for Aussie artists wishing to showcase their styles for an upcoming exhibition. The show will be held in conjunction with The Finders Keepers December Sydney Market “the bi-annual market which supports independent design, art and music with attendance in the thousands”.

“After the success of last year’s exhibition this year we present another instalment of On The Wall!! The artworks will be displayed at CarriageWorks within the foyer for the duration of the markets and will celebrate our ongoing mission to support independent Australian artists.  Artwork will be for sale during the exhibition and there may be the possibility of selling prints of the artworks.

Submissions will be open from…October 18th 2011, for two weeks, with the closing date being November 1st, 2011 with no exceptions.”

Check out the Submissions Page of the LeeLoo website for all the criteria and contact deets and Good Luck with your entries … stay tuned right here for an article on the exhibition soon!

Who: YOU
What: On The Wall – Exhibition Submissions
Where: onthewall@leeloo.com.au
When: Entries close November 1st

Check out their fine Facebook for more info!

“ARE YOU AN ASPIRING ARTIST? A roar goes out to all designers, illustrators, photographers, painters and graffiti artists – Tiger Beer invites you to enter Tiger Translate 2011. Tiger Translate competitions are run annually around the world to celebrate the talents of emerging artists.

THE COMPETITION: Entries open from August 8th 2011 through till September 20th 2011. Open to all Australian residents over the age of 18. Submissions are to be entered through Tiger Beer’s Facebook fan page, at www.facebook.com/tigerbeerau and elements for your artwork can be downloaded at www.tigerbeer.com.au

THE PRIZE: Winner notified October 6 before being announced at Sydney’s exclusive VIP Tiger Translate party in November featuring an explosive mix of DJs, live art and street artists. You will fly to Asia in 2012 to collaborate with other Tiger Translate winners from around the globe, beckoning international exposure.

YOUR ARTWORK: Tiger Translates Australian theme in 2011 will showcase the artist’s interpretation of ‘GROWTH.’ Capture what ‘GROWTH’ means to you as an artistic visionary in an A@ size artwork. See the Facebook fan page for more details – www.facebook.com/tigerbeerau”

Calling all aerosol artists! It’s you, and your crew, against the rest of the world! Break out the Ironlak cans and get ya game on, the prize is worth is weight in paint. All your rule and regulations, stipulations and reservations are below -  put this at the top of you list of things to do this year! Werd!

Information regarding the competitions rules and regulations was posted up by Ironlak the other week, and are as are follows.

"Regions:
1. Australia/New Zealand
2. North/ South America
3. UK/Europe
4. Asia.

Entries will be judged on quality of pieces and letter styles, overall theme and composition, background elements, characters and originality. All entries will be judged by The Ironlak Family.

Prizes:
GLOBAL WINNER: 800 cans of Ironlak.

GOLD PRIZE: 500 cans of Ironlak.*
SILVER PRIZE: 240 cans of Ironlak.*
ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD: 48 cans of Ironlak.
*ONE GOLD and ONE SILVER will be awarded for EACH REGION – TOTAL 8 regional prizes)

HOW TO ENTER:

Grab a bunch of Ironlak, get together with some friends (1-5 people) and rock a fresh production wall.
Email a large photograph of your finished production AND photographs of your used cans in front of the wall (compulsory) to: competition@ironlak.com

Pieces must be painted with 100% Ironlak paint
(roll/ buff paint is allowed as a base).
Enter as many times as you like. Be sure to include the names of the artists involved plus the city and country where the wall was painted.

COMPETITION CLOSES 30th NOVEMBER, SO DON’T SLEEP!
Keep a close eye on the blog for regular updates…
To view last year’s winners click here."

This looks like a great competition, and we can’t wait to see all the pics that will be coming out of the competition entrants, and, of course, cheering on all those involved! Game on!

Image: The 2010 WINNER of Category 1 – BEST PRODUCTION in AUSTRALIA/ NEW ZEALAND: RASE, DV8TE and ASKM – Melbourne, Australia.

Who: The general public
What: Ironlak Graffiti Competition
Where: World wide
When: Entries close November 30th 2011

For Further info check out the Ironlak official website.