Christmas is upon us, and you know what that means? That means you should go and buy some art for those you love! Where else could you find some real bargains on such an occasion? Well, Safehouse Studio, of course!
Haha, okay, enough fkn infomercial. But, really, you know that when a group of artists in a studio get together to do a garage sale, that even the word "garage sale" wont do it justice. Okay, so we might be a bit biased here, considering Safehouse is our home base, but this Saturday’s Super Garage Sale is going to be mad – and we want to see as many of you there as possible!
We’ll all be digging into our piles of work and putting everything on sale – prints, paintings, sketches, drawings, hidden blackbook gems, and rare pieces from the archives. Not only that, but there will also be a bunch of painting and live art going on, a bbq (of course), art supplies and general good times.
Dangerfork, who are also residents in the studio, will also be pulling out a whole heap of mad stuff will also be "selling lost prints in the archives, test prints, and a selection of current prints at a HUGE DISCOUNT."
This is a chance to not only check out all the work from the crew at the studios, it’s also a great chance for you to come hang out, and maybe lighten our piles of art a little! haha.
If you’re in Melbourne, we’d love to see you there!!
Who: All the Safehouse Studio crew What: Safehouse Super Garage Sale Where: Safehouse Studio, 67 North St, Richmond, VIC When: Starts 11am, Saturday 8th December and goes until 4pm!!
Well then, what are you going to get up to in Melbourne after the awesome Secret Walls Semi Final Round 2 event? Head down to 1000 £ Bend of course, where Threadless will be holding their first event in Melbourne with this killer of a party! (sorry haha)
"With the help of AS Colour, HIT+RUN, Just Another, Lifelounge, Stoli Vodka, Time Out and T-world, we are rounding up some seriously talented artists, a rad T-shirt exhibition, horror films and of course, some killer surprises.
Come dressed up or as you are for one crazy night. This is the first time Chicago’s Threadless will be hosting an event in Melbourne, so we’re super excited. • Doors at 8:00pm • Live Body Painting from 10pm • Screen-printing by HIT+RUN Australia Entertainment all night by; - Pikachunes:: http://pikachunes.com/music.html
RSVP: howdy@getnotorious.com for guest list Entry via Heape Court"
We’re hell keen to see the Hit + Run screen printing and the live body painting (we know whose painting, but we wont give it away – you’ll love it, however!) – so we’ll see you down there this Wednesday night – it’ll be a bloody riot!
(Okay, I’ll stop now … )
Who: Ah, now that’d be telling. What: Trick Or Tees – Threadless Halloween party Where: 1000 £ Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne, When: Event starts 8pm on Wednesday 31st October
We’ve been sighting some amazingly high quality, beautifully rendered artists prints around the traps for a few months now – and they are all created by none other than one coolest new print making labels in Oz, Dangerfork.
"Dangerfork is a boutique print-making label based in Melbourne, Australia. We make limited edition silk screen art prints on paper with original artwork from young, emerging artists from around the world."
Dangerfork prints are all hand made, and they have a high degree of attention to detail. Having witnessed the quality of them first hand across a variety of spaces, from the Ed Bechervaise prints to the screen printed wood pieces at last weeks Makatron show, there is no question; Dangerfork are upping the standard.
In light of all this, and to give you a chance to peruse their output yourselves and get a glimpse of what they’ve been up to, as well as the direction they’re heading in, they’ll be setting up a popup store in Collingwood early next month. Not only that, though, but they’ll also be putting on and hosting two feature exhibitions in late November and early December – and we’ll have more info on those a little later.
So get down, and check this shit out – you wont be disappointed; we’re betting that you’ll probably walk away with something to frame and put up on your wall after you’ve visited …
Who: We’ve seen prints from Dangerfork featuring artists such as Roach, Mayo, Ed "Unwell Bunny" Bechervaise, DVATE, Shem, Jors, Makatron and others – and there will be many more! What: Dangerfork Popup Print Shop Where: 143 Johnston St, Collingwood When: Official shop opening on Saturday November 5th from 10am til 5pm
This Thursday, our mate Cleo Barnett brings in the seventh installment of First Thursdays and the last for this year, a Seattle based event brought to Auckland’s K Road and the surrounding areas.
“First Thursdays aims to connect people with each other through ideas, art and music. By bringing creative people together, First Thursdays will contribute to Auckland’s flourishing art scene and the local, eclectic culture of K Road.
This time around First Thursdays will be showcasing live painting, a number of art exhibitions, live music, circus performance and some rad installations across multiple venues as well as our ever growing handmade craft market, a music market, a jade carving workshop, a screen printing workshop, a fashion show, large scale projections, plus a few surprises too. We won’t spoil all the fun :) Keep your eye out for volunteers that will be passing out event programmes and maps on the night. “
If you are on the north island tomorrow please head on down to K Road and checkit out, looks to be another cool NZ artistic event!
Who: Cleo Barnett, Kim Newall, Steven Kinsler, Elise Serback, Creative Collation, Paul Walsh, Otautahi Tattoo, Emmaline Bailey, Alphabet City, Glenn Jowitt and more. What: First Thursdays – Art Event Where: Karanghape Rd Auckland New Zealand When: Thursday 6th October 2011
“Drawing on techniques as varied as tattoo art, screen printing, graffiti and traditional mediums, four of Australia’s freshest emerging visual creatives have flocked together to bring you Twitching, an exhibition on the beautiful and bizarre of the feathered world.”
So come on now … Lets Twitch!
Who: Alex Louisa, Bec Winnel, Ken Taylor and Steve Cross What: Twitching – Group Show Where: Rancho Notorious Upstairs 361 Lt Lonsdale St, Melbourne When: Opening night Wednesday 28th September 6-9pm. Show runs til 10th October 10
Safe House studios in Richmond is opening their doors this September, with their first exhibition, of which we are sure there will be many more to come. This wonderful creative collective is comprised of a slew of artists and businesses, who will all be combining various talents that cross the breadth of expression.
Having their hands in such interests as; Design, Web Design, Animation, Guerilla Marketing, Branding, Photography, Fine Art, Illustration, Exhibitions, Product Launches, Product Promotions, Exhibition Curation, Furniture Design, Signage, Shop Fit-Outs, Fine Art Murals, Graffiti Murals, Graffiti Management, Printing, Fine Art Printing, Screen-Printing and more, and with such names as Cam Scale, Dangerfork, DJW Creative, Graffix Creative, It Stands Out, NV Communication, SDM Crew and Some Will Suffer in the mix makes this a new power-house studio that will be sure to embrace the trials and triumphs of the artistic and commercial world.
"SafeHouse was formed by a group of creative people that all have their own ambitions, knowledge, history and credibility in their respective creative fields and through their artwork. The SafeHouse is a sanctuary based in Richmond and created for & by various urban designers & artists that have chosen to infuse their skill sets & work together for a greater creative community based calling.Exhibiting over the weekend of 9/9/11 till the 11/9/11 at the SafeHouse studio will be a collection of varied artworks using various mediums and themes. Put together by the individual creatives that make up SafeHouse studio, this show is designed to showcase the studio talents and the creative and artistic minded people behind the studio as a collective."
Who: Cam Scale, Dangerfork, DJW Creative,Graffix Creative, It Stands Out, NV Communication, SDM Crew and Some Will Suffer What: Safe House – Opening Exhibition Where: The SafeHouse Studio & Gallery – 67 North Street, Richmond, Victoria, Melbourne, 3121 When: Opening night Friday, 9th September 6-9pm. Show runs til Sunday 11th September
The last time we saw some of Lazerfists work was back in Fit To Print at xmas last year, so when we heard through the grapevine that he would be the next artist up at RTIST Gallery our interest was pretty well piqued. "Real Rain" looks set to bring a whole new legion of fans to Lazerfists work, and, as the first solo show from the artist, it reeks of street savvy, eclectic cool.
Sweet illustration, design and a skate/hiphop ethos combine in this show to give you icons and images that would be at home in any of your imaginations. We love the work we have seen on his tumblr and website, and we think you will as well! More than worth a trip to the 3181 for anyone in Melbourne!
Who: Lazerfist What: Real Rain solo show Where: RTIST Gallery & Cafe, 29 St Edmonds road, Prahran, Melbourne, VIC When: Show opens Friday 26th August, from 6pm til 9pm, and runs til Sunday 11th September
The guys at Red Octopus have been good friends of ours for, jesus, twenty years or so, since our days of kickin it back in the ‘ol FNQ. Over the last few years we’ve seen the grassroots business that they started up turn into something really, really damned cool, and we’re really proud of them! These guys are a great example of what a bunch of artists can accomplish with a love of printing, and we’re always been huge supporters of them.
So, when they asked if we could put up some news about their competition, well, hell yeah – because we love supporting this kind of thing, it looks really cool, and, we reckon one of you artists reading this stands an awesome chance of winning it. In return for winning, you get yourself 30 of your own shirts with your own design – all they want is your entries, and to help you get your work onto them.
“We love screen printing great designs!
To help a few more artists / designers get their works on display and onto shirts we’re having a T-SHIRT DESIGN COMPETITION! It’s so easy. Any subject matter (non commercial, see details) . The winners get 30 shirts of their own design printed (over $500 value), to sell or give away however they like.
2 x 1st prizes – Public Choice (Facebook voting) & Judges Choice. All entries will be posted in a gallery on the Red Octopus Facebook page, with artist’s name (& website link if they like). Come ‘Like’ our page to receive competition updates. Vote on your favourite designs for a chance to win some t-shirts.
Another week, a few more videos … we have some spare time today (which has been in short supply!) so making sure we get this one out – apologies for the lack of posts etc this week iInterviews and Friday wraps have been casualties!), its been a hell busy one … in the meantime, enjoy these moving picture snapshots from across OZ …
Of course, this weeks pick of the bunch is the latest Zonk Vision piece, that you may have already seen – hot off the tail of some Hurling Son controversy, this is the latest in a slew of recent videos – we’re totally loving all the stuff that zonk are doing atm!
Next up is a great video from The Tooth, showing him putting together his latest two screen prints – a great process piece, and some great artwork – go buy a print here, they’re limited so grab one soon!
This one is a time lapse image from Neils “Nails” Oeltjen of his setup at the Space Invaders show at the NGA in Canberra (bit of static on this one, but the lapse is cool).
Another week, a few more videos … we have some spare time today (which has been in short supply!) so making sure we get this one out – apologies for the lack of posts etc this week iInterviews and Friday wraps have been casualties!), its been a hell busy one … in the meantime, enjoy these moving picture snapshots from across OZ …
Of course, this weeks pick of the bunch is the latest Zonk Vision piece, that you may have already seen – hot off the tail of some Hurling Son controversy, this is the latest in a slew of recent videos – we’re totally loving all the stuff that zonk are doing atm!
Next up is a great video from The Tooth, showing him putting together his latest two screen prints – a great process piece, and some great artwork – go buy a print here, they’re limited so grab one soon!
… this is last one is another “Melbourne” street art video that has some cool walls and such, my advice though? Mute the sound … unless you have a glow stick handy and wish to wield it!
A huge plethora and a bit of a whose who of artists from across Melbourne, all condensed into an amazing display of prints that you can meander through, purchase and put up on your walls. This is the upcoming print exhibition, Fit To Print, from No Vacancy, and we’re looking forward to checking it out – the show itself will include a whole bunch of print making demonstrations on the weekends as well, in the QV square.
“This December, No Vacancy Gallery and QV Melbourne present FIT TO PRINT a one-off exhibition and weekend printmaking demonstrations to be held in QV Square that showcase Australia’s finest emerged and emerging printmaking artists. In total more than 40 artists’ will present different print techniques and processes including – Screen- Printing, Linocut Printing and Gocco Printing – with featured works making for the perfect gift this Christmas.”
Who: Adriana Bernardo, Andrea Innocent, Ann Gee Neo, Aramas Ridge, Belinda Kemp, Ben Carollo, Bonsai, Beastman, Brooke Williams,Caitlin Sherwood, Cat Rabbit, Cat Macinnes, Catherine Campbell, Charotte Lance, Cougar Flashy, Edouard Mouy, Elise Hurst, Emma Leonard, Eugenia Tsimiklis, Eveline Tarunadjaja, Fee Harding aka Burntfeather, Gary Seaman, Gemma Jones, George Whelan, ghostpatrol, Glen Smith, Hayley O’Connor, Heesco, Jake Stollery, Jennifer Cossins aka Red Parka, Jeremy Ley, Jessica Tremp, Jessica Charlotte, Jessica McCausland, Joel Zika, Kaitlin Beckett, Katherine Hepworth, Katie Houghton-Ward, Katja Mouvlin, Keren Dobia, Lashna Tuschewski, Lauz Rigbye, Lazerfist, Leif Podhajsky, Leigh Rubin, Liesl Pfeffer, Mark Silipo, Max Plumley, Michael Fikaris, Michael Hawkins, Miso, Natasha Sim, Nathaniel Kiwi, Niels Oeljten, Noah Seldom, Raph Banks, Ria Green,Robot Academy, Ruby Aitken, Sally Shand aka Ragdoll Illustrations, Sarah Mair, Sarah Hankinson, Scizzorface, Sera Hocquard,Simon Attwooll, Steph Pryor, Sylvia Jeffriess, Tom Vincent, Toni-Anne Dowd, TWOONE, Vidad Narayan What: Fit To Print – No Vacancy Print Exhibition Where: No Vacancy GAllery, Jane Bell lane, QV, Melbourne – and the QV square on Sundays. When: Show opens Thursday December 9 and runs til to December 23
Demonstration info:
On Saturday December 11, QV Square will host an interactive Screen-printing Demonstration. Exhibitors from the FIT TO PRINT exhibition will demonstrate the screen-printing process in a marquee in QV Square. Screen-printing pushes inks through a blocked out stencil imposed on fine woven mesh to create a sharp clean image onto a chosen material such fabric and paper. Works of art will be on sale and are priced from $20 to $200. (See image from Robot Academy).
Sunday December 12, QV Square will host an interactive Linocut Printing Demonstration. Exhibitors from the FIT TO PRINT exhibition will demonstrate the linocut process in a marquee in QV Square. Linocut is a printmaking technique where a design is cut into the linoleum surface with the raised (uncarved) areas representing a reversal (mirror image) of the parts to show printed. The linoleum sheet is inked with a roller and then impressed onto paper or fabric. Works of art will be on sale and are priced from $20 to $200.
Saturday December 18, QV Square will host an interactive Gocco Printing Demonstration. Exhibitors from the FIT TO PRINT exhibition will demonstrate the Gocco printing process in QV Square. Gocco printing uses the exposure of flash bulbs to thermally transfer an image onto a screen where inks are then pushed through to leave the stenciled design on a chosen material. Again, works of art will be on sale and are priced from $20 to $200
I posted a fairly generic notice about this some time ago, but now that the festival is upon us its time to post again, this time with a little more detail. Sweet Streets is the new incarnation of the Melbourne Stencil Festival, reinvented by a new committee to traverse and cover all aspects of the street and urban art scene here in Victoria.
The guys and girls at the festival have been working hard to get everything running, and they have some pretty amazing things lined up for everyone, and just looking over it I’m really impressed by the variety, creativity and effort that has been put into it all!
The festival runs from the 8th to the 24th of October, and is really jam packed with what looks like an event for pretty much everyone, and it will be run over a variety of venues, so, heres the kinda really rough guide …
Sweet Streets Festival Opening
October 8th, 6pm @ 1000 Pound Bend – 361 Ltl Lonsdale St,, Melbourne, Australia, 3065
The night to begin what is sure to be an amazing two weeks, and as the release says:
“It’s your first chance to see the works in the award show, as well as find out the winners of this years prizes. You can also grab a festival program on the night to find out what other events you can get involved with! (events are also posted on the Sweet Streets website)
The night starts at 6pm, with live performance by Great Earthquake and guest artist. Speeches and formal announcements will happen around 7pm. Then lets all kick back and party the night away with Dj Mike Zun!
This is a free event and perfect way to spend your friday night. So come on down and bring your friends to celebrate the opening of Melbourne’s street art event of the year!”
Theres an e-invite here on the Sweet Streets website, so download it and send it to all your mates.
Street Art Workshops & Master Classes
Undoubtedly the heart of the festival are the artist run education sessions that will be running over the two weeks that the festival will run for. A huge range of artists, designers and street art aficionados have pooled together with the Sweet Streets festival to play host to a wide range of workshops and master classes for anyone interested in finding out more about street art, or just to learn new techniques. There is everything from street art classes for secondary teachers, to stencils workshops, character design, yarnbombing and urban sculpture.
For a complete list of all the festival workshops you can be a part of, and to book your attendance, check out this link.
Festival Film Night
1000 Pound Bend – Thursday 14th October 7:30pm – Tickets $7 (+online booking fee)
Mark Holsworth, secretary of the Festival, well known for his impressive and often street-art supportive blogs, Melbourne Art & Culture Critic, has put together a cool night of street art short films “featuring four fresh short films about street art and by street artists – three of these films will be having their premiere screening.”
For more details on which films will be screening, check out this link – his selection looks pretty slick.
Sweet Streets at the BSG
Brunswick Street Gallery – October 13th @ 6pm – 322 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy – show runs til October 21st
The Brunswick Street Gallery in Fitzroy will also be playing host to an exhibition featuring artists from both sides of the Tasman during the festival, with a great range of talent such asl Cracked Ink (NZ) , Cinzah Seeyakem (NZ) , Liam Moore (NZ), PNTR (NZ),Rhys Burnie, Nate Gamble, Deb , Jo Waite, Megan Dell , Bados Earthling, Heesco and KA’ …
“Through a small bookshop, squashed between two kebab shops, and up some narrow stairs, you will find the hidden gem that isthe Sweet Streets at BSG exhibition.
Finding the place may be tricky, but it is worth the effort as Brunswick Street Gallery and the Sweet Streets Festival presents an amazing show of urban and street artists from Australia and New Zealand during the Sweet Streets Festival (8-21 october).
This cross-Tasman show will feature artists working in comic illustration, stencil, free-hand graffiti, screen-printing, mixed media, and painting.”
October 24, 2010 @ 6:00 pm - 1000 Pound Bend – 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne, Australia, 3000
Closing off the festival will be a great fundraising auction, where a bunch of the artwork from the awards ceremony as well as some other unique items will be auctioned off to help fund the future of the festival, as well as charity.
“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, the Award Show murals by well-known local artists including Deb and Drewfunk, and a range of unique works created especially for the Charity Auction, by local and visiting artists, through the facilitation of the Collingwood Underground Artists hub – active throughout the three weeks of the festival.”
Check out the link to the event here.
So, thats the very brief kinda rough guide to the festival – but there is so, so much more detail that I haven’t covered, so make sure you check out these links:
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