If your lucky enough to be in Byron Bay tommorow, Beastman is painting live at Art Park.
Wishing we were there!

Urban Scrawl at Melbourne City Library features awesome illustrations, paintings, and drawings by Kaff-eine & Precious Little, and photography by Tigtab & Blacklodge. All the works in this show look so good as a whole, and we cant wait to see more from this group of artists.

Urban Scrawl
By Kaff-eine, Tigtab, Blacklodge, and Precious Little
Melbourne City Library
16 – 29 January 2012
9am till 5pm

Pieter Janssen’s (Parra) work has always been an inpiration – especially his youthful typography and his distinct characters. This collaboration with Pendleton Woolen Mills and Arkitip has definitely brought my inner child and my wallet.

This 64 x 90 inch woolen carpet is a limited edition of just 125 prized pieces. Get a hold of it from Arkitip.com for just US$410.

We’re on the ball today. If you’re reading this now and like what you see, there’s still a whole hour to get down to Rtist gallery to check out the Marvel street art event and exhibition. While we were expecting the usual Rtist crowd, this event was a more family-friendly afternoon bonanza. It was great seeing all the young kids getting some early exposure to two of Melbourne’s graff talents; Shem and Sirum1. The battle is raging on with what could be a rad Captain America and Iron Man installtion/mural to promote the upcoming Avengers movie. Winners will be announced at 5 today – stay tuned!

Another great component to the Marvel event was the inside exhibition showcasing work by David Yardin. That man does some amazing work with pen and pencil. We’re lovin his Marvel babes. It’s a definite must-see – even if you’re not a fan of Marvel. Though really, who isn’t.

Marvel Exhibition
by David Yardin
Rtist Gallery
14 – 21 January 2012

Christmas. NYE. Heatwave. We’ve been all around town lately and now we’re ready to get back into the art-a-happenings in Melbourne. To kick it off, we’re looking forward to the Marvel event and exhibition at our favourite Rtist gallery in Prahran. Featuring some rad artists like Sirum1 and Shem and few our of beloved Marvel heroes (Captain America ftw) we figure it’s gonna be a great night. And plus, who wouldn’t want a little warm up the The Avengers movie.

Marvel street art event & exhibition
Rtist Gallery
14 – 21 January 2012
Opening event on 14 January from 2-5pm

This 2011 YGAP Photo for Freedom project is a photographic study of daily life and work around the remote Lake Volta region in Ghana. The project aim is to raise public awareness of child slavery and raise funds to contribute to anti-trafficking work. Children as young as three years old are being sold by their relatives into the world of slavery.

See award-winning images created by Melbourne based Australian photographer, Tom Goldner. Proceeds raised will go directly to the communities affected.

YGAP
12-14 Grey St, St Kilda
Photo For Freedom
Opening 3 February
Runs till 16 February 2012
Wednesday – Sunday 12PM-7PM

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This busy week is coming to a close as we settle back into our Melbourne roots. To top of Sydney week on 6YL we bring your our top 3 picks for FBi radios’ SMAC Awards.

The SMACS are this city’s truly interesting annual awards, given to the artists, musos, venues, promoters, creators and culture makers who keep Sydney’s creative heart beating. The SMACS exist to award originality, creativity and innovation: to celebrate the leaders, thinkers and doers of our town.

1. Best Visual Artist

We’re giving props to Daniel O’Toole aka Ears. While we’ve seen his work in Melbourne, he just seems to be on every street on Sydney and, it’s not hard to understand why. Ears combines his art school learning with street art smarts to develop a uniquely-Ears body of work, which he describes as, “loose abstracted portrait style that plays with lyrical line work and bold colours.”

We’ve picked Ears because of the balance he’s managed to maintain in terms of his style and the accessibility of his work. People can view it on the streets AND buy it from a gallery. It’s a win/win situation.

2. Best Art Event

Standout nominees (maybe just because they were familiar to us) were the Outpost Project and Secret Wars. However, I think for us it had to be Outpost hands down. While Secret Wars is an undoubtedly fantastic event that always showcases great talent and is a rad night out, Outpost is definitely a one-of-a-kind event. Unique to anything else in the Australian arts and culture scene it has drawn thousands through its gates.

Not only is this the festival that brought Banksy to Sydney, its line up features pretty much anyone who’s anyone in Australian street art. While you’d think it’d require more than a little trust to turn Cockatoo Island and its heritage listed buildings over to a bunch of people who get their kicks from drawing on walls, we guess this just shows how far the street art scene has come, and the ability of its members to stick together. The result is a transformation of the historic island as never seen before. 

I mean really, who else has taken over an entire island to showcase some good ol’ Australian vandals talent?

3. Best Collective

It’s no doubt that music is a big influence in our day-to-day lives with artists and musos regularly vibing off each others talents to continue creating their respective masterpieces. This is why we’ve picked, ‘Big Village‘ for repping some of Sydney’s best Oz Hip Hop talents. If our ears are happy, our hands our happy. And with happy hands comes some happy painting… amongst other things.

You’ve heard us out. Now it’s your turn. Head to the SMAC Awards website to have a look at all the other fantastic nominees and put in your votes! *cough* Ears, Outpost, Big Village *cough cough*