Closes on 30 Jul 2009
We've all seen those marvellous drawings in the city and shopping centres and wondered how much better could it get - well, if you go to Darling Harbour during the competition you can see for yourself the best of the best. If you're one of these talented street artists, able to get to Sydney and over 18 then an application is a must.
We're looking for diversity in styles, i.e. traditional, contemporary, indigenous, anamorphic perspective, graffiti art and more. WE ONLY ASK THAT YOU WORK IN CHALK!
Up to 40 artists will be selected to compete, each will be assigned a pavement space of approximately 2m x 3m on which to work for the following 4 days. Each artist will be provided with a starter kit by Faber Castell.
Chalk Urban Art Festival now includes an urban music program, street theatre, graffiti workshops, spoken word / performance poetry, a wearable art showcase & urban fashion parade, food stalls and art workshops.
Pavement art has a long history in Europe dating back to the middle ages in Italy where artists used the pavement as their canvas and chalk as their medium to transform streets and sidewalks into beautiful works of art. Still hugely popular today, there are dozens of festivals and competitions held across North America & Europe each year attracting hundreds of thousands of people.
Prizes
Champion Pavement Artist
- $5000 cash
- 1 Magnificent Wood Case with 100 pastels
- 1 Magnificent Art & Graphic Collection
- PITT Artists Case (11 29 70)
- Faber-Castell Art & Graphic, Playing & Learning, General Writing & Marking brochures
Highly Commended
- $1000 cash
- 1 Magnificent Wood Case with 100 pastels
- 1 Tin of 36 pencils of polychromos pencils
- Faber-Castell Art & Graphic, Playing & Learning, General Writing & Marking brochures
People's Choice
- $1000 cash
- 1 Magnificent Wood Case with 100 pastels
- 1 Tin of 36 Pitt Pastel Colour Pencils
- 1 Tin of 36 watercolour pencils
- 1 Tin of 36 pencils of polychromos pencils
- Faber-Castell Art & Graphic, Playing & Learning, General Writing & Marking brochures
Venue: Darling Harbour, Sydney.
Contacts: The Festival Organiser by phone on 02 9280 1443 or email chalkenquiry@zestevents.com.au