A free-for-all art orgy where arty types of all description; craftsters, sculptors, painters, jewellers, designers, sewers & hipsters get to improvise creations from the art & craft supplies we throw their way, with the chance to win great prizes.

FREE!

Sunday Nov. 23rd midday-4pm

Dodds st. VCA city

(Bicycle Film Festival street party) 

Craft Cartel is proud to be supporting this summer's inaugural event with a special bike-themed jam at the Bicycle Film Festival street party featuring one of Australia’s original cyber artists, Troy Innocent.

Equal parts Iron Chef, daggy reality TV talent quest & farty arty gallery opening the ‘competition’ is more tongue in cheek than cut-throat and the atmosphere is relaxed & conducive to play. Having said that, the output at previous live Art Jams has been of an impressive standard, though thankfully not without a few delightfully crappy works.
Each Art Jam event is held over several hours, culminating in a twenty minute judging session. Basically, we throw a pile of art supplies and weird and wonderful materials at punters to play with - if they want to be in the running to win prizes they must use a ‘secret ingredient’ in their masterpiece. Ingredients thus far have included condoms, novelty toothpicks and sporks (for the uncultured that is a cross between a spoon and a fork). The ingredient can form part of the artwork, be represented in the work or actually used as a tool to help create it.
A guest artist of fame, infamy or great talent is present to empart their wisdom and give tips and a demo to contestents.
A countdown is given as time runs out, with Mzzz Tasmania building the excitement to an inflated Melbourne-Cup-like frenzy - with artists being warned to step away from the artwork when the final buzzer sounds.
Three highly esteemed and completely faultless judges (including the guest artist) peruse the completed works and select a shortlist for the big prizes.
The shortlisted artworks are presented to the audience by Mzzz Tassie and artists are grilled by the judges.
Judges award 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes.
Contestants also get to vote for their favourite 2 art works (of course, their own is clearly the best!) Thus deciding the winner of the People’s Choice.