street art experience
Difficulty: All levels | OPEN FOR ALL
Duration: 1.5 hours
Classes run every fortnight
Cost: $79 pp.
STREET ART EXPERIENCE
Duration: 1.5hrs
Our STREET ART EXPERIENCE operates fortnightly and is open to everyone who has an interest in learning more about Melbourne's underground creative cultures.
The session starts with a VIP studio tour of the famous Blender Studios. You will be shown around the labyrinth of art spaces that is home to 30 different artists across a variety of mediums - including street artists and graffiti artists. The Blender Studios has operated alongside the street art movement in Melbourne for over 17 years. Exploring the studios offers an authentic insight into the lives and practices of Melbourne's artists.
After some light refreshments, the group will then get a spraypainting demonstration from one of our Blender artists in our private street art laneway. The group will be shown how to spraypaint stencils as well as a variety of different basic spraypainting techniques. Everyone will then get the chance to paint their own piece of street art onto a canvas, using stencils from our stencil library.
Workshop Outcome
Every guest will get an understanding of and insight into Melbourne's street art scene. Every guest will get to take their own spray painted artwork home.
What is Included
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VIP Studio Tour with Adrian Doyle or another Blender artist
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Street Art demonstration
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45 minute pre-cut stencil workshop and all materials
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Refreshments at the studio
Where
All classes will be held at the famous Blender Studios located at 33-35 Dudley Street, West Melbourne.
Group Size
Min. of 3 and Max. 15 people in the group.
What to bring
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A camera if you want to take photos.
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Remember you will be doing some hands on spray painting, maybe leave that white cashmere sweater at home.
All the art in the studios is available for sale and sales go directly to the artist.
Cost
$79 per person
Includes all materials and light refreshments.
Minimum age of 10 years.
Meet Doyle
Doyle set up Blender 17 years ago as a young punk on the dole. Now he is the director of a number of different creative arts projects including the Melbourne Street Tours, Dark Horse Experiment Gallery and the Blender Studios. Doyle is also a fine artist who has shown nationally and has works in a number of collections across the country.