smARTarts 2010
Youth Arts & Cultural Festival
Saturday 17 April 2010
12:30pm - 6:30pm
TOTALLY FREE! TOTALLY AWESOME!
Pine Street Creative Arts Centre, 64 Pine Street,
& Peace Park , Chippendale
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FESTIVAL DAY!
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Join us for the City Of Sydney’s annual youth event, smARTarts Festival! smARTarts is an annual youth arts & cultural festival showcasing the creative talent and initiatives of young people aged 15 - 26, as part of National Youth Week. smARTarts 2010 is set to be an awesome arts, music & culture event - and entry is FREE!
The 2010 festival will again feature live music, acoustic acts, poetry, & roving street performers.
Learn new skills at fantastic free art workshops. Join in with painting the giant collaborative box wall or get involved in the interactive art activities!
See Youtube vid made by one of the 2009 smARTarts volunteers (Robert) here: Youtube
To find out more, contact Christie on 9245 1503 or email: ctorrington@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
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YOUTH ART EXHIBITION
Wednesday 7 April - Friday 30 April
Opening night: Wednesday 7 April 6:30pm – 8:30pm
@ Pine Street, First Floor Gallery
Prior to the big smARTarts festival day on the 17 April, you can celebrate Youth Week 2010 by joining us at the smARTarts youth art exhibition opening launch!
The exhibition showcases the best of our local emerging artists. Come & meet the artists & pick up some affordable art! All proceeds go to artists, no commissions charged.
For more info about the smARTarts Festival, click here!
Or contact contact Christie or Tamara on: 9245 1503 or email: torrington@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au |
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ART EXHIBITION PRIZES INFO BELOW
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What is smARTarts all about?
smARTarts is an annual youth arts & cultural festival showcasing creative talent and initiatives in the City Of Sydney.
smARTarts is held as part of National Youth Week to showcase youth creative talents in the area of visual arts, performance arts and music. The festival will bring together an eclectic mix of live music, dance & roaming performances, a design-art market, art exhibition, free creative & environmental workshops and our ‘Start the Spark’ artists forum.
smARTarts is an arts event held for young people by young people, with up 40 volunteers involved in organising the festival. We want YOU to be part of smARTarts! Dealing with life means young people have few chances to ignite their creative fires. Each year we call out for 16 - 26 year olds wanting to hit the ground running and become volunteer event coordinators and help other young people like yourself.
This is a genuine opportunity to get real hands on experience in coordinating an amazing & fun event for young people. Concerned about not having enough experience? Don’t Worry! There will be mentors & qualified staff to guide & assist you along the way. If you are interested in PR, advertising, events planning & management, stage management, web design, art, music, photography or film, then smARTarts is for you! |
The aims & objectives of smARTarts are:
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To showcase the diverse creative talents of young people in Sydney
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To provide a forum for young people to express themselves and inspire each other through creative mediums.
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To provide an opportunity for young creative people to collaborate on artistic projects
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To celebrate the nature, diversity and vibrancy of 'youth'.
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To assist young people to form networks & industry contacts in the arts, entertainment, and events industries.
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To provide a culturally enriching youth festival that engages young people and provides them with creative opportunities & exposure to new artistic pursuits
smARTarts is a quality youth arts experience, the event aims to provide exposure for young & emerging artists, performers and events coordinators. smARTarts provides a truly unique festival experience for:
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Volunteer festival coordinators who learn about events management, administration, sponsorship, funding and staging.
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Emerging Artists who gain exhibition experience as well as art, design, web design, promotion & marketing skills. They gain valuable exposure through exhibition of artwork, live performances, & workshops. smARTarts also receives impressive of media coverage, with over 30 newspaper articles and a channel 7 weather cross showcasing smARTarts talent in 2007.
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Young people with a great creative idea – this is your chance to get it out there!
Underlying this is a commitment to develop arts practices amongst young people and encourage them to address issues important to young people via these practices in a positive, constructive way. Core to the event are concepts of 'arts & youth, diversity & community'.
Importantly, smARTarts is not just a one day event:
Planning begins in November/December and continues right up until the event day. Over 50 young people work on the event management component of the festival, as well as being involved in different arts programs to produce works specifically for the festival day. Arts programs run in conjunction with the festival will differ each year – these have included workshops in banner production, t -shirt production, stencilling, silver jewellery, giant puppet making, photography, video production, graphic design, printmaking and more!
This group of volunteers forms the smARTarts Collective, which is at the core of youth involvement at Pine Street Creative Arts Centre. This core group of young people coordinate, promote and implement the development and execution of the festival, making it a dynamic youth event! These young coordinators and creative folk are also responsible for scouting, managing & producing a variety of artworks and performances for the event.
smARTarts aims to provide a framework for professional development in event and arts management across a variety of practices, making it a unique and diverse youth arts phenomenon.
To jump on board or find out more, contact Christie or Tamara on: 9245 1503 or email:
ctorrington@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
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