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Deadline for Australian Stencil Art Prize is Sun Aug 1

Column: News | Date Published: Wednesday, 21 July 10 | Author: Julia Winterflood | | 1 year, 6 months ago

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Stencil it In

The deadline for entries for the Australian Stencil Art Prize is Sunday August 1, with the winner receiving $2K. This year the good folk at ASAP have teamed up with the cool cats at Avant Card, who will select one finalist’s stencil to win a national print run of 20,000 cards. That’s an enormous amount of exposure. ASAP is open to Australians 15 years or older, and aims to recognise and reward stencil artists and to provide recognition for stencil art as an art form in its own right. Damn straight. Details on how to enter are at http://www.australianstencilartprize.com.

	Killing Birds and JW Sparrow & The Miner Birds split tape launch @ The Phoenix Pub on Wed Aug 25: Killing Two Birds With One Tape Killing Birds and JW Sparrow & The Miner Birds embark on a Birds Love Fighting Records released limited edition split tape, collaborating with local artist and zine man Steven Pennington. JW Sparrow & The Miner Birds pays his way to the psychedelic. There are three tracks from Mr Sparrow on the cassette including crowd favourite Why Why, as well as unheard instrumental material only found on this release. Killing Birds stage dive onto the tape with a tight set of four grunge tracks, including their live favourites Plume and Cold Vein. The tape will be launched at The Phoenix Pub on Wednesday August 25.
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	Strangeways @ Transit on Fri Jul 23: Splendour Bender Missed out on Splendour tix? Fear not, for Strangeways DJs are back to dry your eyes and fill that deafening silence with their second annual Splendour in the (Transit) Bar; a night of music that resonates, celebrates and commiserates those who missed out! There’ll be drunkards stumbling around, questionable pashes under the big top and an astro turf covered floor that dreams are made of. Get in early, get in free and bask in the splendour that is Strangeways on Friday July 23.
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	Entries close Fri Sep 17 for Screen It: Give Them the Flick Want to be the next big director, animator or game developer? Screen It is a great way to test your creative and research skills and showcase them on a national scale. The comp, run by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, is open to school-aged students enrolled in primary and secondary school. This year’s theme is The Environment. Who Cares? To enter, visit acmi.net.au/screenit. Entries close Friday September 17.
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	Dose hits Mercury Bar on Fri Aug 6.: Get a Dose of This In 2007, New Zealand based D&B DJ/producer Dose burst onto the international D&B scene with a string of well received releases. Now, three years and over 25 international releases later, Dose is fast proving himself as not only one of New Zealand’s leading solo D&B artists but one of the rising stars of the D&B scene world wide. He’s hitting Mercury Bar on Friday August 6.
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	Local artists for sale at Cardboard Charlie: Charlie and the Record Factory Ever caught a ripping set by a local band and wanted to drop your hard earned on their discs at the end, only to find you’ve barely enough for a pint? Well good news, as local outfit Cardboard Charlie are on the case. They’ve got a sizeable swag of local artists’ records (44 in total) for sale on their site, cardboardcharlie.com, with more being added every day. Cardboard Charlie is dedicated to supporting independent music and arts, both local and national, through promotion, production, networking and retail. They’re the ones behind our beloved Phoenix Bootlegs; that alone deserves massive props.
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	Under the Great Northern Lights @ Arc Cinema Sat Jul 31, 7pm: Red, White and Striped White Stripes fan? If so you’ve probably already seen Emmett Malloy’s rock doc Under the Great Northern Lights. But have you had your eyeballs blown away by Jack and Meg on the big screen? The wonderful folk at Arc Cinema at the National Film and Sound Archive are screening the film as part of their Sounds on Site series. The doc follows Jack and Meg on their 2007 tour of Canada and also catches the free side shows they play across the country. If you’re feeling down about missing Splendour, then what better away to blast away those blues in the beautiful cinema that is Arc? Saturday July 31, 7pm.
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