simona
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organising a street art festival, by simona on Apr 26, 2018 21:02:25 GMT 1, Hi,
I live in Ipswich and for a town of its size it has almost no quality street art. I've been a long time admirer of the various festivals that happen in different places and was wondering how best to go about organising one.
I'll need;
Walls,
Artists,
Permissions,
Anyone had any experience in pitching stuff like this to councils, wall owners, and what costs are involved etc?
Sorry if this a all a bit vague, but it difficult to know where to start.
Cheers!
Hi,
I live in Ipswich and for a town of its size it has almost no quality street art. I've been a long time admirer of the various festivals that happen in different places and was wondering how best to go about organising one.
I'll need;
Walls,
Artists,
Permissions,
Anyone had any experience in pitching stuff like this to councils, wall owners, and what costs are involved etc?
Sorry if this a all a bit vague, but it difficult to know where to start.
Cheers!
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galaxy01
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organising a street art festival, by galaxy01 on Apr 28, 2018 7:18:11 GMT 1, It might be on a different scale, but I believe Upfest costs around 100,000 to run. That covers renting a few places for shop space, artist sign up, part of a football stadium, road closures, licenses etc...
They get a lot of money from a community pot that businesses in the local area put money into to help increase footfall in the area. They then crowdfund 20k a year to cover paying for other bits like giving all artists 6 cans of paint each.
There is costs in there also for hiring metal fencing for attaching boards to, getting music and entertainment in place etc..
Then you need 50 volunteers to help keep an eye out and support visitors and artists.
But, as I say, that's the big one
If you just use walls then it wont be anywhere near as big, you would need to ask the local community if you can paint their walls, not all walls are owned by council if it is the side of a building. But I would say certainly the council need to know in case they feel road closures are needed to keep things safe.
You may find there is a local community committee or something who will be able to help out and get the contacts you need.
It might be on a different scale, but I believe Upfest costs around 100,000 to run. That covers renting a few places for shop space, artist sign up, part of a football stadium, road closures, licenses etc...
They get a lot of money from a community pot that businesses in the local area put money into to help increase footfall in the area. They then crowdfund 20k a year to cover paying for other bits like giving all artists 6 cans of paint each.
There is costs in there also for hiring metal fencing for attaching boards to, getting music and entertainment in place etc..
Then you need 50 volunteers to help keep an eye out and support visitors and artists.
But, as I say, that's the big one
If you just use walls then it wont be anywhere near as big, you would need to ask the local community if you can paint their walls, not all walls are owned by council if it is the side of a building. But I would say certainly the council need to know in case they feel road closures are needed to keep things safe.
You may find there is a local community committee or something who will be able to help out and get the contacts you need.
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moron
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organising a street art festival, by moron on Apr 28, 2018 19:45:45 GMT 1, I think Banksy got some arts council or similar funding at one stage. I don't know how fast local councils move when granting permission.
There seem to be plenty of abandoned buildings in the area.
abandonedsuffolk.wordpress.com/
I think Banksy got some arts council or similar funding at one stage. I don't know how fast local councils move when granting permission. There seem to be plenty of abandoned buildings in the area. abandonedsuffolk.wordpress.com/ |
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simona
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organising a street art festival, by simona on Apr 29, 2018 17:47:01 GMT 1, Thanks for the this, its all really useful. I'm going to have a chat with some community groups and see where we go 
Thanks for the this, its all really useful. I'm going to have a chat with some community groups and see where we go |
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bustart
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organising a street art festival, by bustart on Apr 30, 2018 10:37:16 GMT 1, first thing you need is a team you cant do this on your own (you can if you make it super small)
then you need walls with the permission, best is to ask the owner of the wall if he likes to chip in some money. a fresh painted wall is also a new protection layer for the space try to sell it like this.
if you have the walls you will find the artists, ask the artist to make a mock up of the building with theyr art. important tell the artist that you still look for funds at this point.
with the mock up of the walls and the names of the artists you can start your hunt for funds and sponsors.
the most important thing is a proper concept of the whole event make sure to write down who will benefit from this project.
here some input, try to get a hotel to paint and ask for free rooms in return for the artists, paint a food place or set up a livepainting there and ask for food for the opening and the artists, free drinks are easy to get a sponsoring for, ask lokal paint stores to sponsor the wall paint, ask the artists if they have allready relationships with spraycan producers befor you ask them. ( make sure you get proper cans not amsterdam paint or something)
and rule number one of every event is: take care of the artists! artist come to your town spend a lot of time for painting a nice wall for your comunity. it is super important to treat the artist nice. i was painting on manny event where all the sponsors and foodtrucks came first and the organisations did not really care about the artists.
first thing you need is a team you cant do this on your own (you can if you make it super small)
then you need walls with the permission, best is to ask the owner of the wall if he likes to chip in some money. a fresh painted wall is also a new protection layer for the space try to sell it like this.
if you have the walls you will find the artists, ask the artist to make a mock up of the building with theyr art. important tell the artist that you still look for funds at this point.
with the mock up of the walls and the names of the artists you can start your hunt for funds and sponsors.
the most important thing is a proper concept of the whole event make sure to write down who will benefit from this project.
here some input, try to get a hotel to paint and ask for free rooms in return for the artists, paint a food place or set up a livepainting there and ask for food for the opening and the artists, free drinks are easy to get a sponsoring for, ask lokal paint stores to sponsor the wall paint, ask the artists if they have allready relationships with spraycan producers befor you ask them. ( make sure you get proper cans not amsterdam paint or something)
and rule number one of every event is: take care of the artists! artist come to your town spend a lot of time for painting a nice wall for your comunity. it is super important to treat the artist nice. i was painting on manny event where all the sponsors and foodtrucks came first and the organisations did not really care about the artists.
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