Thursday 5 May 2011

Sand Sea & Spray - Urban Art Event In Blackpool - 20th to 22nd May

Sand Sea & Spray the Urban Art event is to turn four sites in Blackpool into a huge Art Gallery over one week end featuring over 40 Artists from 4 Continents on 4 Sites on Friday 20th, Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd May 2011

Friday from 6-7pm there is a chance to meet the artists where 6 of the Artists will attend a Question and Answer session at the Grundy Art Gallery. Admission is free

Painting is on Saturday 21st May with more on Sunday 22nd May and the sites are:-
1.Blackpools Iconic North Pier,
2.the Rear of Club Sanuk,
3.The walls around the Car Park at the junction of Cookson Street and Church Street
4.the inside of Talbot Road Bus Station

Arriving in Blackpool for the week end are artists from Canada, Chile, Spain, France, Germany, Austraila, Greece, Poland, Portugal and all over the UK

Indigo from Canada is making a 10.000 mile round trip to paint and is one of the leading ladies of Streeet Art and to prove that the girls can paint are Kashink from France and Faunagraphic from Sheffield. There will aslo be: Osch from Chile who will be painting a replica Mini on North Pier, Jokin and Mikel from Spain who have never painted in the UK before and The Krah from Greece who have been highlighted in the V&A Tour of the UK.

The UK contigent features legends of Urban Art including; Inkie and SPQR from Bristol, BestEver and the Toasters, and Keminifink with Title from the Midlands.
 
For more information, visit the website : http://www.seanseaandspray.co.uk/