MAITLAND
High street, 9.30am — 2pm saturday 15 APRIL 2023
︴085C3N3 ︴JEN DENZIN ︴KEOB ︴NATALIE SHERRING ︴MICHAEL PEDERSON ︴NICK FINTAN
︴085C3N3 ︴JEN DENZIN ︴KEOB ︴NATALIE SHERRING ︴MICHAEL PEDERSON ︴NICK FINTAN
saturday 15 april 2023 - 9.30am - 2pm
Little Festival is a vibrant and whimsical street art festival walking trail incorporating temporary live street art painting, miniatures, art workshops, pop-up street art exhibitions and activations along High Street in Maitland.
Follow the street art walking trail to discover temporary installations by Little Festival artists.
temporary small scale & miniature artworks….
Follow the Street art trail along high street, from James street to Lee street in maitland
Presented by…
EVENTS
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY - 9.30am
Join us outside the Maitland Repertory Theatre for an Acknowledgement of Country.
MINI ZINE LIBRARIES BY 085C3N3 - ALL DAY
Collect the series of free mini zines by 085C3N3
NATALIE SHERRING CARDBOARD GARDEN ACTIVITIES - 10am – 2pm
Help Natalie create a magical cardboard street art garden. All ages.
NICK FINTAN DROP IN ART WORKSHOP - 10am – 11.30am
Make mini ibis birds and help Nick install them as ‘bin chickens’. 4 years +
KEOB LIVE PAINTING - 11am – 12noon
Watch local graff artist KEOB spray painting artworks on the corner of Free Church Street and High Street.
JEN DENZIN ARTIST TALK - 11.30am - 11.45am
Hear Jen Denzin talk about her incredible artworks made from everyday materials. All welcome.
ARTISTS
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085c3n3 | @085c3n3
A multidisciplinary artist who explores the interrelationship between inspired nostalgia and the viewer role in creating a sense of place, recontextualising redundant objects, discarded machines and antiquated artmaking methods.
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Jen Denzin | @jen_denzin_
Colour, plastic, drinking straws, cable ties, tacky mementos are materials Jen uses to construct gaudy assemblages and vibrant environments. The outcomes of her work are informed by historical meeting points and the interplay between people-groups and cultures
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Natalie Sherring | @newcastle_art_natalie_sherring
Local fauna and flora and local characters are prominent in Natalie’s colourful, naïve figurative style of paintings. Her playful artwork style is popular with both the young and young at heart.
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Keob | @keob._
Father, mentor, artist…Jakeob’s art balances all that makes him who he is, mixing art forms from traditional to graffiti with the beauty of Mother Earth and the power of culture.
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Michael Pederson | @miguelmarquezoutside
Michael is often drawn to overlooked aspects of the environment. That's often where passers-by stumble upon his humorous miniature installations, made from materials such as wood, perspex, cardboard and paint.
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Nick Fintan | @nickfintan
Nick is a contemporary Australian artist and muralist whose work is inspired by quirky urban and suburban landscapes, and unusual and often overlooked flora, fauna and animal life.
Little Festival Maitland 2023 is a part of the Creative Streets initiative. Creative Streets is a Maitland City Council initiative, proudly funded by NSW Government.