NEWCASTLE

1 - 2 OCTOBER 2022

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︴085C3N3 ︴ALAN SCHACHER ︴ANDIE MCGOVERN ︴BRIDIE WATT ︴BYRD ︴CAMO ︴CLARE O'HARA ︴COOKS HILL ︴CRISP ︴FERGIE STENCILS ︴ FIONA LEE ︴FRANCES JOHNSTON ︴ GOYA TORRES ︴HAYLEE KNIGHT ︴HELEN PROCTOR ︴HOUL ︴IFRITAH ︴INARI ︴INDO ︴JACINTA FINTAN ︴JADE BURTON ︴JOANNE BACK ︴KEOB ︴JEN DENZIN ︴JUNKY PROJECTS ︴KAREN FARMER ︴KATE TEAL-SPICER ︴KAY PROUDLOVE ︴KIM SIEW ︴KITTY KNITTER ︴LULU ︴MICHAEL PEDERSON ︴NANCY DEE SCULPTURES ︴NATALIE SHERRING ︴NEIL MANSFIELD ︴NEV SETY ︴NICK FINTAN ︴NOAH ︴NOTNOT ︴NOTQUITENEWTOWN ︴SAM ABSURD ︴SHANTA ︴SMARTBOY INDUSTRIES ︴TINKY ︴TOM IRELAND ︴VKM

︴085C3N3 ︴ALAN SCHACHER ︴ANDIE MCGOVERN ︴BRIDIE WATT ︴BYRD ︴CAMO ︴CLARE O'HARA ︴COOKS HILL ︴CRISP ︴FERGIE STENCILS ︴ FIONA LEE ︴FRANCES JOHNSTON ︴ GOYA TORRES ︴HAYLEE KNIGHT ︴HELEN PROCTOR ︴HOUL ︴IFRITAH ︴INARI ︴INDO ︴JACINTA FINTAN ︴JADE BURTON ︴JOANNE BACK ︴KEOB ︴JEN DENZIN ︴JUNKY PROJECTS ︴KAREN FARMER ︴KATE TEAL-SPICER ︴KAY PROUDLOVE ︴KIM SIEW ︴KITTY KNITTER ︴LULU ︴MICHAEL PEDERSON ︴NANCY DEE SCULPTURES ︴NATALIE SHERRING ︴NEIL MANSFIELD ︴NEV SETY ︴NICK FINTAN ︴NOAH ︴NOTNOT ︴NOTQUITENEWTOWN ︴SAM ABSURD ︴SHANTA ︴SMARTBOY INDUSTRIES ︴TINKY ︴TOM IRELAND ︴VKM

Little Festival took over Newcastle’s CBD with 60 artists creating 140 small-scale & miniature street art installations. The festival trail stretched around the city between Union, Steel, King & Hunter Streets & at Kuwumi Place. The walking trail engaged visitors and local community with live street art painting on permanent and temporary structures, miniatures artworks, small sculptures, street art workshops, pop-up street art exhibitions and activations.

Little is a celebration of our urban environment and the ‘little things’ that do as much to define it as giant billboards, ‘hero’ street art walls and acclaimed architecture. The Festival was held in conjunction with Newcastle City Council’s ‘New Annual’ Festival, under an umbrella of local arts events. View the Little Festival Program below.

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ARTISTS

  • 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.

  • Alan Schacher | @alanschacher

    A performance artist working at the intersections of installation, theatre and architecture. Utilising simple materials, Alan’s work emphasises the role of the built environment in framing and containing human activity.

  • Andie McGovern | andiemcgovern.com

    A multidisciplinary artist working in sculpture, murals and illustration, Andie explores narratives of human experience, observation and memory. Her miniature sculpture series explores obsolete technology and their connection to nostalgia.

  • Bridie Watt | @bridiewattartmaking_

    Painting and drawing are fundamental to Bridie’s practice. She’s equally at home undertaking performance art and collaborative installations. Naturally occurring forms found in beautiful and ordinary spaces are her inspiration.

  • Byrd | @byrdeined

    A mixed media street artist who applies circular methodologies, working with reclaimed materials (commercial signage, office supplies, spray paint) on walls, sculptures, motor vehicles and more.

  • CAMO | @c.a_m.o

    CAMO is a stencil artist working with graffiti grooves and lines. Hailing from a traditional graffiti background, his work can be glimpsed on the streets and in numerous galleries.

  • Clare O'Hara | @clareoharaart

    Clare brightens peoples’ lives with colourful vibrant abstract art – paired with metallic accents, resin work and experimental textures – inspired by animals (particularly birds) and nature.

  • Cooks Hill Campus Crew

    Who's behind Cooks Hill Campus Crew? A team of creative students and educators from Cooks Hill Campus, collaborating to create temporary artwork for Little Festival. Head to Devonshire Street.

  • CRISP | @crispstreetart

    CRISP's pop culture socio-political mash ups and visual messaging through bombing stencils, sculptures, stickers and paste-ups jolt the mind from the mundane commute to challenging and unorthodox.

  • Fergie Stencils | @fergiestencils

    Fergie’s detailed, photorealistic stencils (often of people) are meticulously created with numerous layers of hand-cut stencils and spray paint. His artworks range from smaller than A5 up to A0+.

  • FIONA LEE | @FIONA_M_LEE

    Fiona's provocative work – across non-violent direction action, sculpture, installation photography and video – blurs the line between protest and installation, speaking of loss, action and the impact of a heating planet.

  • Frances Johnston | @effjayart

    Frances is a colourful visual and performance artist who loves creating vibrant paintings and installations that push beyond boundaries. Her work is influenced by Dadaism, punk and graffiti art.

  • Goya Torres | @goyatorres

    Aerosol, acrylic, charcoal, oil pastel, printmaking and collage are materials of choice for visual/street artist, mural and painter Goya Torres whose work spans across fine arts, street art and illustration.

  • Haylee Knight | @haylee_renee_artist

    A multidisciplinary artist whose practice is informed by personal life experience and the media. Common themes in her work include loss of innocence, faith, autonomy; ageing, death and bereavement.

  • Helen Proctor | @helen__proctor

    Known for stencils, paste-ups and murals, Helen is currently focusing on abstract landscape painting. She’s exploring colour and methods of abstraction to depict the emotional nostalgia revived from personal connection to place.

  • Houl | @houlart

    Houl's early street art involved covering signs with stickers, cladding with paste and blank brick with aerosol. His ongoing 'treasure hunt' cardboard and corflute pieces are smaller, more personal artworks.

  • Ifritah | @wolf_ifritah

    Ifritah’s work combines visual arts, electronics, circus and dance practices. Ifritah’s performance practice includes fire, LED and character creation. Which could be labelled as monster drag, performance art, kinetic sculpture or cosplay.

  • Inari | @inari.sojourner

    Inari's work embodies a romantic liaison with gloomy nostalgia, a harmony between traditional oil portraits and urban graffiti textures. Using advanced aerosol techniques, she seamlessly shifts from small canvas to large murals.

  • INDO | @indotheartist

    INDO’s work is heavily influenced by grunge, skate + surf underground culture, DADA + pop graffiti street art. He produces bold, colourful interpretations of pop culture, music, celebrities and political satire.

  • Jacinta Fintan | @thewallstation

    Jacinta is a passionate street art event producer and the owner of public art agency, The Wall Station, which specialises in street art, murals, large-scale urban art festivals and public art activations. Bringing people together is her no.1 passion, and writing is her dream. Jacinta has over two decades' community development expertise and she was instrumental in the launch of community radio station, FBi Radio Sydney. Her first ever coffee table art book, CUT:10 Years Of The Stencil Art Prize, was published in 2021.

  • Jade Burton

    Jade's work is often inspired by nature and its interesting designs. Water colour, oil pastel and clay are Jade's preferred materials, while posca pens provide her with sharp clean detail.

  • Joanne Back | @banana_lounge_studio

    Joanne Back creates folkart objects that reflect vibrant, joyful celebrations of everyday life. She draws influence from Ethnographic items such as richly embroidered costumes, carved religious offerings and exquisite paper cuts.

  • Keob | @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.

  • 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

  • Junky Projects | @junkyprojects

    "Armies will rise, Cities will fall, Junk will remain." The junkyprojects' junk-as-art street sentinels, built out of found objects, help to raise awareness about waste management and overconsumption.

  • Karen Farmer | @karen_farmer

    For Karen, painting is a lynchpin where her surfaces become as important as the imagery. In recent works she seeks to reveal the nature of the activist avenger which she explores through a magpie motif (badmagpies).

  • Kate Teal-Spicer | @katetealspicer

    Freelance artist, designer, writer and filmmaker Kate Teal-Spicer often works with acrylics on canvas to create vibrant abstract works. Her work featured recently in group exhibition, 'Unabbreviated' at the Newcastle Museum.

  • Kay Proudlove | @kay_proudlove

    Kay's an indie-folk singer-songwriter with a soul-bearing voice and a dry-ice sense of humour. With her acoustic guitar, voice and lyrics, you'll be left wondering whether all her songs are about you.

  • Kim Siew | @kimsiewdrawsthings

    Illustrator and mural artist Kim Siew is the face behind the whimsical illustrations in children's book, You Make The Dreams, in collaboration with Rachel Williams and Not Quite Newtown.

  • Kitty Knitter | @kitty_knitter

    When you think of textile artist Kitty Knitter, think of bright, colourful and cheerful striped knitwear in urban spaces. With a few extra pom-poms for an extra serving of joy.

  • LuLu | @lulubel888

    Projection art, oil and acrylic paintings. This is the current focus of mixed media artist Louise Campbell-Smith who creates art to make viewers feel, ask questions and be inspired.

  • 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.

  • Nancy Dee Sculptures | @nancydeesculptures

    Found object assemblage artist Nancy D Lane creates imaginative wall sculptures from metal, wood and tiles gathered from streets and beaches. She hopes her work inspires others to repurpose and recycle.

  • 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.

  • Neil Mansfield | neilmansfield.wordpress.com

    A visual storyteller across film, video and illustration mediums, Neil has written and directed two feature films, 30 music videos, 10 short films and thousands of hours of music videos.

  • Nev Sety | @nev.sety

    Nev Sety likes asking viewers, ‘What are you searching for?’. Starting with stickers and paste-ups, Nev moved to large murals and has been a finalist in the International Stencil Art Prize three times.

  • 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.

  • Noah

    At just 8 years of age, this talented drawer, illustrator and cartoonist is the youngest artist to grace the lineup of an Australian street art festival.

  • NotNot | @notnotcamscott

    Diversified street/gallery artist in digital & material, NOTNOT is hard to pin down. He explores numerous territories and techniques, producing unique works that enrich urban spaces.

  • NotQuiteNewtown | @notquitenewtown

    Graphic designer, book designer and publisher Rachel Williams (Not Quite Newtown) produces and self-publishes urban stories for children set on the streets of inner cities, as well as art books.

  • Sam Absurd | @samabsurd

    Aerosol artist and large-scale mural artist Samabsurd uses his inspiration from nature to create works that focus on the juxtaposition of realities, in illustrative and surrealist styles.

  • Shanta | @shantacreative

    Stencil artist, designer and illustrator Shanta’s style incorporates influences from nature, unlocking imaginary realms and invoking creative muses to guide his work. He loves contributing to earth’s bizarre and fantastic culture.

  • Smartboy Industries | @smartboyindustries

    Smartboy Industries builds models of urban spaces to scale (mostly 1:14), both real and imagined. He works with wood, cardboard, plastics, metals and found objects, as well as 3D printed parts.

  • Tinky | @tinkysonntag

    Tinky gathers and assembles vintage or abandoned objects with miniscule characters and uses wordplay to create humorous dioramas in non-spaces…think gutters, holes-in-the-wall in streets, buildings, laneways and curated gallery spaces.

  • Tom Ireland | @tomireland_design

    Tom is a prolific sculptor and industrial designer with a passion for physics. Often working in metal and timber, he is renowned for his giant headphones on Darby St and a car inside a perspex box at Newcastle Museum.

  • VKM | @vkm_street

    Mixed media artist and photographer Viki Murray’s work is borne of moments captured through her lens. She’s an Outback Archies winner and has been shortlisted for the Geelong International Women's Day street art festival.