Sweet Streets powers on through its last week of events, and tomorrow night sees another big event event with the opening of the Collingwood Underground, a massive converted underground carpark and one of the major hubs of the festival, to artist and purveyors alike. This interactive event will showcase a massive variety of artists who are participating in the Festival, as well as providing areas to paint for anyone wishing to participate in the festival in a more hands-on fashion – theres also a bar and music, so it’ll be a grand night.

 
From the Sweet Streets website:

“Come join Sweet Streets to celebrate the opening of the Collingwood Underground Wednesday 20^th October 6 – 10pm. This is an exhibition of co-creativity between artists, and all involved with the festival, workshop participants, staff and audience. Free flow is the name of the game. We all need to play with this underground thing coz it’s real and does not belong to any individual, the opening will blow you away – you gotta help this be a real festival with the diversity we can all bring in our own unique ways. The exhibition continues Thursday 21^st – Saturday 23^rdOctober, 2 – 8pm. Click here to find out more about the underground space. Download an e-invitation here.

See magnificent walls painted during the festival by some of Australasia’s leading artists, images and footage of sweet streets happenings, participate in live painting, and generally immerse yourselves in this unique creative space.”

 
Absolute not to be missed event if you are in Melbourne and at all interested in street and urban art, which, if you’re reading this blog, you are. A lot of artists will be working and painting in the lead up to the night, as well as on the night itself, so there is a lot happening. I’ll be running around during the night as well (and maybe hopefully getting some painting in!) so say yo if you see me.

Who: Sweet Street Artists & YOU.
What: Collingwood Underground Opening – Interactive & Live art event
Where: Collingwood Underground, 44 Harmsworth St, Collingwood, VIC (google map!)
When: Wednesday 20th October, exhibition of art produced runs til October 23rd

See the Sweet Streets website for more info.