Whenever anyone comes and visits, they always say “Hey, lets go to that bar down that alley that has all that cool stuff in it and all the walls are painted up and theres all that lab stuff in it” and I automatically know they are pretty much talking about the Croft Institute. Look past the dirty puddles, the ever present bins and that winding alleyway that looks like something straight out of Gotham City, and you’ll see an amazing display of artwork that was completely over a year ago with the Croft Alley Project

This time around, in conjunction with Superlatif, the guys from the Croft have got the  Ironlak family on board, and they’ll be doing the walls up this year for stage 2 . There will also be a open air art exhibition as part of the show – so we’re guaranteed some mad shit. Plus, well, the day will be playing host to Metalheadz A-Sides and a bunch of other dnb/breakbeat goodness– gunna have to get down to this one for sure.

“Superlatif & The Croft Institute are proud to present The Croft Alley Project Stage 2. The second stage of the highly acclaimed Croft Alley Project. The lane-way will be reborn in a myriad of colour featuring new works by the Ironlak Family. Including for the first time in a Melbourne lane-way an open air gallery exhibition.

The open air gallery exhibition will feature collectable works by the Ironlak family. It’s your chance to take home street art straight from the street. The works will exhibit in the lane- way each day from 1PM – 6PM until Monday the 28th of February 2011.

Of course it wouldn’t be a Croft Alley Project without a party. So to officially open the new works in the lane-way. The Croft Institute will be opening at 4PM on Saturday the 19th of February. Featuring music by A-Sides(UK) and a showdown by Melbourne’s very own Heavy Innit and The Operatives collectives. Becks and Vodka Red Bull’s will be on sale all day, with a host of tasty cocktails also on offer.

For those of you who live under a rock and don’t know much about the Ironlak family. The family features some of the most talented urban artists on the face of the planet. Melbourne will be lucky enough to have almost the entire Australian based collective present for this project. The works painted will be sure to feature in blogs, magazines and video’s that circumnavigate the entire globe. So Melbourne count yourselves lucky because you get to see it right in front of your eyes. Not to mention you can buy the artists work and take it home or to the office, so you can look at it everyday.”

Who: Team Ironlak OZ, A-sides, Kuya, Dust, Detour, Sean Deans, The Operatives vs Heavy Innit
What: Croft Alley Project Stage 2
Where: The Croft  Institute, 21-25 Croft Alley, Melbourne
When: Saturday, 19th February. Doors open from 4pm, and runs til late …

Check out the Croft Institute and the Ironlak website for more details.