Artists, curator and designers are invited to submit their proposals to transform Sydney’s laneways for the City of Sydney’s fifth annual Laneway Art Project in 2011.

In the five years the Laneway Art Project has been running it has become an incredibly popular part of the City’s cultural calendar, appealing to both Sydneysiders and international visitors. “The City’s Laneway Art Projects have seen the works of high profile contemporary artists, designers, architects and even lawyers reinvigorate the City’s urban landscape with innovative and refreshing artistic visions,” Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP said. “Sydneysiders have enjoyed award winning laneway installations over the past five years and we look forward to receiving the proposals from our creative community for Laneway Art Project 2011, pushing artistic boundaries once again.”

Highlights from the Laneway Art Project from previous years include:

• 2009 Little Hunter Street which saw the street lined with yellow trampoline material and had people bouncing off the walls in The Meeting Place Project by Aspect Studios, Derlot and Herbert and Mason – recently awarded a prize at the Landscape Architecture Institute awards
• 2009 Similarly the 7 Metre Bar by Goodwin, McGregor and Lowe was awarded a prize at the Landscape Architecture Institute for its extreme vision of global warming with a BMW suspended from an overhead bridge as a sample of the detritus that would wash up if seas rose to 7 metres
• 2009 Artist Michael Hill with Richard Wong and David Towey from Lightwell and Dr Richard Major from the Australian Museum gave people a sense of the lost birdlife of the City in their piece Forgotten Songs in Angel Place which had over 100 bird cages filled with the sounds of birds – and will soon be made a permanent laneway artwork.
• 2008 Adam Norton’s Tank Project where three armoured personnel carriers prowled City’s laneways 24/7 for two weeks
• 2008 First Draft Gallery’s Downtown event – a one night extravaganza with artist performances, videos, banners and art being displayed in the boots of smoking Mini Coopers
• 2008 Gaffa Gallery’s Tetris blocks wedged in Abercrombie Lane turning the City into a giant video game gone awry

The submission of Laneway Art proposals in 2011 can be either Individual Project Proposals or Curatorial Proposals by curators or curatorial teams recommending groups of artists to undertake the Laneway Program.

CITY OF SYDNEY

- Individual Project Proposals may also include a curator who supplies a curatorial theme or statement for the artwork.

- Curatorial Proposals submitted should include a curatorial theme or statement and nominate a group of artists to develop a series of temporary art projects in up to 8 City laneways

For further enquiries and a copy of the EOI – Invitation to Submit a Proposal documentation please contact:

Mr Paul Brown, Tendering Officer:
Telephone: (02) 9265 9364
Facsimile: (02) 9265 9697
E-mail: pbrown {at} cityofsydney.nsw.gov(.)au

The deadline for submissions is 11am Tuesday 1 March 2011.

Next year’s Laneway Art program will run from October 2011 to January 2012.

For further media information, please contact:

Natasha Bowron (02) 9246 7310 or nbowron {at} cityofsydney.nsw.gov(.)au

The communities of Sydney need to know about the ‘Public Land Grab’ attempt that is about to occur under our noses!

Come to this first Community Forum and find out how to stop this and why. Get informed. Be inspired. Have your Say!

** Heaps of great SPEAKERS **
- on Business, Urban Planning, Arts Industries, Health & Tourism…

Help draft a public proposal for an Arts precinct and help keep The Old Kings School in Public Hands for a new heritage friendly cross-cultural and ecological precinct – for everyone in the Parramatta City region.

** ITS TIME! for State Arts infrastructure in Parramatta.

More info: http://www.facebook.com/oldkingsschool
Support here: http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/oldkings

10am – 12pm, Friday 28th of January

Jubilee Hall, (next to Parramatta town Hall)

The communities of Sydney need to know about the public land grab that could occur under our noses! Come to the Community Forum and find out more. Have your say and help draft a public proposal for an Arts Precinct, and help save the Old Kings School!

An exhibition inspired by the dark point of reference of traditional nursery rhymes. Featuring a group of multi-disciplinary creatives, each presenting a piece to showcase their signature style. An exhibition of awe inspiring beauty, colour, textures and sinuous linework.

Anita Alcorn- Melanie Allen- Siobhan Boughton- Courtney Brims- Letitia Buchan- Peta Alannah Chigwidden- Jordan Clarke- Anna Creasy- Klaus Kinski- Milo Kossowski- Beci Orpin- Leith O’Malley- Elisa Mazzone- Suzanne McPherson- Anna Moretti- Naomi Murrell- Wendy Olsen- Lilly Piri- Nani Puspasari- Eugenia Tsimiklis- Ella Versteege- Bec Winnel- Sally Wren- Nancy Alice Wood.

Urban Cow Studio has been a mecca for artists and art lovers for the past 17 years. Currently displaying artwork from over 150 South Australian artists and designers it is a virtual feast for the senses with a new suprise around every corner.

What: Nursery Rhymes exhibit
When: Now until 28th January 2010
Where: Urban Cow Studio Gallery
Address: 11 Frome St, Adelaide.
Cost: Free

Our competition for the Scratchie Christmas Cracker Packs has now closed. Thank you to everyone that entered we had an overwhelming response. The winners are listed below and your prizes will be sent this week. Thanks again to TMOD Interactive Design for your generous support!

T.Lee – Concord NSW
K.Tealby – Mcdowall QLD
M.Williams – Port Macquarie NSW
M.Pennisi – Ballina NSW
A.O’Malley – Bernie TAS
C. Lachlan – Richmond VIC

Nursery Rhymes is an exhibition inspired by the dark point of reference of traditional nursery rhymes. It is an exhibition featuring a group of creatives that have chosen one nursery rhyme. Each creative built their art work around the nursery rhyme, in their chosen medium, to showcase their signature style.

Each of the participants in the exhibition arrive from a wide range of disciplines, from art and illustration to graphics and apparel within the creative industry. Many of the artists are multi-disciplinary and have had group and solo exhibitions of their work and have had their work emblazoned across tee-shirts, banners, books and magazines. Read all about the Nursery Rhymes Exhibition»

Two Flat Whites in conjunction with our friends at TMOD Interactive Design are giving six (6) lucky people the chance to win a Scratchie Christmas Cracker pack which come in a packet of 12 with different jokes and patterns on each one for a Christmas party or dinner. They are cut in the shape of a bon-bon and each person scratches it, instead of popping the traditional bon-bons.

Georgie Swift and Milenka Osen created TMOD after completing their Design studies together at The College Of Fine arts (COFA, UNSW) in 2007. TMOD is a driven by a desire to design without constraints, merging boundaries and challenging the expectations of functionality and purpose.

TMOD specialises in experiential multidisciplinary design, using a combination of materials and processes. This amalgamation of the fields of design, including jewellery, object and graphics, has a focus on interaction. TMOD’s stationary and jewellery designs create a playful sense of experience, with elements of the unexpected.

For your chance to win this great prize, simply email your name, postal address and the code word to info {at} twoflatwhites(.)com.  Remember you need to be signed up on the Two Flat Whites fan page on Facebook to win and also grab the code word.

Competition closes Sunday, 19th December  2010.

Our competition for one of two double passes to the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Awards on the 15th December 2010 has now closed. Thank you to everyone that entered we had an overwhelming response. The winners are listed below and your prizes will be sent this week. Thanks again to Bombay Sapphire Design for your generous support!

Fred Manu – North Ryde NSW
Patricia Tripodi – Paddington NSW

fluoro are giving away yearly subscriptions to four lucky Two Flat White and Design Federation visitors to celebrate the release of fluoro8 which hits stores around Australia late December 2010. To enter click here.

Read all about the fluoro yearly subscriptions comp»

Two Flat Whites in conjunction with our friends at Bombay Sapphire are giving two (2) lucky people the chance to win a double pass to the Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Awards on the 15th December 2010.

The BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® DESIGN DISCOVERY AWARD 2010 will be presented on December 15th 2010 at a gala event at the Sydney Opera House. Judged by a panel of industry experts, the award is presented annually to recognise outstanding work by emerging Australian designers. Now in its eighth year, the initiative is part of BOMBAY SAPPHIRE®’s continued commitment to reward and assist Australian designers in developing their careers.

For your chance to win this great prize, simply email your name, postal address and the code word to info {at} twoflatwhites(.)com. Remember you need to be signed up on the Two Flat Whites fan page on Facebook to win and also grab the code word.

Competition closes Sunday, 12th December  2010.

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Our competition for the Design Federation Book ‘The Annual’ has now closed. Thank you to everyone that entered we had an overwhelming response. The winners are listed below and your prizes will be sent this week. Thanks again to Design Federation for your generous support!

Joy Constantino – Mt Gravatt East, QLD
Brad Kennelly – Richmond, VIC
Justin Sugar – Newcastle, NSW
Maggie Frederick – Gold Coast, QLD