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Participating artist Tim Ralson's work in Deptford |
The Brockley Street Art Festival takes place between May 29th and June 5th, coinciding with the Brockley Max arts festival. Venues and flat surfaces across Brockley and Honor Oak will be taking part and you can find out who's painting walls and shutters near you on
the festival map here.
Brockley Street Art Festival events
As part of the festival, the organisers are hosting a range of events and activities, almost all of which are free.
Full details available here. Highlights include:
- Saturday 30th May - Food Memories
Family event for kids 8+ at the log circle next to Hilly Fields Cafe. Come along and share food memories and favourite recipes of loved ones to inspire unique mural to be painted from 6th June on the rear wall of Hilly Fields cafe.
- Saturday 30th May - Merging Inks
Collaborative Live Art Jam The Brockley Mess will be opening its doors (and it's bar!) for an evening of live art led by local artist Roxanne Williams. Merging Inks challenges artists to generate ideas rapidly while merging the style of other creatives to a live DJ set.
- Thursday 4th June - Wall Lords
This talk at 7pm at The Hill Station takes you on a journey into the London Graffiti scene of the 1980s and 1990s with The Artful Dodger (A.Dee), one of the first Aerosol Writers to emerge from the UK.
Brockley Brewery's Special Edition Street Art Summer Ale
Available from next Friday, Brockley Brewery have produced some special edition bottles of their Summer Ale. Some of the proceeds from the sale of these bottles will be going back into the festival fund, to enable them to pay participating artists and cover their materials and equipment.