Katherine Coppock

Mixed Spice Creative Studios is turning ONE!!!

Mixed Spice Creative Studios is an art studio and Gallery in the Adelaide CBD that fills the need for emerging, outsider, and grassroots artists to create, learn, and come together in creative pursuits.  Our manifesto is one of collaboration, community, and connection that we promote through arts exhibitions, renting studio space to creatives, and holding arts and community events.

We are a voluntary artist run initiative proud to bring colour, life and excitement to the streets of Adelaide. 

It’s been twelve months of hustle and bustle getting our business off the ground, and what better way to celebrate than with a street party! On the 8th of Feb we will be turning our home strip Coromandel Place into hub of arts markets, live music, projection art, and Adelaide's only live painting competition event; The Art Battle Spectacular!

Last run in 2016, this fifth battle will feature eight artists from the Mixed Spice Fam painting LIVE on stage in 45 minute timed rounds to the theme of "Birthday".  At the end of each round, the audience chooses which artist goes to the next! To win the grand prize one artist will have to survive all four rounds, making this an art competition not only based on speed, but also stamina!

This event has been run previously with the assistance of Splash Adelaide, but this time we were unsuccessful in our bid for Council funding, and need to facilitate event essentials such as security, road closure fees, and toilet hire (details below).

We need you, our community, to support our collective. All donations welcome! See our rewards page for more details!

For more information check out our facebook evet; https://www.facebook.com/events/748889475479265/
Mixed Spice Creative Studios; https://www.facebook.com/MixedSpiceCreativeADL/
Art Battle Spectacular; https://www.facebook.com/artbattlespectacular/

While many of our team have volunteered their time towards this event, there are always expenses with running a communiyt-based event!   Your donation will help us pay really important things like;

~Wages and artist fees; $2000
From musicians and sound techs to projection artists we will be employing a specialised team of artists, wizards, dreamers, and local genius to make this event look and sound amazing. As magic as they are, no one lives on exposure alone, and while many of our team are donating thier time, we are facilitating 12 excellent humans to build this one-night experience, as well as buying canvases, renting a sound desk, band equipment, stage lighting and techs, and a projector!
Pledges will also help pay the band and artists for thier time showing us what they love.

~Permits and Hire; $4000
Logistically, there are a lot of bits that go into running a street party like this! A lot of this infrastructure is essential, and makes for a safe and fun event!  Here's a brief breakdown costs;

-Council permits $77
-Security $800
-Promotion and event photography  $450
-Liquor Licencing $90
-Road Closure and traffic management- $2000
-Toilet hire and waste management $600

All pledges made go towards the running costs of this event!
For more information check out our facebook evet; https://www.facebook.com/events/748889475479265/
Mixed Spice Creative Studios; https://www.facebook.com/MixedSpiceCreativeADL/
Art Battle Spectacular; https://www.facebook.com/artbattlespectacular/