Street art comes to Noosa Regional Gallery this month with the 2017 Stencil Art Prize Exhibition showcasing the work of 67 stencil artists from 25 countries.
Founder and Director of the Stencil Art Prize Jacinta Fintan said the exhibition was the world’s largest stencil event and featured a range of stencil-making methods including hand drawn and hand cut, computer-generated, silk screen and screen printing.
“Influenced by the fleeting nature of street art, these stencil-based works blend pop-culture imagery and global politics to highlight the growing concerns of a socially engaged generation of artists,” Ms Fintan said.
Noosa Regional Gallery director Michael Brennan said for Noosa Regional Gallery to be able to host an exhibition like this – featuring street art from around the world – spoke to both the global significance of stencil art and the growing recognition of the gallery.
The 2017 Stencil Art Prize Exhibition opens at 2pm on Saturday 24 March with a street party plus tunes by DJ Antix and is preceded by a Stencil Workshop with artist David Houghton from 12pm, plus the opportunity to try out some Virtual Reality Street Art with Kingspray Graffiti.
The exhibition runs until 6 May 6.
