SPARKcon 2009: September 17-20
SPARKcon is a rain or shine event! Please check www.sparkcon.com for updates, delays, or cancellations due to weather.
artSPARK is part of SPARKcon, a creative showcase and conference!Gallery
The artSPARK gallery will feature artwork from local artists in an empty space and in various storefronts on the festival grounds. The artSPARK gallery is open to 2D and 3D artists working in any media. View the featured artists!
WHEN: Fri 6-10pm, Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm
WHERE: 230 Fayetteville St
Street Painting
The 11th annual Raleigh Street Painting event will be held on Fayetteville Street as a part of SPARKcon. Visual Art Exchange produces the festival, which last year had a record number of artists (over 400!) chalking for an intense 27 hours and transforming the street into a work of art. 10,000 visitors came to watch the artists and participate in the many creative (and free!) components of the festival including People's Choice voting, The Scrap Exchange, KidsCHALK, a weaving wall, free face painting and more.
WHEN: Fri 3-10pm, Sat 8am-5pm
WHERE: Fayetteville Street
*Registration is currently closed. Space permitting, more squares may be available the weekend of the festival.
Click here to see this year's street painting award winners!
Experimental Video Lounge
Single screen projections, video sculpture and installation works will all be exhibited by local experimental artists!
WHEN: Fri 5-8pm, Sat 1-4pm & 7-10pm, Sun 11am-1pm
WHERE: The Fish Market (133 Fayetteville Street)
Digital Gallery, In The Street Galleries and Showcases
A chance for the whole community to see the work of a variety of local artists (including you!) in windows, galleries, projected on walls, etc. We're going to turn the street into a giant outdoor gallery!
WHEN: Sat 7:30pm (image slam component)
WHERE: Fayetteville Street
Click here to see the images from this year's Digital Gallery!
POD Installation Project
Artists (Jenny Eggleston, Andre' Leon Gray, Michael Webster, Jeff Bell and Seo Eo) will be creating temporary installations in moving PODS (Portable On-Demand Storage). The artists will work on their projects at the POD company site for a few weeks and then the units will be transported to Fayetteville Street for SPARKcon!
WHEN: Fri 3pm-Sun 5pm
WHERE: Fayetteville Street
Barrel Monster Installation
Noted guerilla Artist Joe Carnevale will build a new Barrel Monster for SPARKcon. Look for the 17 foot tall orange and white construction barrels to see Joe’s dinosaur creature at Hargett and Fayettevelle Streets. You can’t miss it!
Barrels will be provided by Hamlett Associates (the same construction company that “provided” barrels for the original Barrel Monster!)
WHEN: Sat 11am-Sun 4pm
WHERE: Fayetteville Street
Astract Artists
Notable group of regional and international abstract artists (Marianne Conti Burt, Allen Clapp, Debbie Crawford, Juan Di Giulio, Larry James, John McFadden, Sys Oppenlander, Connie Pappalardo, Juley Striegel Reider, Carol Joy Shannon, Mary Storms, and Rebecca Worters) will be painting live, with an ongoing silent auction of their works.
WHEN: Sun 10am-4pm
WHERE: Fayetteville Street
ArtSPARK Presenting Sponsor
Eliza Kraft & Michael Olander, Jr.
artSPARK Digital Gallery Presenting Sponsor
Progress Energy
artSPARK Education Partner
IBM
artSPARK Street Painting Sponsor
Jerry's Artarama*
artSPARK Street Painting Award Sponsors
Harris Wholesale, Inc. - Responsibility Matters
NC's Touchstone Energy Cooperatives
artSPARK Street Painting Square Sponsors
Pearce Brinkley Cease +Lee Architecture
Woodys @ City Market
The Marcotte Family
Alpha & Omega Group
Attorneys Title
Shirley and Adams
Buffalo Brothers
Court Reporting Services
Frame Warehouse
Friends of Mary Ann Baldwin
Greg Paul Builders, Inc
Kerr Cares for Kids
Insure
Misner & Associates
artSPARK Installation Sponsors
PODS*
Hamlett Associates*
artSPARK Gallery Sponsor
Empire Properties*
artSPARK Video Lounge Sponsor
Artspace*
Contemporary Art Museum (CAM)*
Fish Market Gallery (student-run gallery of the NC State College of Design)*
NewRaleigh*
AV Metro
artSPARK Abstract Painters
Jerrys Artarama*
Bob Rankin*
The Galleries and Studios at 311 Martin Street
Liquitex Artist Materials*
artSPARK SPARK sponsors
Shanahan Law Group
catherine powers
artSPARK Media Partner
downtownraleigh.com
*denotes inkind sponsor
Helpful Links:
- SPARKcon Website
- SPARKcon Planning Website
- All SPARKcon Calls for Talent
- 2008 SPARKcon Photos
- 2008 Street Painting Photos