Smash Art To Support The Arts!
We're hosting a SMASH ARCADE to raise funds for the VMF Emerging Artist program and we'd love to see you at the Cobalt for a night of smashing fun followed by a dance party!
By purchasing a ticket, you are donating to the VMF Emerging Artist Program.
Will you help us reach our goal?
When: October 13, 2023 // Event starts at 5:30 pm
Where: The Cobalt // 917 Main Street
PROGRAM
Cocktails (Negroni Specials) + Blaze Burgers: 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Smash Arcade: 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Learn about the Emerging Artist Program: 7:30 - 8:00 pm
Smash Arcade Continues: 8:00 - 9:30 pm
Dance Party: 9:30 - 2:00 am
DJ’s To Be Announced!
If you cannot attend, there is a ticket option to DONATE and help us spread the word to your friends, family, and colleagues.
What is a SMASH ARCADE?
Imagine a mix between a rage room and a carnival where you get tickets to play different smash activities. We’ll have various breakable items, painted by artists, that you can demolish - all in the name of art!
Step 1. When you arrive at The Cobalt, buy a roll of SMASH ARCADE tickets ($1 per ticket).
Step 2. Use your tickets to buy a few “blank” objects to smash (bottles, boxes, old lawn furniture etc.)
Step 3. Sit at the communal craft table to decorate your blank objects.
Step 4. Make some new friends getting covered in paint as you make your masterpiece.
Step 5. (Optional) You can buy a pre-decorated object by a VMF Alumni artist.
Step 6. (Mandatory) Do a safety orientation with the SMASH ARCADE facilitators.
Step 7. Sign a waiver, and smash your creations in a variety of creative and controlled safe methods in the specified and supervised areas provided behind the SMASH ARCADE crew.
Step 8. Repeat as desired. Hey look! You are supporting the arts by smashing the arts.
'Totoltecayotl' (“my roots” in the Nahuatl language) by 2023 emerging artist Valerie Strom. Located at the River District Crossing, Vancouver.
The VMF Emerging Artist Program provides artists hands-on experience, safety training, certifications, professional artist fees, and the opportunity to design and paint a mural for the first time.
Out of 428 VMF artists, 158 (37%) are first time mural artists.
Our goal is to continue supporting emerging or first-time mural artists represented at the festival by raising $68,715, which will directly benefit 5 emerging artists ($13,743 per artist mural) in the program.
'Befriend Your Inner Demons" by 2017 emerging artist Priscilla Yu. Located at 152 E 8th Ave (in Main Alley), Vancouver.
How does your donation support emerging artists?
This event is a way for you to directly support these emerging artists who are dedicating their practice to the enhancement and transformation of our public spaces.
Through the VMF Emerging Artist Program, artists can gain experience, training and the opportunity to paint a big beautiful mural that serves as a highly visible example of their work, which can help them get to the next level in their careers. As well, these murals add beauty and storytelling to the city’s walls.
“Painting murals at VMF made it possible for me to start a full time art practice. When I describe VMF, I describe it as a launch pad. Also my painting partner now teaches art at UFV, as I was able to share what I had learned at VMF with her as she painted alongside me. She now teaches community engaged art classes and the outcome is murals!” --Carrie Lynn Victor, VMF Alumni Artist
“VMF helped put me on the radar for future mural projects as well gave me the experience and confidence to take on large mural walls. Prior to my VMF wall, my largest mural was about 6'x9'.” --Pricilla Yu, VMF Alumni Artist
Grab your ticket HERE and we look forward to seeing you!
