Street Arts
Wow, it's September already and that can mean only one thing, the countdown has now begun for this years Fame Festival. Having had a blast at the festival last year we here at Hookedblog have already booked our flight for a return visit for Fame Festival 2010 in the small southern italian town of Grottaglie.
The festival now is it's third year is set to be bigger and better with an amazing line-up of international artists creating works for the festival. Curator Angelo Milano has done another fantastic job this year and we are looking forward to seeing the large scale street pieces as well as the studio works which will go on show in an exhibition set to open on the 25 September.
This years line-up includes: JR / ERICA IL CANE / SAM3 / NUNCA / BLU / OS GEMEOS / BORIS HOPPEK / ESCIF / 108 / DALEK / NICOLA TOFFOLINI / LUCY MCLAUCHLAN / SWOON / SLINKACHU / CYOP E KAF /DAVID ELLIS /VHILS / BEN WOLF / WORD TO MOTHER / MOMO / BASTARDILLA
GROTTAGLIE is located between two airports Bari and Brindisi both of which Ryanair fly to from London. There is more info on the Fame Festival website. We will see ye there!
Photos ©Studiocromie
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Street Arts
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The festival now is it's third year is set to be bigger and better with an amazing line-up of international artists creating works for the festival. Curator Angelo Milano has done another fantastic job this year and we are looking forward to seeing the large scale street pieces as well as the studio works which will go on show in an exhibition set to open on the 25 September.
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