The Crypt
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UPFEST PRESENTS The Crypt.
Featuring artwork by Audrey Kawasaki, Insane51, L7Matrix, Ant Carver, Jacqui Butterworth, Inkie, Squirl, Cheba, Guy Denning, Mau Mau and Rob Wass
Exhibitions
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UPFEST PRESENTS Artists Exhibitions, check here to find all the venues hosting exhibitions featuring artwork from our artists.
Saturday Sessions
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UPFEST PRESENTS The Saturday DJ Sessions.
Join us at the Tobacco Factory Courtyard each Saturday 12 - 8pm.
Silversmithing Workshop
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UPFEST PRESENTS an introduction to metal recycling and precious metal jewellery.
Have you ever wondered how silver and gold jewellery is made? Silver & Steel on East Street specialises in recycled precious metal jewellery and workshops.
Street Art Tours
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UPFEST PRESENTS Street Art Tours.
Explore the vibrant and captivating murals adorning the streets of Bedminster, immersing yourself in their artistic allure. Join Lindsey on a guided tour to discover the stories behind the talented artists and the compelling art gracing the city's streets.
Mau Mau: Art Tales and Book Launch
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For three decades Mau Mau has been reflecting the changing times with his free hand style and memorable characters, such as Mau Fox. His talk and Q&A will take the audience behind the scenes of his best known street pieces, art travels and stories.
A Talk Club evening with Mister Samo
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In this first "A Talk Club evening with...." event, Co-CEO/Co-Founder Ben Akers will interview the Upfest 24 artist, Mister Samo. In this frank, honest and vulnerable chat.
Watercolour Landscape Painting
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UPFEST PRESENTS Watercolour Landscape Painting With Abi Eleri, Come along and learn to paint a beautiful mountainscape with a beautiful night sky, layers of mountains and trees.
Watercolour Galaxy Painting
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UPFEST PRESENTS Watercolour Galaxy Painting with Abi Eleri, Come along and learn to paint a watercolour galaxy.
Critter Creations
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UPFEST PRESENTS Critter Creations
Learn to create your own bunch of critters with paint, squeegees and colourful pens. What will yours become?
Cute Kitties, Three eyed aliens, moustachioed evil-doers? You decide!
Creative Flow
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UPFEST PRESENTS Creative Flow
Join us for an immersive workshop experience, where we rediscover the magic of play with Creative Flow Workshops! Because we believe you're never too "Grown up" to play.
Create your part & working together
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UPFEST PRESENTS Create your part & working together
Join us for a fun collaborative workshops recreating iconic Bristol images
POSCA a Character with Ejits
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UPFEST PRESENTS Learn how to draw a super cute cartoon character in the signature style of Bristol artist Ejits with POSCA paint pens! This is a fun family-friendly workshop for kids and their grown-ups to learn the skills to draw graffiti characters they will love.
'Pop up' Pottery Workshop
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UPFEST PRESENTS 'Pop up' Pottery Workshop by Bare Glazed Studio
Come and make your very own ceramic spray can. Either a 3D lidded pot or hanging tile version, depending on your ability!
What Does Normal Look Like? Film Event
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UPFEST PRESENTS What Does Normal Look Like? Film Event
A 72 minute feature documentary exploring Bristol in lockdown, followed by a panel discussion with a selection of the film's collaborators - discussing Bristol culture and lockdown, 3 years on.
Create 3D Collage Art
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UPFEST PRESENTS Create 3D Collage Art
Children and their families are invited to join Let’s Make Art to make 3D collages
Create a Bling Name Necklace
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UPFEST PRESENTS A Celebration of Hip Hop - Bling Name Necklace
Join Let’s Make Art to celebrate fifty years of hip hop! They’re inviting families to get creative together, making to the music first popularised by DJ Kool Herc in the early 1970s at his famous block parties.
Ad Space to Art Space
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UPFEST PRESENTS Transforming Ad Space Into Art Space
Join Adblock Bristol for a creative workshop to explore the impact of advertising in public space, how it shapes our experience and our understanding of what’s important in life.
Upcycle your Clothes with Vinyl Shapes
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UPFEST PRESENTS Upcycle your clothes with vinyl shapes
Kate Crilly from Bristol Print & Sew will be on hand to help update your old clothing
Bristol Portrait Club for Kids
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UPFEST PRESENTS Bristol Portrait Club for Kids
Kids and their grown ups take it in turns to sit for each other in this fun colourful session. Expect paint, sticking, drawing and giggles!
Sip and Draw A Mural
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Unleash your inner mural artist with a unique twist at Kask's 'Sip and Draw Your Own Mural' event! Sip on gorgeous wine* and immerse yourself in the world of mural art with Jess Knights
Identity: Through Colour and Pattern
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UPFEST PRESENTS A talk with Cristian Zuzunaga of Frankenstein Press on Identity through colour and pattern
Intro to Letterpress
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UPFEST PRESENTS Intro to Letterpress at Frankenstein Press
Where you'll discover the art of letterpress printing by carving your initials on paper using large wooden type letters and two vibrant colours, overlapping them for unique designs.
Lino Print Your Own Sew on Patches
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UPFEST PRESENTS Lino Print Your Own Sew on Patches
Make your own lino printed patches with Shannon from Paige and Wynter. Dream up your design, cut it into a block of lino and transfer it onto funky squares of fabric. Pin, stitch or glue them to your clothes and bags!
Shaving Foam Marbling
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UPFEST PRESENTS Shaving Foam Marbling
Make colourful, marbled prints with shaving foam, paper & inks. Super easy, super sensory and super satisfying.
Kids Lego Printing
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UPFEST PRESENTS Kids Lego Printing at Frankenstein Press
A fun introduction to printmaking for kids. They will give a new use to Lego dots and Lego bases using them as their plates to create new images.
Printmaking for Kids
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UPFEST PRESENTS Printmaking for Kids at Frankenstein Press
Printmaking for kids! Join them to explore different printmaking techniques, utilizing a diverse range of mediums.
After School Print Workshop
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UPFEST PRESENTS After School Print Workshop at Frankenstein Press
Printmaking for kids! Join them to explore different printmaking techniques, utilizing a diverse range of mediums.
Intro to Lino Cut
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UPFEST PRESENTS Intro to lino cut at Frankenstein Press
Join them for a brief introduction to the art of linocut, perfect for beginners.
Create Sticker Faces
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UPFEST PRESENTS Create Sticker faces with Colourful Minds
Make your own character faces from colourful stickers.
Create Giant Cardboard Animals
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UPFEST PRESENTS Create Giant Cardboard Animals with Colourful Minds,
Make your own cardboard creature.
Create Giant Yarn Letters
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UPFEST PRESENTS Create Giant Yarn Letters with Colourful Minds
Make your own giant initial to hang on your wall at home.
Create Colourful Shadow Puppets
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UPFEST PRESENTS Colourful Shadow Puppets with Colourful Minds
Make your own puppets to cast colourful shadows.
Vintage Collage Club
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UPFEST PRESNTS Vintage Collage Club
Join The Crafty Social Club for a relaxed and mindful evening and enjoy the simple pleasures of cutting and sticking. Using heaps of vintage books,magazines, postcards and papers you can create your fantastic and unique artworks
Technicolor Goggles & Visors
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UPFEST PRSESNTS Technicolor Goggles & Visors.
The Crafty Social Club invites you to play with colour in this fun and informal workshop suitable for all ages and abilities. Using recycled and reclaimed materials you can change the way you view the world through your Technicolour goggles or visor !
Adult Painting Party
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UPFEST PRESENTS Adult Painting Party
Join us for a night of arty party games, classic party games with an arty twist
Children's Painting Party
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UPFEST PRESENTS Children's Painting Party Join us for arty party games, classic party games with an arty twist.
Rocking Records- Mindful LP Mandalas
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UPFEST PRESENTS Rocking Records- Mindful LP Mandalas
Why not boost your health and wellbeing by joining Jo from Craftysew&so in using LP records as an unconventional canvas
Introduction to Architectural Modelling
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UPFEST PRESENTS an introduction to architectural modelling. Bristol's vibrant street art and bright rainbow houses make it one of the most colourful cities in the UK!
An Evening with Mister Samo
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UPFEST PRESENTS An Evening with Mister Samo
Join Mister Samo for an informative and heart moving conversation about why visibility matters why love is so radical and important and how he ended up here!
Exploring Identity & Self with Samo
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UPFEST PRESENTS Exploring Identity and Self with Mister Samo
We will explore who we are! This fun quick pace workshop we will look at the areas we like and love about who we are and our own identity.
Life Drawing
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UPFEST PRESENTS Life Drawing
Life drawing with an Upfest twist! Try your hand at drawing a live model with a mix of short and medium poses. Untutored session but artist Giuliana Terran will be happy to give you some tips.
mt Masking Tape Collaborative Mural
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UPFEST PRESENTS mt Masking Tape Collaborative Mural, participants will work with Alix Smith from Tape Art Project to create a large wall mural made entirely from tape
Children's Spray Paint Workshop
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UPFEST PRESENTS Spray paint Workshops run by Bristol's own Street Artist Acerone.
Don’t miss the chance to work alongside Acerone and create your very own personalised piece of street art.
Draw a Dino With Andy Council
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UPFEST PRESENTS Draw a Bristol Dinosaur with Andy Council supported by Faber-Castell with colouring pencils, felt-tip pens and watercolour paints.
Can Art with Rose Popay
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UPFEST PRESENTS Can Art with Rose Popay. After proving hugely popular at Upfest 2022, Rose is back with a tonne of empty spray cans and she'll help you discover your inner artist, helping you create a masterpiece to take home.
Bristol Portrait Club
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UPFEST PRESENTS Bristol Portrait Club
Fast paced and fun, portrait club welcomes everyone not just artists to have a go at drawing a face, with the sitter charging every 15 minutes.
Drink and Draw
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UPFEST PRESENTS Kid Crayon's Drink and Draw at the Dame. Feel free to bring your sketchpads but paper and all materials will be provided. Sorry kids over 18's only on this one.
Adult Spray Paint Workshop
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UPFEST PRESENTS Spray paint Workshops run by Bristol's own Street Artist Acerone Don’t miss the chance to work alongside Acerone and create your very own personalised piece of street art.
Blood & Butchery in Bedminster
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UPFEST PRESENTS Blood and Butchery in Bedminster.
Bedminster’s older than Bristol, and this 5★ walking tour takes you to extraordinary, forgotten places where amazing things happened.
Street Photography Workshop
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UPFEST PRESENTS Street Photography Workshop.
A rare opportunity to take a practical street photography workshop with professional street photographer Colin Moody.
mt Masking Tape Workshops
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UPFEST PRESENTS mt Masking Tape Workshops with Artist Alix Smith from Tape Art Project, Participants will create their own Tape Art pieces to take home
POSCA Customisation Station
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UPFEST PRESENTS POSCA Customisation Station.
Feel a need for some colour in your home? Then bring down an item to customise from clothing to kitchenware - the Upfest crew will be on hand to share tips and tricks.
POSCA Doodle Wall
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UPFEST PRESENTS POSCA Doodle Wall.
Do you want to have a try and see how awesome Posca are? Or maybe you just feel like a bit of a doodle.
Nacoa Kids Activities
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UPFEST PRESENTS Nacoa Kids Area. This year the Nacoa kid’s area is back, partaking in everything sticky and colourful, and dont miss the legendary cake stall
