MAD! Melbourne Art & Design Fair Saturday 5 November 2011

MAD! Melbourne Art & Design Fair

Melbourne is about to go Crazy with creative talent!

Local artists will featuring their amazing designs at this one-day-only Pop Up Market, with incredible wall art, homewares, handcrafted jewellery and decorative items on offer.

Visitors will be able to purchase giftware, fashion, jewellery  and giftware and other decor items  personally hand made by Melbourne’s most talented artists,designer and crafters.
  
There will be street art exhibition featuring a collaboration of Melbourne’s top contemporary street artists covering 25m of street frontage, with artists competing for an incredible prize... and you’ll be the judge. There will be also live shows and food stalls to tempt  your taste buds. So dont miss out this one only day event.

Date: Saturday 5 November 2011

Time :11am - 4pm


Where: 118 High Street Prahran

Entry: is free  You’d be MAD to miss it!

Pop Up Locations are kept under wraps until the week before each event, so if you want to be in the know, be sure to follow our Pop Updates via email, Facebook orTwitter.

If you are a talented young artist or designer (including students) and are looking to get your name out there, click here to win a free spot in our Pop Up Gallery.

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Here are  the up coming events  for the rest of this year:

Brisbane Craft & Quilt Fair 19 – 23 October 2011

Melbourne Craft and Sewing Show 27 – 30 October 2011

Adelaide Craft & Quilt Fair 3 – 6 November 2011

So please visit Into Craft and share your thoughts & Ideas with the Craft community.


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