Final Call For Crap Artists!!!!

Final Call for Crap Artists!!!!

The Itchiball Prize is on again for 2009 and folks have only one more week to enter Australia's Most Disappointing Art Show!

WIN A $1,500 CHAPEL ST PRECINCT SHOPPING SPREE for the WORST ARTWORK!

With the support of Streets Ahead, City of Stonnington, Spirit Telecom, Bendigo Bank and the Chapel St Precinct, The Museum of Particularly Bad Art, (MOPBA), is raising money for three local charities by holding the Itchiball Prize at Chapel Off Chapel as part of The Melbourne Fringe Festival in September 2009.

Our CRITERIA is simple:

* Completely devoid of technical skill (colour, tone, perspective and shading)
* Unusual, poor or tasteless subject matters (preferably all three!)
* Undeniable passion, driven by an uneducated hand

The works can be produced or found, but must be original. Prints and reproductions are not acceptable. All artworks must be ready to hang.

Entries Close: Tuesday, 8th September 2009 at 9pm.

Entry forms are available online at www.mopba.org

MOPBA's Launch Evening:

Tuesday, 22nd September 2009. 6-8.30pm
Chapel Off Chapel
12 Little Chapel St, Prahran, VIC 3181.

Dress: For Art's Sake! EVERYBODY IS WELCOME!!!! ($5 adults, $2 kids/concession)

Exhibition Dates:
All entries and the MOPBA collection will be exhibited at Chapel Off Chapel from Monday 21st September 2009 to Sunday, 27th September 2009.

Works to be delivered to:

MOPBA Competition
C/o Yellow Bird Caf
122 Chapel Street
Windsor, VIC. 3181

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Curator - Helen Round 0419 541 902
Oskar Cebergs 03 9529 6331

For more info and for entry forms visit: www.mopba.org

Funds Raised from this event will support the following Charities
Uniting Care Prahran Mission
Save-A-Dog Scheme Inc
Sacred Heart Mission


SOURCE: The Museum of Particularly Bad Art