The Motley Bauhaus is opening a new Melbourne street art venue with a day of live mural painting and local produce.
Scale Up marks the official launch of new art and Melbourne street art precinct, Motley Spielhaus, on Saturday 29 November, transforming a CBD courtyard into a creative celebration. Four muralists will paint permanent works live while bands perform, families make stencils, and organic wine flows alongside fresh Queen Victoria Market fare.
This sun-drenched afternoon positions itself as part mini-festival, part community hangout. Featured artists Blinkerfluid, Stella Tavener, Boxedin and Jason Cavanagh will each create brand new murals for the Spielhaus courtyard, offering audiences a front-row view of four distinct artistic processes happening simultaneously. Styles span bold urban iconography, tender painterly abstraction, playful monochromatic still life and theatrical surrealism.
Scale Up – new Melbourne street art precinct
- What: Scale Up, official launch of the Motley Spielhaus
- Where: Kulinbuluk Square, Melbourne
- When: Saturday 29 November, 12pm to 6pm
- Tickets: Free event
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Between watching the murals take shape as the artists work, visitors can join a mural-making workshop or try their hand at free stencil-making activities suitable for both kids and adults. Live music punctuates the afternoon while local producers from the Queen Victoria Market precinct serve up food and drinks throughout the six-hour celebration.
Motley CEO Jason Cavanagh sees the Spielhaus opening as particularly significant given the current climate of venue closures across Melbourne. Rather than mourning what’s been lost, the launch doubles down on supporting local makers and artists who form the city’s creative backbone.
Families are welcome at this courtyard takeover that blends visual Melbourne street art, live performance and community connection. It’s a chance to meet the muralists, watch their work evolve in real time, and help christen a new addition to Melbourne’s arts landscape as summer kicks off.
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