AN international graffiti artist could be painting a wall in your community or school to celebrate See No Evil – the UK's biggest street project.
The Post has teamed up with See No Evil organisers to give those in youth clubs, community groups, charities, and sports clubs the chance to own their own piece of the festival.
A group of 30 of the world's best urban artists will descend on Bristol for See No Evil, between August 13 and 19, in Nelson Street. The lucky winner will have the chance to work with one of these artists and commission their very own wall.
The artists have been chosen by Tom Bingle, aka Inkie, who is from Clifton. He and his team are currently planning which artists will paint which buildings in Nelson Street ready for a street party weekend on August 18 and 19.
Last year's festival saw 22 grey and drab buildings transformed into a riot of colour using 13,400 cans of paint. The end result attracted 16,000 visitors and put the street on the world map.
Now charity and youth groups have the chance to put themselves in the spotlight and have a wall designed for their club.
Mike Bennett, See No Evil organiser, said: "The competition is an exciting opportunity for local community groups to work with world renowned street artists to create a unique legacy for their organisation.
"The winner will be able to choose between three of See No Evil's artists, ensuring the style and ethos of the art will be inline with that of the group and its members."
See the panel right or leftfor information on how to enter the competition.
Guy Poultney, executive member for communities at Bristol City Council, said he was looking forward to this year's event, which is part of the London 2012 Olympic summer arts festival.
He said: "I think See No Evil and the enthusiasm for it is amazing – last year it was untried and untested and we almost had to make do with what we could do in a short space of time.
"This year more people are coming forward to commit and it means there is more scope for what can be done.
"Bristol is so quirky and the scope and ambition of this project is incredible. As a city we're good at doing cool so this fits very well."
Mr Poultney said painting the street, and including the Passenger Shed, at Temple Meads, which will held a free, ticketed, music and arts extravaganza on Friday, August 17, made a connection between Brunel's train station, Cabot Circus, Broadmead and St Augustine's Parade fountains in the Centre.
He added: "There is evidence to show that See No Evil brings in more money than anything we could do with the same amount of spending – who doesn't want to bring in vast numbers of people into the proximity of such a high number of businesses in the middle of a recession?"
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