http://www.artbattleto.com Art Battle Mon, 14 May 2012 21:25:58 +0000 http://www.artbattleto.com en http://artbattleto.com/Art-Battle-29-May-29th http://artbattleto.com/following/artbattleto.com/Art-Battle-29-May-29th Mon, 14 May 2012 21:25:58 +0000 Art Battle 3403367 7:30PM at The Great Hall, 1087 Queen Street West Toronto, Canada Painters interested in competing at Art Battle, please contact us by email - hello@artbattleto.com Tweet Photo below by Art Battle. The final round from Art Battle 24 in Toronto, March 2012. Painters pictured are Cat Reyto, Alex Jones, Ginger Jarvis, Ira Lipkin and Yang Cao (winner). <img src="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/3403367/AB promo pic.jpeg" width="580" height="387" width_o="580" height_o="387" src_o="http://payload55.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/3403367/AB promo pic_o.jpeg" data-mid="17507720" border="0" align="left"/> Please join us at The Great Hall on Tuesday May 29th for the most exciting live arts event in the city! Art Battle 29 will feature sixteen local and international artists who will have 20 minutes to create their best possible work. The medium is acrylic paint and the tools allowed are brushes, palette knives or any non-mechanical implements. Awesome video review from My City Lives What is Art Battle? Art Battle is live competitive painting. Painters create the best work they can in 20 minutes. As they work, patrons move around the easels, closely watching the creative process. At the end of the round, the audience votes democratically for their favourite painting and bids in silent auction to take the work home. Painters interested in competing at Art Battle please contact us by email with images or link to your work > hello@artbattleto.com Sweet music all night from DJ Grimsby Tickets $15 / $10 Students (w/ ID) See you at the Great Hall on the 29th! xo Art Battle http://artbattleto.com/Art-Battle-16-July-26-2011 http://artbattleto.com/following/artbattleto.com/Art-Battle-16-July-26-2011 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:36:21 +0000 Art Battle 1693245 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/1693245/ab16wrapup12-1.JPG" width="640" height="427" width_o="640" height_o="427" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/1693245/ab16wrapup12-1_o.JPG" data-mid="8838004" border="0" align="left"/> Art Battle Sweet 16 began with confetti falling... from high above the easels and ended with the evening's finest painter raising the Champion's Trophy to the roof. A record crowd showed up on Tuesday to watch, cheer, vote and bid for the most accomplished field of competitive painters ever assembled. Sixteen champion and all-star painters battled it out in 2 intense rounds, each hoping to gain a spot in the final match of the evening. Tough decision for the audience with so much talent on display! The 4 painters who advanced to the final: - Dave Sheppard, a finalist from AB14, this time his first round painting set an Art Battle bid record, selling for over $500. - Ginger Jarvis, a dramatic last minute sub for an absent Champ, she made the most of her moment, getting into the final for the first time since AB6. - Jacqueline Poirier, the AB10 Champ, she also advanced to the final of AB15. - Chen Cao, was looking strong with a 3 match winning streak, including defeating Jacqueline 4 weeks earlier for the AB15 title. In the final, after 20 minutes of stunning work and a couple broken brushes, the audience voted Jacqueline Poirier's deep and beautiful landscape as the best painting of the final. Congratulations Jacqueline, you are the Champion of Champions, and we couldn't be more proud! Thanks again for an amazing night, we hope to see you all again at the Great Hall for Art Battle 17 on Tuesday August 30th. xo AB Art Battle Sweet 16 Preview from Heads TO on Vimeo. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/1693245/ab16-flyer-580.png" width="612" height="792" width_o="612" height_o="792" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/1693245/ab16-flyer-580_o.png" data-mid="8316606" border="0" align="left"/> Tweet Greetings Art Battle patrons and painters, Please join us at the Great Hall on Tuesday July 26th for the greatest live competitive painting event ever held! We have invited 16 Champion and All-Star painters to return to the easel to compete in a tournament of champions for the title of Art Battle Grand Champion, cash money and a solo exhibit. We’ll probably even get a trophy, and some sort of confetti cannon :) When/where: July 26th - Doors 730, Paint at 8 The Great Hall, 1087 Queen St West Toronto, Canada FACEBOOK INVITE The event will also include an exhibit of studio paintings from our invited painters. Do not miss this AB, it's set to be the night of nights for live art in Toronto. The following 16 painters will battle in two rounds of 8, the top vote-getters of each round will move into the third and final match. We can't wait! The skill and heart is off the charts: Scotty Schafer (AB2 Champion) Bryan Belanger (AB5 Champion) Jamie Ashforth (AB6 and Queen West Art Crawl Champion) Marco Bertuzzo (AB7 Champion) Jacqueline Poirier (AB10 Champion) Sarah Lewis Steele (Varley Champion) Jeff Dywelska (AB11 Champion) Kiele Stevens (AB12&13 Champion) Omar 'Oms' Hopkinson (AB14 Champion) Andres Correa (Impact First Champion) Chen Cao (AB15 Champion) Carlos Delgado (awesome) Dave Sheppard (amazing) Jill Price (Elvis) Rodrigo Peres (Master class skill, great guy and caused quite a stir with his Vermeer-worthy painting in the final round of AB15) and... Alex Jones defeated a talented field of painters last night (Monday) to earn the 16th and final spot in Art Battle Sweet 16!! Congrats to Alex and good luck to all of our painters tonight ! EVENT INFO What is Art Battle? Art Battle is live competitive painting. The audience watches, cheers, votes and bids in support of the artists and their paintings. All paintings created at AB are auctioned. *Paintings that fail to meet the minimum bid may be destroyed. Patron tickets are $15 at the door. See you on the 26th! xo The Art Battle Team http://artbattleto.com/CAGE-MATCHES-May-1st-2012 http://artbattleto.com/following/artbattleto.com/CAGE-MATCHES-May-1st-2012 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:55:22 +0000 Art Battle 3219040 Art Battle: Cage Matches May 1st, 2012 at 800PM The Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. West, Toronto Canada Doors open at 730PM The only event of it's kind, Cage Matches is live competitive painting with *no rules. Artists take their palettes, brushes and who knows what else into the cage for a series of 1-on-1 matches...the audience will decide who has produced the better painting at the end of the round. Tweet Join us in the Art Battle mailing list and don't miss our monthly events! Click here to RSVP on the FB event page The line-up of Painters for Cage Matches is: Kiele Stevens / Marco Bertuzzo Carlos Delgado / Filip Matovina Kate Taylor / Karen Taylor Mathew Fierke / Elias Anatolios Sofia del Junco / Kat Gomboc Robbie J / Tony Smerek Morgan Booth / Jack Cerre Art Battle will also be joined by Special Musical Guests, heavy metal dynamos BLACK ABSINTHE and world famous Laughologist ALBERT NERENBERG * There are actually two rules in Cage Matches > During the last 2 minutes of a match, painters are not allowed to touch their opponent's canvas. And no setting anything on fire. http://artbattleto.com/Art-Battle-Doubles-April-24-2012 http://artbattleto.com/following/artbattleto.com/Art-Battle-Doubles-April-24-2012 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:47:55 +0000 Art Battle 3129506 Congratulations to Ira Lipkin & Alyssa Prigioniero, Art Battle Doubles Champions! We'll see Alyssa and Ira paint again at our Tournament of Champions, July 24th in Toronto. Image below from round two of Art Battle Doubles, April 24th, 2012. Photo by Don Komarechka | www.donkom.ca <img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/3129506/Doubles pic 4.jpg" width="670" height="407" width_o="1200" height_o="730" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/3129506/Doubles pic 4_o.jpg" data-mid="17128325" border="0" align="left"/> 7:30PM at The Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. West, Toronto Tweet Join us in the Art Battle mailing list and don't miss our monthly events! For info about Art Battle: Cage Matches - May 1st, 2012 - CLICK HERE <img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/3129506/AB DOUBLES.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="960" height_o="640" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/3129506/AB DOUBLES_o.jpg" data-mid="15988343" border="0" align="left"/> Pictured here - Andres Correa and Jacqueline Poirier show us how it's done as a team We are pleased to announced our first ever team event! 12 teams will compete at Art Battle Doubles, 2 painters per team. This tournament will have 3 rounds including a final Championship round. The winning team will receive cash prize and qualify for the Art Battle Tournament of Champions this summer. What is Art Battle? Art Battle is live competitive painting. Painters create the best work they can in 20 minutes. As they work, patrons move around the easels, closely watching the creative process. At the end of the round, the audience votes democratically for their favourite painting and bids in silent auction to take the work home. Teams for Art Battle Doubles are: Tyler Armstrong & Jacqueline Poirier Jack Cerre & David McKenzie Ciara Dunn & Tony Smerek Carlos Delgado & Andres Correa Alyssa Prigioniero & Ira Lipkin Jibola Fagbamiye & Tania Iskiw Kat Gomboc & Mathew Fierke Filip Matovina & Tongsten Chen Sofia del Junco & Elias Anatolios Desi Ivanova & Kiele Stevens Mark Grant & Rob Jolicoeur If you would like to compete at a future Art Battle, please send us an email with images or link to work > hello@artbattleto.com Seeing is believing? Here’s an excellent video review of Art Battle from our friends at My City Lives. Reading is believing? Lia Grainger sums up the Art Battle experience for Metro News. Tickets available at the door $15 or $10 Students w/ID See you at Doubles! xo Art Battle<img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/3129506/Doubles pic 4.jpg" width="670" height="407" width_o="1200" height_o="730" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/3129506/Doubles pic 4_o.jpg" data-mid="17128325" border="0" align="left"/> http://artbattleto.com/Art-Battle-Twenty-Four-Mar-27th http://artbattleto.com/following/artbattleto.com/Art-Battle-Twenty-Four-Mar-27th Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:40:31 +0000 Art Battle 2968359 *updated March 28th Congrats to Yang Cao, winner of Art Battle 24 last night at The Great Hall in Toronto! There were so many beautiful paintings created, thanks to all the artists who participated and the capacity crowd for your wonderful support. Yang will paint again in July at our Tournament of Champions. The next Art Battle event is April 3rd in Vancouver. The next AB in Toronto is April 24th. Art Battle Twenty Four - Tuesday March 27th 730PM at The Great Hall, 1087 Queen Street West, Toronto Scroll down for photos of the painters selected for AB24! Tweet Join us in the Art Battle mailing list and don't miss our monthly events! <img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/photo.JPG" width="670" height="446" width_o="720" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/photo_o.JPG" data-mid="15113877" border="0" align="left"/> Event Details: Art Battle is live competitive painting. This dynamic tournament style event features 16 artists creating the best work they can in 20 minutes. The patrons move around the easels and share in the fun by voting and bidding for their favourite paintings. Join us March 27th at The Great Hall to experience this wonderful event. It's always an amazing time. Side effects may include but are not exclusive to: Meeting great people, owning beautiful art, making beautiful art, surprising/inspiring yourself, ending your writers block and/or calling your best friend to plan that awesome thing you thought of a while ago but forgot about. It's up to you, surround yourself with the energy and expression that you desire, and then go for it! Thank you to all the artists who contacted us this month in application to paint at Art Battle 24. We have chosen 12 people to compete and will choose a few more randomly at the event! The featured painters for AB24 are: Cat Reyto Karen Taylor Yang Cao Tomasz Dysinski Alex 'Apocalypse' Jones Boris Sabo Ginger Jarvis Ira Lipkin Larissa Pelletterio Krystina Wint Cris Fonseca Rob Jolicoeur We will also draw a few names randomly at the event, you'll have the opportunity to submit your name at the door. If you or someone you know would like to compete at a future Art Battle, please send us an email with images or link to work > hello@artbattleto.com Guest DJ - Dr Funk Vinyl Camera - spinning delicious funk/soul/rock tunes all night guaranteed. Tickets available at the door $15 or $10 Students w/ID See you there, it will be Spring! xo Art Battle Art Battle Twenty Four - Tuesday March 27th 730PM at The Great Hall, 1087 Queen Street West, Toronto Featuring: Karen Taylor <img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Karen Taylor.jpg" width="670" height="822" width_o="1200" height_o="1474" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Karen Taylor_o.jpg" data-mid="15528681" border="0" align="left"/> Yang Cao <img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Yang Cao.jpg" width="400" height="602" width_o="400" height_o="602" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Yang Cao_o.jpg" data-mid="15528728" border="0" align="left"/> Tomasz Dysinski <img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Tomasz Dysinski.jpg" width="670" height="376" width_o="960" height_o="540" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Tomasz Dysinski_o.jpg" data-mid="15528744" border="0" align="left"/> Alex 'Apocalypse' Jones <img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Alex Jones.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="960" height_o="640" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Alex Jones_o.jpg" data-mid="15528781" border="0" align="left"/> Ira Lipkin <img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Ira Lipkin.jpg" width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Ira Lipkin_o.jpg" data-mid="15528815" border="0" align="left"/> Rob Jolicoeur <img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Rob Jolicoeur.jpg" width="670" height="500" width_o="960" height_o="717" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Rob Jolicoeur_o.jpg" data-mid="15528821" border="0" align="left"/> Cris Fonseca & Krystina Wint <img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Cris Fonseca and Krystina Wint.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="960" height_o="640" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Cris Fonseca and Krystina Wint_o.jpg" data-mid="15528827" border="0" align="left"/> Larissa Pelletterio <img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Larissa Pelletterio.jpg" width="670" height="443" width_o="710" height_o="470" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Larissa Pelletterio_o.jpg" data-mid="15528863" border="0" align="left"/> Ginger Jarvis <img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Ginger Jarvis.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="960" height_o="640" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Ginger Jarvis_o.jpg" data-mid="15528919" border="0" align="left"/> Cat Reyto <img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Cat Reyto.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="720" height_o="540" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Cat Reyto_o.jpg" data-mid="15558293" border="0" align="left"/> Boris Sabo <img src="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Boris_Battle.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1632" height_o="1224" src_o="http://payload33.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2968359/Boris_Battle_o.jpg" data-mid="15716875" border="0" align="left"/> http://artbattleto.com/Art-Battle-Leap-Year http://artbattleto.com/following/artbattleto.com/Art-Battle-Leap-Year Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:13:19 +0000 Art Battle 2797106 Art Battle Leap Year - 730PM Wednesday Feb 29, 2012 - The Great Hall, Toronto, 1087 Queen W Sculpting battle starts right at 730PM! Tweet Join us in the Art Battle mailing list and don't miss our monthly events! <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2797106/art battle 22 leap year poster.jpg" width="670" height="867" width_o="2048" height_o="2650" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2797106/art battle 22 leap year poster_o.jpg" data-mid="14201635" border="0" align="left"/> So many great artists confirmed! Sculptors Carolyn Steele Gray and Carlos Delgado Painters Jamie Ashforth Julie Lottering Morgan Booth Sarah Lewis Steele Andres Correa Jacqueline Poirier Alessandra Siri Mark Slater Krystina Wint Cris Fonseca Tania Iskiw Kiele Stevens Elias Anatolios Cat Reyto Les Paterson Al Gayle Darlene Swinton CAV Tony Smerek Ira Lipkin Neithsa Kat Gromboc David McKenzie Anna-Karoliina Koskinen Olga Abeleva Dave Sheppard Michelle Lawrence Indra Bhaggan Tomasz Dysinski Mathew Fierke Registration is now closed for Leap Year. Thank you to everyone who emailed us, we can't wait to see you paint! <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2797106/art battle 22 leap year poster.jpg" width="670" height="867" width_o="2048" height_o="2650" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/0/14413/2797106/art battle 22 leap year poster_o.jpg" data-mid="14201635" border="0" align="left"/>