Put simply - “Little hand-painted people, left in London to fend for themselves…”

You can see more of slinkachu’s Little People and more at the blog, be sure to pick up some Little People badges while your there!

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Turn It Up! is a huge competition brought to you by NOISE and SBS.  And they want you to get creative and share your stories about the issues affecting your community. Theres $12,000 worth of prizes up for grabs, as well as an internship with SBS and the opportunity to have your work showcased on NOISE and across SBS Radio, Television and Online.

Head to Noise or SBS for all the fine print.

weAreTheImageMakers presents 12×12. 12 Aussie Artists, 12 artworks each on a 12 x 12 canvas. 

12 x 12 is back for another year, featuring the very very best of Australian artistic talent with works from everyone (well technically 12 everyones) from apeseven to jeremyville to miso the show will be a-showing in sydney and melbourne in june / july 2008.

Head to weAreTheImageMakers for more info, but here are the dates for all you quick-fixers out there.

sydney 

aMBUSH gallery
4A james street, waterloo
www.ambushgallery.com
opening night - friday 20 june 2008, 6pm-9pm
exhibition - saturday 21 june to saturday 5 july 2008
gallery hours - wednesday to saturday, 12pm-5pm
melbourne

no vacancy gallery
27-33 red cape lane, melbourne
www.no-vacancy.com.au
opening night - friday 18 july, 6pm-9pm
exhibition - saturday 19 july to friday 25 july 2008
gallery hours - seven days - 10am-5pm

Shaw Brothers Classics: Monkey - Journey To The West

Born from an egg on a mountain top, the monkiest monkey there ever was…

Brought to popularity by the 1970s television show Monkey, the story of the Monkey King and his pilgrimage to India is a well-known tale. The show was based on the classic Chinese story Journey to the West, written in 1590s during the Ming Dynasty it is a fable that has been retold in books, opera, theatre, film and television.

This collection brings together the four film versions made by the iconic Shaw Brothers studio in the 1960s.

Monkey - Journey To The West is available for Siren Visual http://www.sirenvisual.com.au/ along with a mess of other good stuff, including Penn and Teller, Red vs. Blue and more!

A quick reminder of the art exhibition opening going on this week, check it!

Patchwork Blanet Poster Launch this Tuesday the 6th of May at Horse Bazzar on Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne from 6pm. Then back it up with A Very Blimey Exhibiton on Wednesdaythe 7th of May at 696 on Sydney Road, Brunswick from 6 - 9pm. Both events will tingling with creativity and excitment be sure to get in on the action. Scroll down the blog a wee way to get more info on both events!

Baucau is a village in East Timor with a population of 40,000 (48% under the age of 17). Its the 2nd largest town outside of the capital, Dili. Since 2004, a group in Melbourne called the Friends of Baucau have raised funds to build a community centre, much like a neighbourhood house here in Melbourne.

This community centre now has 8 staff members (all from the local Baucau community) who have been trained by volunteers from Australia to deliver programs for the community. This includes English language classes, computer training, women’s small business development, youth music and drama activities, a small library and public workshops on peace and anti-violence.

The Friends of Baucau community group do heaps of fundraising in Melbourne, with every dollar raised going directly to the community centre in Baucau. Any support provided will contribute to the re-building of our closest neighbour, East Timor.

Band Badges is proud to be working with The Friends of Baucau, in creating awareness badges to help raise funds and educate people about the struggles still facing East Timor and the efforts being made to assist the nation both here and in country.

Visit www.friendsofbaucau.org for more information and get involved!

Seriously, blanket is an amazing FREE magazine bound to get your creative bones, well… creating I suppose.  Don’t linger on that sentence too long as it starts to sound a little blue, just move on to thinking about all the wondrous coalescence that will attend the launch of the first ever Patchwork Blanket Poster. Whilst your at the launch be sure to pin down the members of blanket crew and pry (and ply) them for the details of the fantastic button badges they created with the help of the artistic posse and BandBadges.com.au. See you there! Visit blanket magazine.

A very Blimey exhibition

Avast ye matey! Being the most feared fictional female pirate of the day was never going to be easy, but Miss Blimey makes it look like a stroll off the plank. This sexy pirate lass sails the seven and a half seas slaying ner do wells, drinking, righting wrongs and getting into fights with some very nasty enemies. With her ship, the Raven, and her first mate Betty hates Veronica, Miss Blimey is never far from trouble. Now the artisans of Blimey (Skaffs, HelloBard, Martin Abel and many more) are joining forces for the Very Blimey Exhibition. So if you like pirates and pinups you won’t want to miss this show.

Visit MissBlimey.com

Be sure to check out the sweet badge booty we have created for the exhibition, be sure to head to the opening night to feast your patched-eyes on such a treasure!

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Blanket is a free PDF online magazine that is aimed at uncovering (excuse the pun!) Art + Design + Photography from the talented people who create it.

Blanket is a fantastic magazine full of inspired creative works. The name blanket came from the simple idea of wanting to ‘cover’ all the areas of art, design and photography and bring them together in one magazine.

To quote the creators “At Blanket, we aim to inspire our readers through informative interviews, cheeky and humorous stories and, of course, beautiful art, design and photography. Most of all, we aim to have a magazine that is like your best friend: it tells you things, it makes you laugh, it inspires you, and it never takes itself too seriously.”

Be sure to check out the next exciting issue out on April 1st at http://www.blanketmagazine.com/

Good News Everyone!

You can now call direct with all your badge orders and enquireries on (03) 9016-4416, 24 hours a day 7 days a week!

If telephones aren’t your bag, then all our contact details are listed on our contact page.

We have our own direct land line to help make your orders and enquireries quicker and easier.  One small step for man, one giant leap for badge-kind.

 Carry-on…