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Spontaneous Construction 2008
A festival of creative re-invention
Saturday August 16th

PARTY, CREATE, OR BOTH!

Everyone: Look forward to the SponCon Art Carnival and Benefit on August 16th! Bid on amazing art in the silent and live auctions.

Artists: submit works for the silent auction.

PDF Teams and individuals: Pre-register for the spontaneous art contest now!

We’re taking over the street once again with an even bigger array of opportunities for creativity and celebration.

Click here for a detailed Schedule of Events.

Noon to 5 p.m.  ART CARNIVAL
Free for everyone!

  • Art-a-pult: load a cup of paint and hurl it at the community canvass with our catapult.
  • Midway games: ring toss, water balloons, guessing games, fun and prizes galore!
  • Found Music Studio: instruments made from found objects – make your own or jam on ours!
  • Paint a door: we provide the door, the paint, the brushes, you provide the vision!
  • Linoleum Block Prints: kids 12 to 120 can carve images in linoleum; we’ll help you print
  • Kid’s creation station: fun projects for all ages, plus music and storytelling
  • SponCon Contest: Pre-registered contestants work in teams or individually to create found-object sculptures for the evening’s awards and auction.
  • Silent Auction Preview (Bid numbers included in price of admission to evening event.)

5 to 10 p.m. – Home Resource Benefit Auction
$15 at the gate or $10 before August 15th.

  • Live music by Broken Valley Road Show and others
  • Performance artists
  • Dinner catered by the Hob Nob and $2 Big Sky brews
  • 50/50 Raffle
  • Silent auction of pre-made art and selected contest pieces
  • Spontaneous Construction Awards
  • Live Auction of ten selected works from the Spontaneous Construction Contest

PRIZES include:

  • Best work by Under-12-Year-Olds: a mountain bike from Freecycles and freshly powder-coated by Powder Coating of Montana
  • Best Wearable Art: $100 gift certificate to Betty’s Divine
  • Best Work by a Prefessional Team: $100 in art supplies
  • Best Musical Instrument: Free piano or guitar lessons at Tangled tones music studio and more.
  • Best Functional Art:  prize TBA
  • Best work by a Family: prize TBA

An entry fee of $18 per person includes a t-shirt, snacks all day, and full admission to the evening event with dinner and auction bid cards.  Click here for Rules and Recommendations and Registration Forms.  Only 30 work spaces are available, so register early!

Click here for a detailed Schedule of Events.

Schedule of Events
Tickets
Auction
Art Contest
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