Yared Nigussu shows his winning painting after an Art Battle
Art Battles are live competitive painting events that take place in cities across Canada. Currently there are events in
Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Kamloops, and Halifax.[1]
Chris Pemberton and Simon Plashkes started Art Battle in Toronto in October 2009.[2] Since then there has been an event at The Great Hall on Queen Street West every month.
Several artists are given 20 minutes to create a painting.[3] Each audience member gets to vote on the painting they like the most by placing a ballot for that round (given at the door) in that artist's collection box. There are 2 or 3 preliminary rounds in which the most popular artists move on to the final round. The artist who gets the most ballots in the final round is declared the winner. All the paintings are then auctioned off to the audience members. Any painting that doesn't reach its minimum bid is destroyed with a chainsaw.[4]
^Grainger, Lia (March 26, 2012). "There's no easel way out in art battle". Metro News. Free Daily News Group Inc. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
^"Brush with greatness". The Toronto Star. 11 October 2010.
^Grainger, Lia (2010-05-17). "Art Battle brings a paint brawl to the walls of Queen West in Toronto". National Post. Postmedia Network Inc. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
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