Converse Blank Canvas Project

Modifying, colouring in, and drawing on shoes has always been a favourite activity of youngsters. Gallery Artisan is releasing the inner child of local artists and designers when the Converse Blank Canvas Project launches on June 21 as part of the Reboot: Function, Fashion and the Sneaker exhibition at Gallery Artisan.

High-profile local creative types have customised twenty pairs of classic Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers, kindly donated by Converse.

The artists and designers, including Gail Sorronda, Judy Watson, and Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan, have been given absolute freedom when it comes to their interpretation of the classic Chucks.

The shoes will be sold by auction on this site during the exhibition period. Artisan has been issued with authority to fundraise on behalf of the Cathy Freeman Foundation and all proceeds generated will go to the Cathy Freeman Foundation to support Indigenous education programs. For more information about the Cathy Freeman Foundation please visit their website http://www.cathyfreemanfoundation.org.au/

We hope you enjoy bidding on these fabulous shoes.

Artisan: Leadership in quality crafted design

Based in the eclectic Fortitude Valley - the design savvy precinct of Brisbane, artisan is the peak body in Queensland presenting and promoting unique and individual quality crafted design to an Australian and international audience.

The artisan gallery program profiles innovation and expertise in both conceptual resolution and technical brilliance. Exhibitions are high calibre and ilk, and situate art, craft, and design within our culture, time, and place. Products represented include jewellery, furniture, lighting, glass, ceramics, fashion, textiles, paperware, leather goods, and interior products.

Artisan’s ethos of sector advocacy, leadership, partnerships and marketing, benefits the sector through the creation of opportunities including: retail through artisan’s designer store (m)art, seminars and mentoring programs, exhibition development and touring, export, artist referrals, lecturing and critical writing, Corporate Gifts and corporate commissioning.

Through these initiatives artisan builds markets and develops audiences enabling a self-sustaining and strong creative sector.

Artisan is the trading name for Craft Queensland, a not-for profit company limited by guarantee. Both the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland and the Federal Government through the Australia Council contribute funding.

For more information about Artisan please visit our website http://artisan.org.au/