Kings Road Artist Studios

Today we went to a Micro Beer Festival at the Kings Road Artist Studios in Pontcanna, Cardiff. The festival takes place every month so you don't have to wait too long for a chance to check it out for yourselves! Apparently we missed all the best festivities as they took place on the Saturday (they had a ukulele band and everything), but we still had a very splendid time and met some very wonderful people.

In fact, they were so wonderful that we're going to do a stand alone post for them! (I just decided that now.)

One thing we will say is that the beer, which is actually brewed on site in their own micro brewery, is first class and the free tea and cake was pretty good too!

JazzCakes100

Lots of things to talk about today, lots of things happening and lots of things coming up.

First of all we want to tell everybody about our new project: JazzCakes100. 'Not a very imaginative title,' we hear you say, but simplicity is key; less is more! JazzCakes100 is a new series, curated by the people at JazzCakesHQ, where we get 100 things designed, modified or improved by 100 people. 

To kick off the series we have JazzCakes100:T-shirts. It does exactly what it says on the tin. But - and this is where you come in - we still need a small amount of creative people to get our full quota of 100. So if you or anybody you know may be interested in this project, read on. Below is a link to Facebook where there is some more information on what it entails. 

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=153300880131&id=1187081773&ref=mf

If you don't think taking part is your cup of earl grey but you'd still like to see the final collection then we shall keep you posted on when the exhibition will be. There will definitely be a Cardiff exhibition and we are also working on a London exhibition thanks to our lovely friends at The Bridge Collective.

Quiet Summer

JazzCakes have been a little quiet over the summer months for one reason and another.

To tide you over 'til there's something exciting to tell you about here's a new exciting Cardiff based project from three fine young graduates.

Open/Close are hoping to make use of all those empty units that are littering the high streets at the moment, with the intention of making them look beautiful by putting on art exhibitions.

They also have an interesting blog which is being utilised as an open exhibition space.