With the whole of Thailand talking about the Think Design Art festival, it is no wonder that with great thanks to the local press we are certainly going to be an event to remember and one that will continue to be a notable calender item for many years to come. Please visit the following sites for their take on the festival and we are looking forward to welcoming you and the world to what will be a truly marvelous event.

http://www.phuketgazette.net/archives/phuketlifestyle/2011/article11797.html

http://www.bangkokpost.com/arts-and-culture/art/272112/art-festival-in-phuket

Typical of Phuket’s local artistic talent is Marilyn Band, a British artist who has been chronicling Phuket and her travels around Asia for more than 20 years through her art: “I am pleased to have been invited to join Phuket’s first Arts Festival, together with fellow foreign and Thai artists. I hope this will turn into an annual event.”

Another Phuket identity, John Underwood, of Underwood Art Factory, will exhibit his sculptures, kinetic and still and paintings while Spanish artist Gomez Bueno, who lives in Los Angeles, will also display his paintings.  Many Thai artists will have the opportunity to display their talents to a wider audience for the first time.

Adding to the colour of the Festival will be people of all ages wandering the venue in outrageous costumes; street performers and live entertainment daily from well known Phuket artists such as PJae Stanley, the Colin Hill Band, saxophonist Milo Reznikof and Jimmy Fame aka Jim Newport, (look out for Jim’s latest short, Phuket based movie “The Endless Bottle”) who will be jammin’ on Wednesday, December 27th.  Also on the bill for Friday night are The Rockin’ Angels and Legends of Siam. Joe Conrad will be performing his illusions and there will be spin art for kids and adults!

IMAGINE WHAT IS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE. OVER 150 EXHIBITORS WILL PRESENT AN AMAZING RANGE OF WORK TOTALING INTO THE THOUSANDS OF ARTWORK PIECES. THIS COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENT WILL BE FANTASTIC FOR ALL, MOST CRITICALLY THE BRILLIANT ARTISTS WHO HAVE LENT THEIR WORK TO OUR VISION FOR PHUKET. BY THE NUMBERS ALONE, THE THINK DESIGN ART FESTIVAL WILL BE THE BIGGEST CELEBRATION EVER OF ART IN PHUKET. WE ARE ESTIMATING A DAILY ATTENDANCE OF MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE.

Here are just a few facts about the Festival:

--Over 150 artists exhibiting inside the convention center in Royal Phuket Marina.
--25 demonstrations or more demonstrations of art making.
-- Hours of free workshops for children.
--Performance art.
--Sculpture on the boardwalk.
--Video art in 2 video performance rooms.
---Spoken word performances.
--Musical performances.
--Fashion shows.
--The festival will benefit 2 great Phuket charities.

The Festival is about the art and about Phuket. We will showcase the best works by the local and international artists who are participating, for sophisticated collectors to connect with these artists, and for the international art community to experience and engage with art in Phuket. We hope to improve the concept of art exploration and conversation while empowering the relationship between collector and artist while acting like a filter to the most prominent contemporary artists in Asia. Each year as the Festival grows, it will continue to innovate and engage the art community with new ways to connect, experience and understand art. News and updates can be viewed on this website to find out the latest at www.thinkdesignartfestival.com.


We have run our program on a shoestring budget and elbow grease, which will allow local artists who might not have the resources normally to get involved for the benefit of art lovers. We have played out our own critical beliefs of how art should be viewed. We endeavor to make the Think Design Art Festival an open and welcoming destination for the contemplation of ideas and visual surprises. It will be an exciting ride full of connections, exponential effects, and intangible rewards and the cultural conversation with emerging artists will foster dialogue with contemporary social and aesthetic ideas. Our artists and critics panel discussion will provide a welcome forum for serious discussion and encourage artists with the freedom to explore their most ambitious dreams and projects.

Here in these pages we show just a few of the many artists who will exhibit their work. The images excite me for the range and variety of work, just in this short sampling.  We are excited for new artists who have never been part of this type of event. We hope to bring a new audience to these emerging artists. We hope this is the first of many, many years to come for the Art Festival. Their artwork, be it painting, sculpture, drawing, and installation, aims to encourage other artists as well to get involved with our Festival. We will include children’s activities so they learn and gain self confidence and knowledge about art. We’re not necessarily teaching them to become artists but to use art as a form of therapy.

Each of the artists are assigned a space within the large Convention Center space which has been installed with a special wooden structure for ease of presentation. 

Christian Develter, one of the artists who will be exhibiting said spending time with people is an art inspiration in itself. “I’m normally inspired by people. A lot of my work involves talking to people, discussions, and I can people watch all day. And most of my inspirations are not from other art, they’re from life itself”.

To get involved.
Just contact us to get more details and to reserve space at the Art Festival.

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