Street artists will paint live in Red Lion Square in Stamford as part of festival KorpFest
Street artists will be in Red Lion Square in Stamford on Sunday (March 13) as part of a festival.
Art Pop-Up, a Stamford-based organisation, has arranged for some of the region's top street artists to paint in Red Lion Square from 11am until 4pm, as part of the street art festival KorpFest which is usually held in Peterborough.
There will be nine artists at work with three from Stamford, one from London and the rest hailing from Peterborough.
The event is organised in conjunction with Korp of Korporate Industries, which is the founder of Korpfest and the online Korp Academy where members from all over the world learn to draw with marker pens.
This Sunday's line up features Nyces, whose work has gone viral several times and was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary last year, as well as local artists Cur5, a freehand illustrator and leader in the region's indie art scene as the founder of the live art event Battle Lines and Paul Kneen, who is currently enjoying a successful solo exhibition at Peterborough Museum.
Other artists participating are Process Smith who created the NFT sensation that is Derpy Birbs, Frankie Curtis - renowned professional doodle artist from London with a distinctive style bursting with vibrant characters, Trudy of Tru Creative, Amanda Rigby and Arran Macphail.
Korp, who will be painting live himself, can currently be found on Wednesday mornings in Strays Coffee House on Stamford High Street, as part of another Art Pop-Up project, drawing in the Community Sketchbook with a group of enthusiastic creative learners as part of a programme to encourage locals to have a go at doodling. Everyone is welcome to drop in between 10am and midday.
Art Pop-Up director, Sam Roddan, said: "We are very lucky to have such amazing national talent living right here on our doorstep and we're really grateful to Korp for agreeing to tour his extremely popular KorpFest to Stamford this year allowing us to host the town's very first live street art event.
"Big thanks also to SKDC for providing the funding for the event from the Welcome Back Fund, recognising the value that creativity and art can bring to a community. So don’t forget to bring your sketchbook to Korpfest Stamford this Sunday to grab autographs and doodles from the street artists painting live."