Artists Jedd Downes and Joel Moore have been roaming around the University of Wollongong campus this week transforming everyday landscapes into interactive masterpieces.
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Other well-know Wollongong artists are also creating new artwork on campus during the fifth annual Live Art Week.
Event organiser Bailey Bond said the week was a chance for students and staff to engage with the artistic process and watch how a work of art is created from start to finish.
He said the increasingly popular annual event was designed to encourage people to look at the campus in a different way.
“Students walk around campus staring at their phones or rushing to classes. We want them to take some time to engage with creative activities and appreciate our beautiful campus,” Bond said.
Renowned artists creating new works on campus include Trina Collins. Known as Poncho Army, she will return to paint another magical bird mural, after creating the captivating design that now lives on the side of a shipping container on campus.
Saltwater Dreamtime, artist Zachary Bennett-Brook, is an Indigenous artist from Wollongong who will bring his love of the ocean to his work.
Meantime, the UniLife Envirowarriors will be combining their love of sustainability with their creativity when they build sculptures from used coffee cups.
There will also be workshops running throughout the week, for those who want to explore their own creativity.
At night, the campus will be transformed as the work of creative arts students is projected onto the trees and buildings of UOW, in a captivating display of light and colour.
Creative arts students will be able to see their work displayed on the side of the buildings surrounding the Uni Bar and UOW Library.
Live Art Week wraps up on Friday, August 17.