Power Up: Angelene Humphrey
“There’s something in the water!”
It’s the theme of Up Here 6, and it’s what Sasha is yelling from the side of her hydro box in Silver Hills.
Colour your own Sleeping Bear by Lümen
Lümen is not done yet! She made her mural into a colouring page so that kids and kids-at-heart and can colour their own little mural at home.
Up Here announces a series of pop-up sessions with local musicians
The RBC Pop-Up Sessions featuring six local artists were shot in fun and surprising locations around Greater Sudbury.
Up Here annonce une série de concerts à emporter avec des musiciens de la région
Les Sessions pop-up RBC mettront en vedette six artistes locaux tournés dans des endroits amusants et surprenants du Grand Sudbury.
Up Here reveals muralists and guest curator for its sixth edition
Up Here has revealed the artists that will paint murals and hydro boxes around the city this year.
Up Here révèle les muralistes et la commissaire invitée de sa sixième mouture
Up Here révèle les artistes qui peindront des fresques et des transformateurs électriques à travers la ville cette année.
Help us find some nice walls around Sudbury
Help us spread the word that we are looking for walls all around the city.
An update about Up Here 6
Here we are. At this point, it has become increasingly obvious that the best thing we can do is not go ahead with the festival we had originally planned. Up Here 6 will still happen, just not the way we envisioned it.
Une mise à jour au sujet du festival Up Here 6
Il devient de plus en plus évident que la meilleure chose qu’on puisse faire n'est pas de poursuivre avec le festival qu’on avait initialement prévu. Up Here 6 aura toujours lieu, mais pas de la façon dont on l'avait envisagé.
Up Here 5 as captured by LePetitRusse
For the past five years, LePetitRusse alias Marc Etienne Mongrain, has captured raw behind the scenes portraits of artists right before or after they hit the stage.
RISK shatters the record for the largest mural in Canada
Legendary graffiti artist RISK has shattered the record for the largest mural in Canada. The 74,000 square foot mural was created in Sudbury, Ontario as part of Up Here festival between August 13th to 26th 2019.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Why I’m Always Angry* (*But Were Too Afraid to Ask)
Writing about art is nice. But it’s not a chicken or the egg situation, is it? We know what came first and it wasn’t the critic.
Interview with an Up Here Muralist: Matti Lehtelä
Matti Lehtehla finds inspiration and beauty in the world around him—from ’90s pop culture, to Touko Laaksonen, to the vast cosmos we call home.
We need your help.
So here’s the deal. Last night, we had a bunch of specialized equipment including industrial paint sprayers stolen from us at the Hospital site. Two locks were cut to get to it. It’s super shitty. We are committed to completing the biggest mural in Canada right here in Sudbury but right now, we really need your help.
Interview with an Up Here Muralist: Laura Peturson
Laura Peturson is based in Callander, Ontario and teaches printmaking, painting, and drawing at Nipissing University.
Jour II & III
Le matin, je me réveille d’un coup, avec un pressentiment. Je check mon téléphone et je remarque que la tournée mystère décolle dans quelques minutes à peine.
Co-founding Myths with Christian Pelletier
In some ways, Up Here has a life of its own now that it’s going on five years. But it started somewhere, and one of the people who started it was Christian Pelletier.
Don't be a Phone-y
Let’s be real: It’s 2019 baby, and no one goes anywhere without their phone.