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3D Chalk Art a hit at Tamworth Country Music Festival 2015
January saw Zest Artist Rudy Kistler head off to the home of 'The Big Golden Guitar' to celebrate Tamworth Country Music Festival 2015. He spent a week entertaining festival goers, producing four 3D street paintings. Each day he would work in a different location...
Zest’s Top 7 Tips for the perfect 3D Chalk Art Activation
A 3D street painting can bring positive attention to your next launch or event. Not only does it have on-site impact, the right artwork has the potential to reach millions online, sparking conversations about your message. After 15 years of producing Australia's top...
Chalk Urban Art Festival 2014 – Australia’s Largest 3D Street Art
This year’s Chalk Urban Art Festival was HUGE. We’re talking 350 square meters huge! We reached over 44 million people online and 45,000 people visited Circular Quay to see the Australian first. Chalk Urban Art Festival was featured in 98 articles, reached the...
Dulux puts our Chalk Artists to the test
The Zest Team had a wonderful month in July performing live at the Bunnings Expo for Dulux Australia to showcase their new Chalkboard range of paints. So long to the traditional black chalkboard! Dulux has developed a vibrant range to get creative with. The brief was...
Introducing Zest Artist Mealie Batchelor!
The Zest team just got bigger with Gold Coast based artist Mealie Batchelor joining the family. Mealie left the corporate graphic design/multimedia world ten years ago to concentrate on creating artworks across many disciplines including painting, sculpture,...
Artist In The Spotlight – Rudy Kistler
Zest Artist Rudy Kistler arrived on our shores from Chicago ten years ago having completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2001 from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design and is recognised by U.S....
Chalk: An Australian Perspective – NOW SCREENING!
Our Chalk documentary airs on Foxtel’s Studio Channel at 9pm on Thursday 28th August on SBS1 on 7 October. 'Chalk: An Australian Perspective' follows Australia’s Champion Pavement Artists Jenny McCracken and Anton Pulvirenti We journey with them to the piazza of...
Rudy On The Run in Japan
Rudy Kistler is on an adventure. He escaped the cold winter in Goulburn, Australia to travel to the warmer climate of Japan - chalking all the way. In mid-July he made his way to Jiyu-no Mori Gakuen (Forest of Freedom High School), to conduct a chalk workshop. His...
Stair Art at Southern Cross Station #100ways #putaspringinyourstep
Zest's urban art project for City of Melbourne and Heart Foundation at Southern Cross Station is most definitely a 'heart project'. Our brief was to attract people to use the stairs rather than the escalators at Southern Cross Station as part of the City of...