Digital Graffiti Festival At Alys Beach May 17-18

Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach is an innovative and dynamic event that celebrates the intersection of projection art and architecture.

The 17th Annual Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach festival, underwritten by The Alys Foundation, will be held May 17-18, 2024. Get Tickets >

During the event, international artists display their original digital art upon the white walls of Alys Beach, transforming the SoWal town into a vibrant canvas of motion, color, light, and fun! The draws digital artists from across the globe to explore how their fluid forms connect with people and architecture to create spontaneous and wondrous experiences. Get tickets and learn more at  digitalgraffiti.com.

Staged against the elegant white walls of Alys Beach, Digital Graffiti provides a large-scale blank canvas for artists to explore the visual intersection of art and architecture. The engagement between the art, architecture, and audience is transformative, creating an immersive and interactive art projection experience that is entirely unique to the Digital Graffiti festival, named as one of the top “24 Unconventional Art Destinations Around the World” by National Geographic.

Digital Graffiti is a juried festival of original works of digital, projection art. The 2024 awards include Best of Show ($5,000 prize), Curator’s Choice ($2,000 prize) and three Special Recognition honors (at $1,000 prize each), selected by the festival’s curator, John Colette, and esteemed panel of judges. The Alys Foundation has donated more than $300,000 in awards and artist stipends over the past 16 years, all to further digital work in the public realm.

Thursday, May 16, 4 - 6PM – Art + Architecture Panel, Central Park - RSVP Required
    This panel discussion will feature Alys Beach Town Architect Marieanne Khoury-Vogt and 2024 Digital Graffiti Finalists, moderated by Kevin Boyle, and is offered without charge; RSVP (digital ticket) will be required for entry.

Friday, May 17, 10AM - 12PM – Digital Graffiti 101 Panel, Central Park - RSVP Required
    This panel discussion will feature Curator John Colette and 2024 Digital Graffiti Finalists, moderated by Kevin Boyle, and is offered without charge; RSVP (digital ticket) will be required for entry.

Friday, May 17, 2 - 4PM – Art + Technology Panel, Central Park - RSVP Required
    This panel discussion will feature Technologist Geoffrey Platt and 2024 Digital Graffiti Finalists, moderated by Kevin Boyle, and is offered without charge; RSVP (digital ticket) will be required for entry.

Friday, May 17, 6 – 8PM - Awards Party
    Digital Graffiti launches the 17th annual festival at Alys Beach with a celebratory pre-party announcing the festival award winning artists. This is an invitation-only event.

Friday, May 17, 8 – 11PM, Sponsored by Esteem Wealth Partners
    Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach opens with an adult-only (21+), all-inclusive food and beverage experience. Stroll the festival path, lined with art installations intermixed with festive food and beverage presentations from the best local and regional chefs, restaurants, winemakers, distilleries, and breweries. This evening will be a spectacle for the senses!

Saturday, May 18, 11:30AM – 1PM – Digital Graffiti Panel, Central Park - RSVP Required
    This panel discussion will feature Marieanne Khoury-Vogt, John Collete, Geoffrey Platt, and 2024 Digital Graffiti Artists, moderated by Kevin Boyle, and is offered without charge; RSVP (digital ticket) will be required for entry.

Saturday, May 18, 8 – 11PM
    For the finale of the 17h Annual Digital Graffiti event, we welcome families and guests of all ages to experience the projection art installed along the festival path. Engage and interact with the artwork in the immersive festival experience, with food trucks and beverage stands positioned throughout the path with fun eats and drinks for purchase

Learn more:
www.alysbeach.com  
www.digitalgraffiti.com

Digital Graffiti Official Festival Updates

4/12/24 Update

The 17th Annual Digital Graffiti festival at Alys Beach, underwritten by The Alys Foundation, will introduce new educational initiatives, programming, and partnerships to the event lineup. In addition to the festival's evening exhibitions and celebrations, Alys Beach will host panel discussions and student outreach as part of this expanded education effort, Digital Graffiti + Education or DG + E. Starting May 16, Alys Beach homeowners and members of the public will be invited into the processes behind the Digital Graffiti experience. This DG + E programming includes panels moderated by Kevin Boyle, and featuring discussions with festival curator John Colette, technical specialist Geoffrey Platt, DG artists, digital arts instructors, and Marieanne Khoury-Vogt, Alys Beach town architect, providing the audience with more opportunity to learn about the installations, processes, technology, production, and architecture brought together to create the Digital Graffiti experience. These DG + E panels are offered free of charge with ticketed reservations required. Complimentary panel tickets can be secured now via Big Tickets, where festival event tickets are also available for purchase.
 
DG+E PANEL SCHEDULE:
 
Thursday, May 16, 4 - 6PM – RSVP Required
Art + Architecture Panel, Central Park
This panel discussion will feature Alys Beach Town Architect Marieanne Khoury-Vogt, John Colette, Jeremy Oury, Peter Clark and moderated by Kevin Boyle.
 
Friday, May 17, 10AM - 12PM – RSVP Required
Digital Graffiti 101 Panel, Central Park
This panel discussion will feature Curator John Colette, Katina Bitsicas, Kati Angelov, Diana Reichenbach and moderated by Kevin Boyle.
 
Friday, May 17, 2 - 4PM – RSVP Required
Art + Technology Panel, Central Park
This panel discussion will feature Technologist Geoffrey Platt and 2024 Digital Graffiti Finalists, moderated by Kevin Boyle.
 
Saturday, May 18, 11:30AM – 1:30PM – RSVP Required
Digital Graffiti Panel, Central Park
This panel discussion will feature Alys Beach Town Architect Marieanne Khoury-Vogt, John Colette, Geoffrey Platt,  Joshua Bernard and moderated by Kevin Boyle.
 
DGtv
This year, Digital Graffiti will also introduce DGTV, which will chronicle festival production including behind-the-scenes insights into the curation process, the creative and technical production, and will include interviews with the show's finalists, residency, and participating artists, technicians, audience, students, teachers, curator, events production, architects, and other contributors for a compelling look into the Digital Graffiti experience from start to finish. DGTV interviews will be conducted by Digital Graffiti MC, Kevin Boyle, whose involvement in the festival started in its early years. Be on the lookout for the DGTV crew during the festival and glean more insights from artists and participants as they are interviewed. You may even be interviewed about your DG experience!

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4/23/24 Update

Digital Graffiti will partner with area schools, university programs, and local non-profits to provide a platform and collaborative “laboratory” space for emerging artists, and to further the educational reach of the festival experience. In addition to the longtime involvement of Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and the return of the University of Missouri (Mizzou), the 2024 Digital Graffiti festival welcomes art and technology programs from Cypress College (Cypress, CA), Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA), and local charter schools Seaside Neighborhood School and Seacoast Collegiate High School. These students and their instructors will have the opportunity to experience the real-life application in the festival scenario, seeing their artworks incorporated into the show, engaging with professional artists practicing in the arts and technology fields, and workshopping, incubating, and collaborating ideas and applications.
 
Join us May 16-18 in Alys Beach for the 17th Annual Digital Graffiti festival events to enjoy, interact with, and celebrate the work of these emerging artists as part of the overall creative experience.

4/30/24 Update

This year, Digital Graffiti is partnering with The Paper Bear Film Project, a nonprofit feature film that aims to generate awareness and a greater appreciation for the tremendous biodiversity of the Northwest Florida region. The soon-to-release film features a thoughtful blend of animation and live action, and an installation representing the animation process will be shown as part of the 2024 Digital Graffiti festival, mapped to the architectural and landscape features of Raw & Juicy.
 
Additionally, to further engage younger audiences, DG X The Paper Bear will hold a scavenger hunt during the Saturday evening festival event to introduce the animated characters from the film, hidden throughout the festival path, in addition to “Easter eggs” found within the artworks themselves. Each scavenger hunt find will be marked with a stamp in the corresponding passport, and a completed passport will be awarded a special edition Digital Graffiti X The Paper Bear t-shirt (while supplies last). Children who wish to participate in the scavenger hunt can pick up their passports at the entry/box office tent. Mark your calendars for Saturday night of the festival!
 
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