one.
what is the format festival

two.
where is it going to be

three.
miscellaneous party good times

four.
zine fair

five.
academy of DIY

six.
bikes, camera, action

seven.
street art festival

eight.
feature artists

Academy of DIY
Sunday March 15th 2009
(Other events held from March 1st to 15th)

Event Coordinators:
Joel Catchlove and Cassie Flanagan

The Academy of DIY is a participant driven event designed to facilitate skill sharing, collaboration and the development of strong networks amongst artists and activists across disciplinary and social boundaries. It is a mixture of an open access studio and a collectively run conference, with panels, workshops, film screenings, exhibitions and collaborations. The Academy has been run three times previously. It was held twice in 2007, once as an entirely independent event and as part of the Newcastle Young Writers’ Festival. Then in 2008 it was the central part of the first Format Festival. Its success is in its diversity, with the 2008 event involving everything from panels on identity politics facilitated by academics and activists, through to vegan cooking workshops run by seventeen year old high school students.