Foley Street Mural Launch & Street Party

A giant street party this Friday night, with food trucks, a DJ and pop-up bar, will launch a new 75-metre-long mural lining the walls of Foley Street, as part of Art Month Sydney.

WE ARE HERE, a 15-metre-high artwork presented by a collective of renowned Australian street artists, illustrators and photographers, depicts some of the city’s most significant people and events using a mixture of paint, collage, drawing, paste-ups, stencils and photography.

Each artist has completed a different section of the artwork, exploring a particular event or moment in time. The sections are woven together by a common colour palette, featuring bold reds, purples and blues, and the use of repeating motifs, including sign language.

In its early days Foley Street was part of the bush track linking Botany Bay and Sydney Harbour, then spent decades as one of Sydney’s busiest commercial centres, now its present-day life is as an emerging hub of arts, culture and creativity.

Foley Street will be closed to traffic for the launch. The event is part of Art Month’s annual East Sydney and Darlinghurst precinct night, with a host of galleries, artist studios and creative spaces in the neighbourhood staying open until late.