JazzCakes' background lies firmly in fine art, but tries to incorporate artists and designers in every area of the arts, from theatre to graphic design, dance to architecture.
We formed in Cardiff, 2008, as t-shirt designers/street artists taking part in various monthly markets such as Milgi's Northcote Lane Market and the Amersham Arms' Jumble. From there we began to sell works by our friends such as customised clothing and one off prints. At the same time we were organising Guerilla Tea Parties on the streets of Cardiff. The tea parties were a kind of anti-rave; a civilised approach to socialising on a weekend where people would come, drink tea, eat biscuits and generally just talk. Now based in Liverpool, we are organising and curating projects and exhibitions with specific briefs deisgned to highlight the vastly different approaches to making from practitioners working in their respective disciplines. The JazzCakes website serves as a directory of all the events we have organised and lists profiles of all the artists who we have associated with since our inception. |