More from Id-iom here.

Penfold‘s been out and about again, good to see!

More from Penfold here.

Babelgum are awarding the best street art video loads of money as a prize, £5,000 to be exact, as well as the opportunity for the video to be shown on Times Square’s infamous electronic billboards.

More info here.

With Nuart Festival kicking off this Thursday (September 10) a few of the participating artists have been busy scoping some nice little street spots in Stavanger, Norway (pictured above).

We’ll be keeping you informed with what they get up to so be sure to check back. To whet your appetite here’s a little beauty from Chris Stain:

More pics from WallKandy shortly but if you can’t wait for our posts though keep an eye on his continually updated flickr here.

Helen Soteriou interviews the hugely successful urban sculptor Nick Georgiou about his background and the strange creatures he makes out of the stitched folds of thousands of discarded newspapers.

Can you tell me about yourself?

I was born in Queens, NY in 1980, the youngest of six children, six years after the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus. The occupation set in motion a series of events that would have a profound impact on my life. I spent my childhood surrounded by relatives who were prisoners of war. My father was born in Neo Xopio, Cyprus, which is currently occupied by Turkish troops, and on my mother’s side, she was born in Brooklyn but her family originated from Smyrna, later escaping the fires of 1922.

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Shelter has launched a nationwide competition in association with Metro newspaper offering budding artists and designers the chance to display their work alongside the biggest names in British art including Damien Hirst, Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood.

The housing charity, in association with Leo Burnett London, has invited 52 of the country’s top artists to design a playing card for a unique exhibition as part of its award winning House of Cards campaign.

Launched in February this year, the TV and poster campaign depicts a collapsing house of playing cards to highlight the fragility of Britain’s housing market in which a home is being repossessed every eight minutes.

The charity has held back one card and is now calling on the public to help complete the deck by creating the final card – the 8 of clubs.

There are no restrictions or limitations to the way the card is designed – photography, sculptures, textiles, illustrations, street art or paintings are all welcome. The only rule is that it is an original work of art designed in a creative and interesting way.

Entries should be uploaded to Shelter’s microsite by Friday 21 August. The public will then have a week to vote on their favourite design before the top five will be put to painter, animation director and film-maker Simon Henwood who will choose the winner. Simon is creating the Two of Diamonds card for the exhibition.

For further information, take a look at the Shelter website here

The winning card will be hung alongside the others at the Haunch of Venison gallery in London’s Piccadilly, where the House of Cards exhibition which will run from Thursday 24 – Monday 28 September 2009.

The winning artist will also attend an exclusive launch party on the opening night.

Wahaca, the award winning restaurant, is looking for a Graffiti/ Street artist to fill a huge space (over 28m2) in its new site in Canary Wharf, opening October 2009.

Both street artists Oliver Shaw and Nuria, whose work exhibited at the Tate Modern last year have worked with Wahaca in the past and we are looking for an equally exciting artist to take over our site and leave their own particular mark.

Wahaca commissions sight specific pieces focusing on street and environmental art (visit their website for more information on artists they have worked with www.wahaca.co.uk and is willing to pay up to £4,000 for this particular commission (excluding materials).

To win: They need to see a piece of work by the artist that shows their style would be in fitting with Wahacas.  (It might be an idea to visit the site in Covent Garden (66 Chandos Place, WC2N 4HG) or White City (Westfield, Southern Terrace, W12 7GB) to get a feel for what Wahaca is about).

All entries will be posted onto their blog and readers will be asked to judge their favourite.  All entries must be submitted by the 23rd August and a winner will be announced at the beginning of September. Site visits can then be arranged with installation expected mid October. The artists work will also feature in our Wahaca paper OLA London of which 30,000 are printed and distributed as well as appear in materials/ websites associated with the competition and Wahaca.

To enter email loswahacos@wahaca.co.uk with a picture of your work that best describes your style and please attach in no more than a 100 words an overview of what inspires you as well as any website or further useful information about you.  If you have further questions please call Mark on 07748148323.