Feature Artists
Feature Artists and Events are announced gradually in the lead up to the event, and our Premier's Arts Award winners announced at the fair.
FEATURE ARTISTS 2025
Dennis Massoud
Sand in your Eyes
Since being “discovered” in 1999 on a beach at Lorne, Victoria, he has worked in the Gobi Desert, co-building a vast array of creatures from snakes to dragons out of 60,000 tonnes of sand. He’s built giants and castles in the mountainous sci-fi landscape of China’s Yunnan province, and blitzed the world championships of sand sculpting in Denmark in 2003 by turning a three-metre-high pile of sand into a terrified shipwreck victim! This year he will be presenting his craft at the Tasmanian Craft Fair.
Brad Blaze has been voted Australian Entertainer of the Year with his speed paintings of celebrities in just a few minutes using paint, smatterings of glitter and even fire to create these works. Brad has performed for heads of state across the globe, corporate events and now he brings his entertaining show and artistic talents to our main stage.
This year, one lucky ticket holder, who buys their ticket before September 30, will win their choice of either a speed painting of their favourite celebrity or a portrait of themselves by Brad Blaze on stage. These paintings sell for thousands of dollars each and Brad rarely does portraits, so this is an exciting opportunity!
Brad Blaze
Speed Painter
More 2025 announcements to come!
