Chalk Festival
20TH ANNUAL
2009 Chalk Festival
Saturday September 12, 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 13, noon–5:00 p.m.
Fine Arts Garden
Enjoy chalk artists and entertainment at no charge!
Chalk your own squares ($8 or $16)
The I Madonnari Chalk Tradition
In 16th-century Italy, beggars, using chalk on the plazas outside cathedrals, copied paintings of the Madonna by Raphael and his contemporaries. With these street painters, called I Madonnari (painters of the Madonna), an artistic tradition was born. Today I Madonnari festivals are held annually in Europe, Africa, and the United States. In 1990 our festival brought this Renaissance tradition to Cleveland.
For more information, please contact the Community Arts Department, 216-707-2483 or neisenberg@clevelandart.org
Chalk Your Own Pictures
Large square and 24-color box of chalk: $16 each
Small square and 12-color box of chalk: $8 each
Individuals, families, schools, and neighborhood groups are all invited to participate. Children under 15 must be accompanied by supervising adults.
Sign up when you arrive. Groups are encouraged to pre-register by calling 216-707-2483 by Wednesday, September 9. Non-paid advance registrations will be held until 1:00 Sunday.
2009 Featured Chalk Artists
Anna Arnold
Roaidi Cartaya Carbajal
Hector Castellanos Lara
A. D. Peters
Jesse Rhinehart
Jan Stickney-Kleber
Robin VanLear
2009 Entertainment at Chalk Festival
Saturday
DBC (Delicate Balance Collective)
Sunday
The Blues de Ville Band
The Chalk Festival is sponsored by Medical Mutual of Ohio, a CMA Community Arts Partner.
Workshop
Chalk Making and Street Painting Workshop
Sunday, August 30, 2009. 2:00–4:30 p.m. or Wednesday, September 9, 2009. 6:00–8:30 p.m. $25/individual, $75/family (includes materials and reserves a square for the festival)
2009 Workshop
History
Read about the history of chalk art.
2009 Chalk Festival brochure available in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format (PDF).