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If you did not get a chance to see the talented artists at the Street Painting Festival, I hope you enjoy images my husband captured of their work!
These works are amazing in detail!
By Thaneeya McArdle © 2008-2017 Thaneeya LLC.
Today's pavement art is a modern twist on a centuries-old tradition. In the 16th century, Italian artists known as "madonnari" created chalk drawings of the Madonna.
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/18/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/18/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/18/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
They traveled from town to town, earning their living from the coins that people would toss to them as they drew on the ground.
By Thaneeya McArdle © 2008-2017 Thaneeya LLC.
Photograghed by Ronny Snow 11/18/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/18/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
By the mid-1900s, the street painting tradition was starting to fizzle away.
By Thaneeya McArdle © 2008-2017 Thaneeya LLC.
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/18/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/18/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/18/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
To help revive this dying art form, a festival was launched in 1972 in a northern Italian town called Grazie di Curtatone.
By Thaneeya McArdle © 2008-2017 Thaneeya LLC.
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photograghed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Held every year in August to coincide with the Feast of the Assumption, chalk artists are given 24 hours to create a finished work of pavement art based on religious or Renaissance themes, starting in the evening and working through the night - which is no easy feat!
By Thaneeya McArdle © 2008-2017 Thaneeya LLC.
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
The Grazie di Curtatone competition now attracts 200,000+ visitors each year and is credited with reviving public interest in pavement chalk drawing.
By Thaneeya McArdle © 2008-2017 Thaneeya LLC.
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
The first sidewalk chalk drawing festival was held in the US in the late 1980s, thanks to American artist Kurt Wenner, a 3-time winner of the Grazie di Curtatone.
By Thaneeya McArdle © 2008-2017 Thaneeya LLC.
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
The Santa Barbara I Madonnari Festival in California is the longest-running US chalk festival, with dozens of other chalk festivals now appearing annually in cities all over North America, such as the Sarasota Chalk Festival in Florida, where many of the photos on this page were taken.
By Thaneeya McArdle © 2008-2017 Thaneeya LLC.
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Sidewalk chalk festivals bring together the artists and their audience, allowing spectators the chance to see art as it is being created.
By Thaneeya McArdle © 2008-2017 Thaneeya LLC.
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
Photographed by Ronny Snow 11/19/2017
In some ways this helps demystify the artistic process for those who would otherwise have no contact with art or artists. Oftentimes viewers will speak to the artists as they are working, whether they are asking questions or showering the artists with praise.
By Thaneeya McArdle © 2008-2017 Thaneeya LLC.
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