So, confession: This is a blog fail. I had several great photos of different chalk paintings that got lost on the internets, and I don't believe there's a way to retrieve them; furthermore, I cleared them from my camera roll, which was just plain senseless. But I'm glad this one managed to make it through. It captures everything I wanted to illustrate about the Chalk Street Art Festival.
In a nutshell, 142 artists' canvases allocated on 5th Avenue South, community business-sponsored artists, and a public voting contest benefitting the local Rotary Club. Local musicians every few blocks, and (as mentioned before), street food. Paintings ranged from simple and graphic to as detailed as an original portrait. Some professional artists were even replicating their own works on the ground.
But I loved this one before they had really even started. I saw the template, and it appeared that this simple blue box was about to sprout palm trees and a beach, maybe even a beach umbrella. But I think it would have said volumes if they just called it a day.
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