Archive: 2006 Chalk Festival
2006 Chalk FestivalSaturday and Sunday, September 16 and 17, 11:00-4:00
Enjoy chalk artists and entertainment at no charge! Preparatory workshop on chalk artistry Sunday, September 10, 2:00-4:30 or Wednesday, September 13, 6:00-8:30
For more information, please contact the Community Arts Department, 216-707-2483 or
neisenberg@clevelandart.orgThe I Madonnari Chalk TraditionIn 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. Our festival brings this Renaissance tradition to Cleveland.
Chalk Festival Brochure available in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format (PDF). The Adobe Acrobat reader is a free download available from
the Adobe website.
The Chalk Festival is a
Sparx in the City Gallery Hop event.