The crowds come out for chalk art on the streets
There's a Street Painting Festival going on in Lake Worth this weekend. AnnaMaria and Theresa went yesterday and took these photos. This is something we should consider for the Grove.
The two-day event has artists literally working on the closed streets, using chalk to create their art. It brings out lots of people who stick around for the two days, enjoying the village and waiting to see the finished pieces.
The Lake Worth event closes a few streets, but we could start small and perhaps just close Commodore Plaza. There would be a winner for best art or certain categories and other festivities could be held all over the Grove.
This could actually turn into a yearly Grove signature event, eventually taking over other streets around the village. I would suggest it have it's own weekend and not be tagged on to other events.
According to Chalk It Up: "Street Painting originated in Italy in the 16th century. Street painters were called "madonnaro", which translates to Madonna, As this art form continued, the subject matter expanded to other religious icons and reproductions of old masters. Now, hundreds of years later, the subjects of street paintings are unlimited, and range from simple to very complex.
"In 1972, the small northern Italian town of Grazie Di Curtatone held its first International Street Painting Festival inviting artists to come and show spectators their talent through this historic art form. This festival continues to be an annual event, and is held each year in mid-August.
"Street Painting in the United States became popular in the mid 1980's and many U.S. Cities hold annual events as well."
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10 Comments:
Thanks for running these photos. This is a event we could have in the Grove. I've been researching it since I ran the One Ear Society and visited California where they gave me all the instructions to implement such an event and of course I know the people in Lake Worth doing this event, now in it's 15th year.
This also could market and promote the Grove.
I guess it just depends if there is money out there to do this and is the timing right for it NOW.
yes that would be nice, but people are so rude with their driving that the roads would have to be shut down, and also it's kinda of dirty here with nasty beer bottles, dog mess etc...Lake Worth looks very clean...
I LOVE this event. I started going to this when I lived there for 2 years. It started small and grew each you. It would have a weekend of its own. Will bring in lots of revenue for the Grove. Its unique!
Great idea for the Grove. I can think of a few streets: Commodore Plaza, Matilda next to the school, Fuller Street would be a nice test/launching pad.
seems like commodore would be a great street for this
What a great idea for the Grove. A wonderful creative outlet for artists, kids and graffiti tagers to express their talents. A street or streets in the Grove like Fuller or Commodore Plaza could be successfully closed off for this artistic event. Or perhaps a better idea would be to use the sidewalks through Kenneth Myers Park or Kennedy Park as a huge artistic canvas? Instead of a River Run Through It, it could be Art Runs Through It or Art In The Park, or Chalk It Up To Art or ArtWalk.
Harry Emilio Gottlieb
The baywalk sidewalk would be a great location for this! Starting at Monty's and by Shake A Leg then onto Fresh Market and by the marina where they're trying to put the office bldg., then by CHart House,Scotty's and then wind around all by City Hall Dinner Key and the Convention Center, Sailing Club up to Peacock and the Glass house. This area needs the sprucing up!!!
I have some friends in Lauderdale that went to Lake Worth for this event. Said it was a good time, and it's just the kind of thing to bring people in and keep them milling around. Really, I don't like the idea of putting it out on Commodore tho. We need to stop being afraid to shut down grand. It's easy to divert traffic around and creates a festive atmosphere. If you do it on Commodore, people will walk around saying "where the hell is it" for half an hour before wandering down there. Let's shut down the main intersection for any reasonable size event.
Maybe someone would like to organize this for Bike Miami Days on Sunday, April 26 since the streets will already be closed from 9 until 2pm? Please let us know if you do so that we can promote it!
I just love these pics..they're just amazing!
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