The 'father' of Pavement Art will give a series of lectures and demonstrations during the upcoming Sarasota Chalk Festival
The 4th Annual Sarasota Chalk Festival will begin Nov. 1 and continue through Nov. 7 in historic Burns Square. The theme this year is ‘Pavement Art Through the Ages’ and the world-famous guest artist Kurt Wenner, the ‘father’ of 3-D street art, will be on hand to create art as well as offer seven public lectures. Wenner is credited with being the innovator of 3-D pavement art, also known as chalk art, street painting, and 3-D sidewalk art. In 1982, while studying classical architecture and perspective, Wenner combined geometry with drawing and classical design principles and started creating 3-D art on the streets. Shortly thereafter, 3-D street painting became popular and today artists emulate Wenner’s 3-D works world-wide. The following …
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Celebrating its 4th year, the Sarasota Chalk Festival is ramping up to showcase world-renowned talent as it spans several weeks this fall.
The theme of this year's Sarasota Chalk Festival is “Pavement Art Through the Ages” and beginning November 1 local and international artists will once again transform South Pineapple Avenue into a canvas of show-stopping art, square by square, block by block. "The quality of this chalk festival is not just the talk of the town, it's the talk of the world right now," said chalk festival administrator Ed Pandos. "Newspapers in Europe are writing about our festival and we are being contacted by artists from all over the world asking to participate. We are going to be the super bowl of chalk." Additionally, this year the “Art of Graffiti”, will showcase graffiti artists creating vertical art in 20 different locations throughout Sarasota. …
Brenda Smoak
9:13 am on Monday, November 7, 2011
Just uploaded a few of the photos from the Chalk Festival - such wonderful artists here in our town! more ›