2013 Chalk Festival

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FESTIVAL GUIDE

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Honoring veterans

inspiring patriotism

embracing freedom

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Table of Contents  

FOUNDER AND CHAIR

Denise Kowal BOARD MEMBERS

Carole Henry

Melissa Clark

MANAGER

Jody Jorgensen CHALK FESTIVAL STAFF

David Taylor, Archives Chair Carol Ciallella, Controller Chair Kafi Benz, Going Vertical Chair Jeff Bleitz, 2013 Branding Chair Kenyon Kowal, 2013 Web & Design Chair MaryAnn Turcotte, Beverages Chair Kelly Altenbernd, Student Chair Carol & Bill Bohlen, Chalkline Store Chairs Nancy Cabral, Thoughtful Reflections Chair Richard Carter, Maintenance Chair Mark Donnelly, Logistics Chair Lori George, Children’s Chalk Chair Angela George, Children’s Chalk Co-Chair Bill Garst, Sponsor Liaison Chair Tina Haefele, Food Truck Chair Richard Hoffman, Construction Chair Darcy LeBrun, Volunteer Chair John Mathews, Greeters Chair Austin Kowal, Printing Chair Michael Barfield, Counsel Chair Suzanne Pardo, Swing Canteen Chair Valerie Wolford, Swing Canteen Co-Chair Mark Peer, Ice House Chair Jaime Sealander, Veteran Artists Chair Roxanne Summerville, PR Chair Tim Cossey, Transportation Chair Ed Rudd, Travel Chair Sam Alfstad, ‘Re-Imagining’ Show Chair Woody Schiffman, Water Chair Lori Escalera, Veteran Workshop Lorelle Miller, Student Workshop Glen Caristinos, Statue of Liberty Chair

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History of the Chalk Festival................ 6-8 Schedule of Events 3-D..........................................................9 Participating Artists................................10 Going Vertical.........................................11 LBK Kiwanis Children’s Chalk Block .....14 Student Chalk Block..............................15 Learn to Street Paint..............................16 ‘Re-Imagining Sarasota Chalk Artists Art’ Curated Show............17 Military Veteran Artists...........................18 Ceremonial Chalk Drawing: Soulful Work for the War Affected..........19 Thoughtful Reflection............................20 Public Viewing Day................................21 Festival Event Locations (map)........ 12-13 Sponsors...............................................22 ON THE COVER: Pavement art

by Cathy Gallatin; original artwork

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Honoring veterans

inspiring patriotism

embracing freedom

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History of the Chalk Festival

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he Sarasota Chalk Festival, in its sixth season, will celebrate the theme “Legacy of Valor” from Nov. 13 through Nov. 18, in Burns Square, in downtown Sarasota. Through the rich cultural traditions of street painting and the eyes of the participating artists, the festival will honor veterans, inspire patriotism and embrace freedom to create the awe-inspiring event this international festival has come to represent.

An impressive 500 artists are scheduled to perform during the six-day festival. The featured artists are the street painters who travel from all over the world. They will cover every inch of South Pineapple Avenue with oversized masterpieces based on the theme, “Legacy of Valor.” On aver-

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Our theme for 2013 This year, the Sarasota Chalk Festival is partnering with the “Legacy of Valor” campaign to honor veterans, inspire patriotism and pass freedom on to others. Through the campaign, the festival will contribute to new realities for our community to connect with veterans and encourage everyone to pay it forward — whether through time, talent or treasure.

The veteran theme was first suggested in

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36 hours using pastel chalk as their medium and the road surface as their canvas.

The cost to bring this artwork to our city, which either naturally fades away or is washed away, is more than $1 million. The 8111 Lakewood Main Street founder, Denise Kowal, says, “The real value Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 of the festival is inspiring lasting memories 941.907.9125 and engagement that enrich lives in our community through a celebration of the creative process.”

The festival attracts more than 200,000 visMKTG79104_WISH_N.indd 1 10/3/2013 11:50:30 AM itors who are the pivotal aspect of its success.

“It is the visitor, the observer, before whom the hundreds of individually creative ideas unfold, generating a synergy among all who are present that shapes the performance,” saysKowal who coined the festival a “museum in motion.”

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★ early 2011 by the festival’s archives chairman, David Taylor, who is a Vietnam War veteran and recipient of a Purple Heart. Over the next two years, he continued to discuss the theme with Kowal, who struggled with the idea.

“David never gives up on anything and has respect for the freedom of expression and thought,” she says.

Kowal admits she has had to do some soulsearching with this theme.

“Some people want to censor the festival artists and artwork, and I have to remind people why the USA is different than other countries,” she says. “Because of a veteran, we have freedoms such as freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition. This year’s artwork will have a lot of diversity, just as we have a lot of diversity in our thinking and beliefs.”

History of the festival Denise Kowal, president of the Burns Square Property Owners Association, founded and sponsored the first Avenida de Colores Burns Square Chalk Festival in November 2007, with 22 artists and 5,000 people attending. At that time, the Children’s Chalk Playground, run by artist Jill Hoffman-Kowal, was the most popular area. Of the 22 participants that year, only three had street-painting experience: experienced street painters Lori Escalera, Kitty Dyble-Thompson and Mike Kasun. These artists were all instrumental in the progress and development of the festival.

ONLINE: See photos and videos from the 2012 festival.

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3-D Illusion Street Painting Nov. 13 through Nov. 18, in Burns Square; Nov. 15 through Nov. 24, at the Ice House on 10th ‘Re-Imagining’ show

phosis (3-D) of a child’s face in the Codex Atlanticus dating from the 1480s, but it was not until 1984 when Kurt Wenner created the first 3-D on the ground. Starting Wednesday, Nov. 13, in Burns Square, the festival 3-D artists will begin creating these anamorphic illusions on South Pineapple Avenue, directly on the road surface. The public is encouraged to come and watch the artistic process of deforming a shape, so that it is recognizable only from a privileged position. Once completed, the oversized masterpieces in illusion become an interactive work of art. Join the Sarasota Chalk Festival as a viewer of these artists who play with the psychology of visual perception.

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CHALK ARTISTS Friday, Nov. 15 through Monday, Nov. 18

Friday morning, please join the S tarting “Legacy of Valor” festivities and see why

the Sarasota Chalk artists are the “chalk of the town.” Watch as hundreds of participating artists turn South Pineapple Avenue, in Burns Square, into a “museum in motion.” Each artist is, on average, chalking for three days straight to complete a 12-foot-by-12-foot painting.

Participating artists come from almost every U.S. state, and our international artists are traveling from Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, England, Ireland, Russia, Japan, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Thailand and India. The festival pays for all the costs of the artists to participate, including travel. It receives more than 1,000 applications a year from around the world, even though it stopped putting out a call to artists three years

ago. The festival strives to include artists who have the heart and passion, shared with the volunteers, visitors and donors who make the festival the awe-inspiring event everyone has come to love.

Although national and international artists go through an approval process to participate, the festival always finds space for local artists and students, no matter what skill level. So, join the Sarasota Chalk Festival by being a participating artist or by becoming a part of the creative process, the viewer who witnesses the artists’ evolution of turning asphalt into large masterpieces.

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added a vertical program in 2011 that focused mainly on street artists. Just after three years, the program has supported local artists and students and brought renowned street artists to paint in Sarasota. The program is ongoing but launches yearly during the Sarasota Chalk Festival. This year, our first vertical art was installed in October on the Ice House at 1314 10th St., in preparation for the festival’s first curated art sale and show, “ReImagining Sarasota Chalk Artists Art.” Another dozen or so will be painted during the festival on prominent walls scattered throughout Sarasota.

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LBK Kiwanis Children's Chalk Block 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16 and Sunday, Nov. 17, at Five Points Park

year, Five Points Park in downtown T hisSarasota will be bursting with energy as

the Sarasota Chalk Festival expands and inspires thousands of children in the art of chalking! It is free for the young and young at heart to participate and attend, and chalk is provided.

In fact, the nonprofit festival provides the same chalk it provides to the professionals, so the mini-masterpieces the children create will be as bright and beautiful as the professionals’.

Other featured events will include puppets, magic, face painting, appearance by Snowflake the Elephant, yoga, dance, music and more.

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Festival and bring fresh creative ideas, strategy and style to their performances as emerging artists. Those who have been creating pavement art for years serve as their mentors. This year, participating students are able to attend a free class by professional street painter Lorelle Miller from 2 to 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 14, at 529 S. Pineapple Ave. The nonprofit encourages all skill levels,

because it is the act of creating something from nothing that we celebrate.

If you attended previous years and saw the students challenged by working on a rough road, then this year’s surface will be a pleasant surprise for all.

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LEARN TO STREET PAINT 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14

Sarasota Chalk Festival features T hepavement artist Lori A. Escalera, who

has attended the festival since its inception, in an all-day workshop on street painting for our participating military veteran artists. We have a few spaces available for aspiring street painters or those who want to refine their street-painting skills.

Topics covered will be: pastel technique, realism, color, flesh tones, street painting materials, base paint, tempera, working on substrates, supplies, how to do 3-D, gridding and projecting your art and touching on the streetpainting industry.

The workshop takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, with a $150 donation to our charitable organization. To

sign up, please contact us at Participate@ ChalkFestival.com or come into our office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays at 530 S. Orange Ave. Call (941) 954-5800. We take cash, check or credit card. Chalk on!

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sota Chalk Festival are collaborating to add a new dimension to how the public perceives street artists. Together they are unveiling the show, “ReImagining Sarasota Chalk Artists Art,” with an opening gala at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14.

“Sarasota is going to see the work of these artists in a whole new way,” says Sam Alfstad, of Alfstad & Productions.

The Chalk Festival has debuted many new techniques and technologies in street painting.

This show will again set a new pace by moving the art of these fine artists from the sidewalk to the walls of the Ice House. The gallery environment will add a new dimension to the audience’s understanding and enjoyment of their works.

“We believe the show will help art-lovers view and ‘re-imagine’ the work of these multi-talented artists,” founder Denise Kowal says.

The combination of the Sarasota Chalk Festival and the “Re-Imagining” show provides an opportunity to view the work of the world’s finest chalk artists outdoors and then see, experience and purchase their fine artwork in Sarasota’s newest indoor, 8,900-square-foot, multi-purpose art exhibition space. The Ice House is conveniently located at 1314 10th St. Daily tickets for the show are $10, http://icehouseon10th.eventbrite.com.

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C Sarasota Chalk Festival nonprofit has put elebrating the “Legacy of Valor,” the

out a call to military-veteran artists throughout the U.S., seeking professional artists without any street-painting experience. The nonprofit is covering their expenses to attend through your donations at the festival.

Each artist will enjoy a full day of instruction on Thursday with professional street painter Lori Escalera. The class that is open to the public for $150 enrollment will teach the ins and outs of street painting and cover the complexities of 3-D and other techniques.

On Friday, Nov. 15, these artists will spend the day shadowing one of the professional artists who attends each year and is either a military veteran themselves or a family member of a veteran.

Then, Saturday, Nov. 16 and Sunday, Nov. 17, the veteran artists will be provided with a square in which to chalk their own painting in the festival.

It is the organization’s hope that the experience will spark a lifelong love of the art form and give them a new skill in which to make a living.

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Ceremonial Chalk Drawing: Soulful Work for the War Affected Saturday, Nov. 16 and Sunday, Nov. 17, on South Pineapple Avenue by the Mermaid Fountain

will invite and collaborate M arkwithWagner veterans, family members and pro-

fessionals who work in the veterans’ world, and anyone who feels a connection with this highly interactive project in a celebration of life. The collaborative chalk drawing is to heal and move energy through the creative spirit, through images, mark-making and hard work, to bridge an overarching creative spirit whose purpose is to help transform the negative into positive.

With a Master’s in Arts and Consciousness, Wagner specializes in visionary art and has an in-depth understanding of the psychology of visual arts, symbolism, mythology, shamanism and storytelling. He creates illustrations, web and

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THOUGHTFUL REFLECTION Ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16; dinner for veterans and their families at 6 p.m. Nov. 16

2005 the founder of this festival, Denise I nKowal, visited the American Cemetery in Normandy, France. The impact of that visit and the sincere admiration and pride for the Sarasota National Cemetery became the inspiration behind the “Thoughtful Reflection.”

Join us Saturday, Nov. 16 and Sunday, Nov. 17, to experience this interactive headstone-sculpture exhibit. The center will feature an eternal flame made specifically for the festival.

“Thoughtful Reflection” is a place to think, rejoice and honor those who have served and scarified for our country and are no longer with

us. Our information tents include The Patterson Foundation, Sarasota Military Academy, Sarasota National Cemetery and the Veteran Affairs Office.

Join the exhibit at 4:30 p.m. Saturday evening for a military ceremony emceed by Maverik Johnson from 106.5 CTQ radio with brief speeches by dignitaries, music by the Sarasota Military Academy, the Vietnam Brotherhood Color Guard and the playing of “Taps” at sunset. A free dinner for 500 veterans and their families will follow at 6 p.m. at the Mermaid Fountain, lower Lemon Avenue and South Pineapple Avenue.

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day of calm after the creative storm passed! Join us for one last day of viewing the completed artwork, after all the artists are finished and before the road opens again to traffic. This is a great time to see the oversized chalk masterpieces and interact with the 3-D artwork and get your picture as you enter and become a part of the painting. Some artists are still on-site, so purchase your 2011 Sarasota Chalk Festival Collectors Edition at our Chalkline Store at 529 S. Pineapple Ave. because you may get it signed by one of our worldfamous artists!

• DONATIONS. The festival is a benefit for the 501(c)(3) Avenida de Colores cultural arts nonprofit and managed by volunteer staff. Please donate generously at the festival or online at www.chalkfestival.org.

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• NO PETS ALLOWED AT PEAK HOURS. Please leave your pets at home during our peak hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

bulk of the professional artists are working.

• REFRESHMENTS AND FOOD. Inside the festival grounds we will have food and beverages so you never go thirsty or hungry while supporting the festival and veterans we are honoring.

• MERCHANDISE. Please visit our Chalkline Store at 529 S. Pineapple Ave. to get everything chalk.

• ONE-DIRECTION TRAFFIC. A counterclockwise walking route is requested in the Burns Square area, where the

• LOCAL ARTISTS. We always find space for local artists of all ages.

To participate, email participate@chalkfestival. com.

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SUPPORT US The Sarasota Chalk Festival is a benefit for the Avenida de Colores 501(c)(3) cultural arts nonprofit organization that produces the festival, among other events and outreach programs. The nonprofit is determined to keep participation in the festival and attendance free for all.

It can continue this way as long as visitors who have the ability donate and sponsor the festival so that those less fortunate can share in this experience, too. During the event, look for the official vendor sign and your purchases will go to support the veterans’ activities and artists who are participating in the festival. The festival also pays for all of the artists’ travel, hotel, art supplies, events and all the costs of the festival, totaling a budget of more than $1 million.

Because many provide us with in-kind services, we need to only raise around $400,000.

If you enjoyed your visit and liked what you saw, please support us by making a contribution in our donation boxes, purchasing your beverages from us, purchasing a T-shirt at our ChalkLine Store at 529 S. Pineapple Ave., donating online at www.ChalkFestival.org or sending us a donation to 530 S. Orange Ave., Sarasota, Fla., 34236. We believe bringing diverse people to either celebrate, inspire and be inspired is an important aspect of creating a healthy community and sense of place. We thank you for being a part of our community and hope to win your support!

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