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Chalkwalk Information
The theme of this year's Fine Arts Festival Theme is "Rolling Hills to Winding Streets."
The Vandergrift Fine Arts Festival invites your high school to participate in their First Annual Chalk Walk Competition to be held on Saturday, June 5, 2010 in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania.
Our chalk walk was inspired by the WNY High School Chalk Walk which is based on I Madonnari (street painters), an Italian tradition of street painting, that dates back to the 18th century. The Vandergrift Fine Arts Festival Committee would like to thank the Lewiston Arts Council for their support in the startup of Vandergrift's 1st Annual Southwest Pennsylvania High School Chalk Walk Competition.
The streets will be closed to traffic which will allow the public to watch the students as they work in downtown historic Vandergrift. We are looking forward to an exceptional display by our young adult artists.
APPLICATION DEADLINE March 31, 2010. Forms should include team members' names, home addresses and telephone numbers or e-mail addresses so the Festival Committee can send information to the students as well as the teacher in charge.
Download Application Here.
IMPORTANT: Application must be accompanied by a sketch of the team's proposed chalk mural. All sketches will be kept confidential. The Festival Committee reserves the right to reject a proposed mural it deems objectionable or inappropriate.
- Schools Listed to Participate so far:
- Kiski Area H.S.
- Leechburg Area H.S.
- Rochester Area H.S.
- Shaler Area H.S.
- Deer Lakes H.S.
- Black Lick School District
- South Allegheny High School
- Kittanning High School
- Valley High School
Participating student artists will create a chalk mural measuring 8 feet by 10 feet on a black asphalt surface painted with a black tempered paint; typically the surface is rough in texture.
Time and Place: The Chalk Walk Competition will begin at 12 Noon on Saturday, June 5, 2010, in Vandergrift, PA. Students are asked to report to the competition area by 11:15 AM. Teams select a workspace as they arrive and are provided chalk to begin their murals by Noon. Teams must complete their murals by 4:00 PM.
Schools may be represented by only one team, consisting of three student artists. Participation is limited to students in grades 9 through 12 (2010 graduates accepted). Each school is responsible for how the three artists on its team are selected.
The Vandergrift Fine Arts Festival requests that an adult be present to chaperone the students. Art teachers are not required to be present, although their presence is encouraged.
Contestants must draw their murals inside of the borders (8' x 10'). Chalk provided in the following colors: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, red-violet, violet, blue, green, black, brown and white.
Vandergrift Fine Arts Festival PO Box 77 Vandergrift, PA 15690 724-567-5286