Chalk the Walk 2012 – Fin
Have you seen the rest of EmSun’s coverage of Chalk the Walk? You might want to start here: Get Your Graffiti On Mid-Way Part 1 Mid-Way Part 2 At the end of the festival, I went back to take some follow-up photos of some pieces that hadn’t been finished before. In addition, I snuck back up to take some photos of doodles my kids had done. Enjoy! ...
Read MoreMid-Way Through Chalk the Walk 2012, Part 2
If you haven’t see the beginning of the festival and people working on their drawings, feel free to click back. I’ll wait for you. There’s also part 1 of this post! I went back up to survey main street early on Sunday morning to get the “half-way” point of the festival. Look at the progress made in just one day! Check back later for more photos taken at the end of the festival! ...
Read MoreMid-Way Through Chalk the Walk 2012, Part 1
I’m continuing my photographic coverage of Chalk the Walk. If you haven’t see the beginning of the festival and people working on their drawings, feel free to click back. I’ll wait for you. I went back up to survey main street early on Sunday morning to get the “half-way” point of the festival. Look at the progress made in just one day! Check back later for more photos taken at the end of the festival! ...
Read MoreGet Your Graffiti On! – Chalk the Walk 2012
It’s that time of year again with my second-favorite festival in Mount Vernon: Chalk the Walk! Live musicians, local food vendors, and artists flock to the streets during the festival where chalk panels are sketched and blended on our temporarily-closed main street. The community gets together and for 10 bucks a square, you get a box of chalk and a small part of a huge art piece to do your thing. In the end, the patchwork panel (too large to really comprehend on street-level) is completed...
Read MoreMount Vernonites: We Need YOU – Pledge Your Support!
Mount Vernon, Iowa is currently in the application process of becoming a Blue Zones Community. We have a very strong chance to proudly declare that we are a Blue Zones Community because we more than exceed the majority of the criteria already. One way in which you can help us to be even stronger in this process of winnowing the communities to the strongest is by pledging your support to the project. Some people aren’t sure what becoming a Blue Zones Community is all about. I can...
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