When are you allowed to go hog wild on your city streets with chalk? In Mount Vernon, Iowa, we are allowed to take to the streets during the Chalk the Walk festival held every May. The (supposed) largest Madonnari festival in Iowa, Chalk the Walk brings thousands of visitors and residents up to the main street in uptown to view the temporary works of art. Local food vendors are available those who are hungry, festival-goers vote on their favorite panel and awards are handed out, and a very large community-level art piece is completed every year. Check out www.visitmvl.com for more information!
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! ...
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Mid-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! ...
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Mid-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! ...
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Get 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 and everyone gives a sigh of relief. I’m...
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Have you ever visited a Madonnari Festival?
Mount Vernon, Iowa hosts an annual Madonnari Festival on their mainstreet entitled Chalk the Walk. The following are some of my favorite photos from 2011′s Chalk the Walk Festival. See all the photos I took at this year’s Chalk the Walk by visiting the set on Flickr! I really enjoy visiting Mount Vernon’s Chalk the Walk festival every year. There is live music, food vendors, loads of interesting people, art, kids having fun, and a very positive atmosphere. Thank you Scott Rose, the rest of the Chalk the Walk committee,...
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Chalking the Walk
I’m a wet blanket, lately, so I’m going to clue you in to posts that I hope to make soon. Taking the kids to the ren faire Aaron and I’s joint bachelor/bachelorette party Faces my kids make Living History Farms Updates to my garden (filled out all the beds with compost, things have sprouted, and plants are being planted) Updates to my yard (fence is finished on three of the four sides, want to put in natural prairie grass near AC) They don’t sound very interesting, but I’ll try to make them interesting. After...
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