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At the Old Town Temecula Street Painting Festival spectators can jump right in by painting their own work of art and it’s free!
Typical sidewalk chalk has less color pigment and is usually less vivid. Artist pastels have richer colors and a wider color palette, aiding the color and depth of the giant murals. Many of the murals are 10 feet wide and 12 feet high. All murals are painted on asphalt giving strong contrast to the pastels.
Techniques for completing the task on time vary. Some artists will mix the chalk with water and spray or brush the backgrounds. Others spread and blend using pieces of carpet. By 3 p.m. on Sunday muralists and master painters will have recreated old masters paintings, originals and modern art in a unique performance art experience.
The Street Painting Festival coincides with the Ralph Love Plein Air Festival. Plein Air simply means that the artist paints the scene on location – outdoors. These artists will paint on small canvases and vie for the purchase award honoring the Best of Show.
Artists are born and discovered at this Street Painting Festival where families and children are given pastels to create their own masterpiece alongside hundreds of murals masterfully painted by more than 100 fine artists. It is all done on the asphalt canvas of Main Street & Town Square in Old Town Temecula. This is performance art in a large-scale way as fine artists spend two solid days creating masterpieces, originals and reproductions of the grand masters. Most murals are 100 square feet or larger. Live world music provides a creative soundtrack for artists and viewers.
Schedule of Events:
Friday, June 24th:
5:00pm: Early registration of artists
6:00pm: Street Painting begins!
6:00pm-9:00pm: Band "Open Road" plays in the Town Square
9:00pm: Evening Concludes
Saturday, June 25th
7:00am: Street Painting begins!
5:00pm-8:00pm: Band "Two of Us" plays in the Town Square
9:00pm: Evening Concludes
Sunday, June 26th
8:00am: Street Painting begins!
3:00pm: Judging of Paintings
4:00pm: Awards Announced
For more information call (951) 506-5100 or email kathi.syers@cityoftemecula.org.
Muralists and Street Painters from Southern California and the Temecula Valley will turn Old Town Temecula's Town Square into an outdoor art museum June 24-26 during the Street Painting & Plein Air Festival. Over 125 artists are expected to paint up to 80 giant murals around the park on Main Street, and on Mercedes Streets.
Featured artist Gayle DuRivage will highlight the show at the entrance to Town Square on Main Street. Gayle took the Best of Show Award in 2010 which gives her the honor as the Featured Artist as well as $500 Cash and a weekend getaway at Welk Resorts. Gayle will be joined by some familiar faces: Cecelia Linayao who won the best Black & White at Night in 2010 and has represented the United States around the world including at the China Olympics with her street paintings, Jesus Guiterrez the 2009 Best of Show Winner, Lee Rupp also a previous Best of Show winner, and a list of award-winning street painters. They include Mark Alvarez, Amor Miraflores-Bailey, Rebecca Hayes (2010 winner), Billie Joyce Hatzidakis, Tim Krejci, Savan Phang, Shawndell Pickard and William Zin.
The artists will utilize standard soft pastels to create their paintings on the asphalt streets. The Festival has expanded to provide more space for spectators and artists this year and will utilize parts of Mercedes as well as Main Street.
Prizes include: Best of Show $500/plus weekend at Welk Resorts, Best Black and White at Night, Prismacolor Pen Set and sketch pad, People's Choice - an Artist Caryall Bag, Best Youth Pan Pastel Set, Best Newcomer -Nu Pastel set of pastels.
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