2008 Best in Festival
- 1st Place Arlou Somo
Last weekend was one of the best events in the Paseo Terrace Courtyard, Chalk Fest! I was with my pops in Venice B. But since, my workspace is only a few feet away, I got a chance to check out the 'street art' a few days later. Albeit, faded, the work was diverse and impressive. My past pavement artistic aspirations alas, never evolved past funny stick figures.
2008 Most Humorous
Disco Ball Disco
Jamie Leake
Hundreds of Street Painters who trekked from all over So. Cali and points beyond spent two days on hands and knees creating murals on concrete areas the size of two city blocks.
Street surface as canvas history:
For hundreds of years, these street painters ("Madonnari") have made the boulevards and squares of great cities their medium. After WWII, dozens of itinerant artists made their living from street art.
Currently cultural festivals celebrate this traditional art form in Europe and both North/South America.
