{"id":360,"date":"2010-09-10T12:50:50","date_gmt":"2010-09-10T18:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/?p=360"},"modified":"2010-10-19T11:05:39","modified_gmt":"2010-10-19T17:05:39","slug":"chalk-it-up-sidwalk-chalk-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/archives\/360","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;CHALK IT UP&#8221; SIDWALK CHALK EVENT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>September 4, 2010<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento&#8217;s &#8220;Chalk it up&#8221; festival is a non-profit organization created to support art education programs. Their website is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chalkitup.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.chalkitup.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is their twentieth year. Labor Day Weekend (September 4-6), two  hundred artists came out and drew on five-by-five-foot sidewalk squares.  There was live music, food, vendors, and children&#8217;s activities.<\/p>\n<p>I was invited to participate this year. I decided to draw my Jack  Kirby-style &#8220;Spluhh monster.&#8221; A lot of artists take the three-day  weekend to create their masterpieces. Registration was at 7am. I hoped  to get there by 8am, and finish in time for a late lunch that first day.  I suspected I would work faster than a lot of artists.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chriswisniaarts.com\/images\/chalkitup.01.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the square I chose for myself. Number 25.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chriswisniaarts.com\/images\/chalkitup.02.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>My wife popped over with my boys at around 9am, after I&#8217;d had a  chance to write &#8220;SPLUHH&#8221; and roughly sketch out SPLUHH&#8217;S shape. It was  an interesting exercise trying to fit the work into a square rather than  rectagonal composition.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chriswisniaarts.com\/images\/chalkitup.03.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>I shamelessly brought a pile of shwag to sell to passersby. I think I was the only one.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chriswisniaarts.com\/images\/chalkitup.04.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chriswisniaarts.com\/images\/chalkitup.05.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since they were there, I let the boys help with the piece, and add  some lines to the work. Boris did it first. He grabbed a piece of chalk  and started &#8220;chalking.&#8221; I tried to capture the act on film, but by the  time I had the camera up, he was on to other things and didn&#8217;t care to  participate again. Oscar worked at the piece for a little while,  though.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chriswisniaarts.com\/images\/chalkitup.06.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chriswisniaarts.com\/images\/chalkitup.07.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><em>TUNE IN NEXT MONDAY, fans! Chris will walk us through a &#8220;BEFORE  AND AFTER&#8221; process, start to finish, of creating his FULL-COLOR  five-foot-square &#8220;SPLUHH&#8221; monster! See you then! &#8211; Rob Oder,  Editor-in-Chief!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 4, 2010 Sacramento&#8217;s &#8220;Chalk it up&#8221; festival is a non-profit organization created to support art education programs. Their website is www.chalkitup.org This is their twentieth year. Labor Day Weekend (September 4-6), two hundred artists came out and drew on five-by-five-foot sidewalk squares. 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