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Invitation to Artists: “Chalk the Walk” at 9th Annual Oak Ridge Street Painting Festival hosted by the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge
Do you like drawing upon your artistic skills as you paint a face, animal or scene for many people to enjoy? Then you might like drawing pictures in chalk on a sidewalk.
You are invited to sign up as an artist for the ninth annual Oak Ridge Street Painting Festival.
This popular event will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, and from 12 noon until 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, on the sidewalks of the Oak Ridge Campus of Roane State Community College.
The festival, which is free for artists and the public, is organized and hosted by the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge. The purpose of this festival is to raise funds for scholarships for students at Roane State Community College.
The Rotary scholarships will go to students who are too old to be eligible for Tennessee's HOPE lottery scholarships. In the past eight years, the festival has raised close to $160,000 for scholarships. These funds contribute to educating East Tennessee's future work force, helping to attract new businesses and improve the local economy.
Each artist will draw a picture in chalk on a sidewalk square paid for by a sponsor -- an individual, nonprofit service organization, or company. The public is invited to view the “chalk paintings” and the artists at work and to vote on the
The art will be judged between 3 and 5 p.m. Sunday when artist awards will be announced. Winning artists will be invited to a Rotary meeting where they will receive their cash prizes and certificates. First-prize winners will each receive $50.
During the October weekend as the paintings are completed, musicians will perform, other music will be played, and refreshments and T-shirts will be available for a small fee.
A rummage sale will also take place on the parking lot of the community college. Patti Shelton (272-3339) and Mary Jane White (276-1402), both of the Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, are in charge.
To learn more about the festival, call Street Painting Festival Manager Stephen Cate at 574-5219 (day) or 531-2103 (night) or Devrin Kuipers at 599-9145 who can also be reached by e-mail at devrin@devrin.com
To view the previous year's winning paintings and register to be an artist or sponsor, please visit the festival web site at www.streetpaintingfestival.info and tell your friends to talk the talk, then chalk the walk.
Sign up now and urge your friends to sign up or attend the festival for free. You can pick up artist registration forms for your artist friends at the American Museum of Science and Energy. We hope you will “talk the talk, then chalk the walk.”