Chalk Up the Town: Carytown Goes Crazy for Pastels

by | Apr 20, 2010 | POLITICS

If every picture tells a story, then the streets of Carytown are a veritable library right now. Artists, both professional and amateur, showed up from all over town to participate in Carytown’s artful celebration of springtime, where the Carytown Merchants Association gave away 30,000 pieces of chalk to anyone and everyone with an image to throw down on the sidewalk.

The rules were simple:
1. Only sidewalk chalk. No paints, spray paints, etc.
2. Drawing is only permitted on the sidewalk.
3. Use your brain, don’t paint anything offensive or with an agenda (i.e. political or religious beliefs).

The event was a success, with hundreds in attendance, and the colorful evidence of their passing through can still be found up and down the sidewalks of Cary Street. Here’s a few choice photos from Saturday, but if you get a chance, take a stroll down Cary and see it all for yourself.

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If every picture tells a story, then the streets of Carytown are a veritable library right now. Artists, both professional and amateur, showed up from all over town to participate in Carytown’s artful celebration of springtime, where the Carytown Merchants Association gave away 30,000 pieces of chalk to anyone and everyone with an image to throw down on the sidewalk.

The rules were simple:
1. Only sidewalk chalk. No paints, spray paints, etc.
2. Drawing is only permitted on the sidewalk.
3. Use your brain, don’t paint anything offensive or with an agenda (i.e. political or religious beliefs).

The event was a success, with hundreds in attendance, and the colorful evidence of their passing through can still be found up and down the sidewalks of Cary Street. Here’s a few choice photos from Saturday, but if you get a chance, take a stroll down Cary and see it all for yourself.

chalk up the town

plan 9

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