From Michelle:

An idea that went over well with my highly burnt out AP students after we mailed out the last portfolio, was a sidewalk chalk festival. I researched examples and history on the internet and shared them with the class. Known as il madonari in Italy, (I modinari means "street painter" in Italian) we got a lot of impressive results. One of the more impressive examples were the work of Kurt Wenner. The students worked out their ideas for a week on large butcher paper. Then we spent an entire school day as an in school field trip, drawing outside, the gods blessed us with a perfect day. The event was judged and prizes were awarded. The students only took a 30 minute pizza break even though they could have taken more. They were all impressed with each other, but not as impressed as the rest of the school, teachers and administration. It was a terrific artistic release as well as a day they are still talking about. We filmed, edited and burnt a DVD to remember. Hope this will do as a good "what to do after the AP portfolio is all done idea". Not all of the ideas were original ideas - but it was a great release.

Materials:

Large roll paper for planning, pastels, paper towels, hand wipes, cheap hair spray.

Procedures:

How to do Street Painting http://www.ehow.com/how_1335_street-painting.html

Tips and Techniques  (site is no longer on line)

Resources:

Art and History of Street painting - also article about Kurt Wenner
http://festivals.com/00-04-april/streetpainting/history.cfm 
click links in at left on this site to learn more

Kurt Wenner - from America
http://www.kurtwenner.com/gallery.htm 
http://www.kurtwenner.com/street/ 
http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/sidewalk.asp http://festivals.com/00-04-april/streetpainting/kurtwenner.cfm

Julian Beever 
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

Mark Cummings http://www.chalkpainting.com/
What is Chalk Painting http://www.chalkpainting.com/whatisit/index.htm

Milan Yovanivich - from Brazil 
http://www.sensiart.com/Pages/Madonnaro/Madonnaro.htm

Julie Kirk http://www.streetpainting.net/

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