Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival
Saturday, June 5, 2010 10am-5pm
North Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley.
Take BART to downtown Berkeley and walk north six blocks or ride your bike! Event Parking $5 at Berkeley Arts Magnet School to benefit the PTA. Enter on Lincoln at Milvia St.
Chalk Art Contest!
Eat Chocolate!
Free Admission.
Chalk Art Contest 2009
1st Prize Winner
SWINE FLU over the cuckoos nest by Imad Obegi
See all the chalk art contest winners >
Signed, Limited Edition prints of 'Swine Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest' for $95 are available at www.obgillustrator.com
Commenting on his piece, Imad Obegi said, “the idea of the “Swine Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” came to me when I was having fun with the thought that the day has come when pigs can fly – ‘Swine Flu.’ A week or so later…during a meeting, the phrase “Swine Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” came to mind. The more I thought about it, the funnier it sounded. The fact that the world went crazy over the possibility of a swine flu epidemic and the fact that the H1N1 virus strain is a combination of the bird flu virus and the swine flu virus needed to be conveyed as a comical image. I added the dots to represent viruses shedding from the pig’s body but not to be so explicit as to ‘downer’ the humor of it. The pig is happily flying, oblivious to the fact that he is targeted to be terminated despite the fact that it wasn’t all his fault. At first I created an image of a flying pig with Jack Nicholson looking up at the sky all crazy-eyed. Then I thought that Jack looks so different now and that kids won’t get the joke. I had a lot of fun during the day in creating the artwork...some people asked, “Why is the pig happy?” One kid responded best in saying, ”If I was a pig that could fly, I would be very happy.”
The sidewalks along North Shattuck Ave. in the Gourmet Ghetto in Berkeley are the target of artists young and old, professional and greenhorn during the 14th annual CHOCOLATE & CHALK ART FESTIVAL on Saturday, June 5.
With no fees to artists, areas of sidewalk will be assigned to participants to create their own fanciful chalk drawings. A CHALK ART CONTEST for the best drawing will be judged after 4 p.m. Winners will be notified the following day. First prize is $250 with $50 gift certificates awarded for runners up. Same-day registration takes place 10AM-5PM in event booths located along North Shattuck Ave. Artist's chalk is available for a fee.
For CHOCOLATE SAMPLING start by purchasing a packet of tickets (10 for $10) at any of the registration sites. The to-go menu features organic café mocha, chocolate mochi ice cream, chocolate truffles as well as savory chocolate mole, spicy chocolate tandori chicken, or the weirder chocolate foot massage! Spend your tickets on these delights in the businesses in the district.
Vendors with chocolate-related items and hand made arts & crafts fill the Farmer’s Market area, music fills the air, clown’s laughter fills your heart, and many more surprises fill your senses as you stroll along the sidewalks viewing the artwork that remains in place for the next two weeks. See last year's chalk art contest winners. This is a family-friendly, non-alcoholic event with an upscale demographic.
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY IN MAKING ART A PART OF OUR LIVES!
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