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Caballero Aguila Street Painting Street painting photos of 'Caballero Aguila' at Festival Bella Via 08 in Monterrey, Mexico. The street painting was created by the team of Cuong Nguyen, Anthony Cappetto, and Marina Escamilla, as a tribute to Mexican artist Jesus Helguera, who created the original art in 1956.
Artisphere International Arts Festival 2008 Photo Album 3-D street painting 'Koi Pond' from Rod Tryon and traditional 2D reproduction of 'Mount Parnassus' by street painting artist Hani Shihada.
The street paintings were created for the Artisphere International Arts festival in Greeenville, South Carolina from April 18th through April 20th , 2008.
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Hi Everyone from Anthony and Wendy at Blog Now on streetpainting.tv. The word 'Grazie' in the street painting art community means an annual event (street painting art competition) held annually in August, drawing the best artists in the street painting world to create beautiful art at the Sanctuary during the Feast of the Assumption. We are happy and honored to share some historical background offered to us by Bishop Egidio Caporello on the Grazie International Street Painting Competition, the oldest modern street painting competition held each year in Grazie, Italy as well as a series of new events for readers to look forward to this year. Here are some notes from the Bishop for our readers. Enjoy.
History
The story of
street-painting in Grazie starts in 1973, when Gilberto Boschesi, researcher of
folk costumes and traditions, decided to give recognition and value to the art of
Madonnari, who had always been present at the fair of Grazie, individually and
spontaneously.
Madonnaro Straccetto (above): An inspiration to Madonnari, and street painters worldwide. He is missed and remembered by all.
On August
15, 1973, for the first time public authorities and associations called
together in the courtyard of the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin the so-called
"Pavement painters". On that occasion a group of journalists and art
critics, such as Enzo Tortora, gave them a more appropriate title that of
"Madonnari", as the folk tradition called painters and peddlers of
sacred images. That title suited with their characteristic painting popular sacred
images of Christian inspiration, with simple colored chalks, predominantly on
the pavement of the church squares and sanctuaries during religious feasts,
fairs and festivals. The meeting and the pictorial competition, which determine
who can claim the title of "Master Madonnaro" and offer the winner
for one year, the trophy of Madonnaro, takes place every year on August 15, the
feast of the Assumption, in the context of the ancient Fair which has been held
in the same place since the foundation of the Sanctuary (1399).
The event was
recognized by the President of the Italian Republic and by the President of the
Region Lombardy. The Ministry of Culture was interested in it in order to
safeguard an expression of folk art in danger of extinction. At the beginning,
few Madonnari attended the competition, but over the years, they reached over
200 and among them there were many foreigners: Europeans, Americans, and
Japanese. There is a significant presence of women. The event, which over the
years has become an international art festival, was publicized by the national
and international press and documented by Italian television networks, by the
"Associated Press", by "National Geographic" and by “ABC
". In August it becomes a most unique outdoor laboratory.
This is a
display of skill and creativity vanishing after a few days or even a few hours,
when the rain falls; it is an example of ephemeral art that can be fixed only
through the camera lens. The fair attracts in Grazie every year from one
hundred to two hundred thousand people in 2 or 3 days. The festival begins on
the night of August 14th, when, after the blessing of the chalk by the Bishop
of Mantua, artists begin to paint and ends August 15 in the evening, with the
jury's verdict.
The Madonnari
were organized in association with the official name of AMI: Madonnaris’
Italian Association. Later on, they formed many other groups under various
names. Now the CIM: Italian Centre of Madonnari has the task of saving the
correspondence, the pictures and other material documenting the history, besides
all, files with the names of competitors over the years, and also some
significant chalk works for various periods to compare the evolution of
"manners" to paint, the various masters who have come and gone over
time, leaving evidence of an ancient but always present art, which is a
spontaneous expression of figurative aesthetic of immediate emotions.
Madonnaro Bruno Fabriani (left) displaying his artwork with Bishop Egidio Caporello (right).
A key
moment in the history of madonnari was the apostolic visit of Pope John Paul II
in 1991. On that occasion, eight artists, among them the great Kurt Wenner,
painted an oversized Last Judgment of Michelangelo, 81 square meters of art, to
welcome the Pope, who signed it with his own autograph using a white chalk. Now
the asphalt fragment with the Pope’s authentic signature is preserved in the
Sanctuary.
The Papal Signature on display
'The Last Judgement' as a welcome for Pope John Paul II in 1991.
In May
2011, twenty years after that extraordinary event, the Madonnari were invited
to paint a religious subject on the courtyard and it was a masterpiece.
Nowadays
Picking up
a widespread and instinctive idea to give continuity to a similar experience, a
few months ago, I launched the proposal not to limit the presence of madonnari
to the competition in August, but to extend it to the whole year.
Consequently,
in respect of the Year of Faith, proclaimed by the Pope Benedict XVI, together
with local authorities, we decided to organize a series of events:
1. An
exhibition of cribs and Nativities for Christmas,
2. An
exhibition of paintings, sculptures and chalk panels for Easter on the theme
“Crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ”,
3. an
exhibition in May with the whole village decorated with paintings and flowers,
4. the
traditional competition in August.
In December
we were really surprised by the solidarity of artists (madonnari, painters and
sculptors) and by the enthusiasm of the local population who accepted our
proposal with joy and emotion. The free service of volunteers gave a precious
contribution to the success of the initiative. Developing the experience of this
exhibition, we are thinking of Easter and hope to achieve the same result as
Christmas.
Grazie is a
very nice little village of about 600 inhabitants, on the lake of Mantua. The
most important monument and centre of it is the catholic Sanctuary dedicated to
the Virgin Mary with its large square and its fascinating artistic elements
(statues, chapels, votive symbols, etc.).
The
Madonnari who come here from all over the world breathe the atmosphere pervading
this enchanting place. Here, everything is religion and only religious subjects
can be painted, nothing else. The Madonnari are perfectly
conscious of this peculiarity. While painting, they won’t be
disturbed because they’re praying. Here painting becomes a form of prayer. It
is a deep, high, absolute, joyful prayer.
Anthony Cappetto and Wendy Stum are bloggers of Blog Now on streetpainting.tv and co-founders of Innovative Street Painting Group, a street painting art and media company bringing the art form to a new generation of artists, festivals, directors and fans worldwide. #Blognowonstreetpaintingtv
Blog Now on streetpainting.tv is getting out there and reaching out to street painting (chalk art) festival and event directors to bring the art to our readers. We just had a chat with Jim Barton, director.
Please share with Blog Now on streetpainting.tv
readers about the Uptown Art Expo back-story and recent event.
The Uptown Art Expo is now in our 2nd
year at beautiful Cranes Roost Park in Altamonte Springs, Florida which is just
north of Orlando. Our festival was located previously in Downtown Orlando for 7
years. This year the art & music
festival will be held on Feb 16-17th. The free festival includes
over 130 art exhibitors from around the country and concerts with Marty Balin
of Jefferson Airplane and Firefall.
How did you get interested in bringing the
chalk art component to the Uptown Art Expo?
After seeing chalk artists at the
Festival of the Masters which is an art festival at Disney World and the chalk
art festival in Sarasota, Florida. Visually it was just amazing what these
chalk artist create and we had to add this excitement to our festival.
Is this the first year for chalk? If not, lets
look at some of the work.
This will be our third year of our chalk
street painting competition. Here are some of the photos from last year’s
competition.
What is the chalk art plan for this year?
The Expo will feature 25 chalk artists in
this year. We have been reaching out to let the Chalk Art Community know about
our festival. Learning more about the different websites that promote chalk art
and requesting that our festival be included in their listings. We have line-up
some amazing new artists for this year’s festival and will be excited to see
them in action.
Also, we have increased our awards for the chalk artists. This year the Expo
will present cash prizes and ribbons for:
(1) $500 – Best of Show
(2) $250 – Awards of Excellence
(2) $200 – Judges Choice
(2) $100 – Awards of Distinction
Is the community excited? How will you bring
the community to socially invest in the chalk art, activities, reaching out,
etc.?
Last year we arranged for Chalk Artists
Ron Hawkins and Carolyn Schultz to chalk live in front of the Fox 35 Studios.
The Station broadcasted them live during the morning show as they created a
masterpiece of the stations Good Day morning show logo.
Our festival attendees just love the art
work that is created and its heart warming to see all the children try their
talents with what I call their refrigerator art in a section nearby.
Anything that we are missing but would be great
to add to the post…
I am just pleased to work with and create
an event which provides a venue for such amazing talent.
And we are too! Watch for more posts from Blog Now on streetpainting.tv!
Anthony Cappetto and Wendy Stum are bloggers in the street painting art industry and co-founders of Innovative Street Painting Group, a street painting/chalk art media and entertainment company.
Happy New Year from Wendy and I at Blog Now on streetpainting.tv! We are very excited about 2013 in terms of the festivals and events for the street painting community and are sharing what we are seeing. stay tuned on developments for these festivals, events, and sharing of pictures from our experiences over the years.
We are particularly happy to see the return of one of our favorite street painting festivals, albeit in a new form - The festival is now Italian Street Painting Marin, scheduled for June 29th and 30th, 2013, led by Festival Director Sue Carlomagno! As a historical note, it is at the former Youth in Arts Italian Street Painting Festival in which I street painted for the very first time in 2001, and we see where that has led as a street painting artist! Again very happy to see these developments and hope to be sharing more about the Festival with our readers during 2013!
Blog Now on streetpainting.tv has learned of the developing Blumberg Street Art Festival in Blumberg, Germany, scheduled for July 13th and 14th 2013. More on the festival as information comes in...
The Fourth Street Painting Festival in Toulon, France will be on May 25th and 26th, 2013 at the Place D'Armes. Blog Now encourages the public in these locations to stop by and experience the beauty and artistic challenge that is street painting, and of course to pin what you see on our new pinterest site coming on line next week. And of course visit us on Facebook and Twitter.
And a look back at some Festivals in 2012...
Grazie:
Grazie, the first modern street painting festival celbrated its 40th Anniversary, a nexus for the etire street painting worldwide community.
Madonnari from Mexico posing by the street painting created by Juandres Vera (in red) during Grazie 2012. Festival Director of Festival Bella Via, Rosy Loyola poses with Grazie Award Winner Cesar Paredes from Peru. Judges from Grazie look on.
Festival Bella Via:
...Street painting at the top of the mountain the challenge of opening a new cultural space, can be said that it was a challenge to overcome. Street painting between the Sun and the clouds, framed by the Sierra Madre, the Cerro de las Mitras, the Cerro del Topo and our flagship Cerro de la Silla. It has been a unique experience, and perhaps even repeatable.
This experience, Festival Bella Via, reaffirms as a cultural gesture, and socially strengthens as a formative activity, and service vocation to the citizen.
During the two days of the realization, we were visited by around 20,000 spectators, who came to live the already traditional ephemeral art of the FBV. To the beating of drums, and our flag (Mexico) hoisted, the soil of the Esplanade from the viewpoint of the bishopric, was covered with art centenary art madonnari...
'At the top of the mountain' ...
Festival Bella Via Photographer Erick Estrada Bellmann with Festival Bella Via Director Rosy Loyola in the midst of it all... Always looking up!
Sarasota Chalk Festival:
Welcome to Sarasota!
Truman Adams, street painting artist
Street Painters hanging out after a long day on the pavement: Left to right: Anthony Cappetto, Eduardo Relero, and Gary Palmer.
A 'test walk' on the 'High Wire' by none other than Daredevil Nik Wallenda!
Now it's ok for us! Left to right: Wendy Stum, Shawn McCann, and Anthony Cappetto (lead artist).
A wonderful time at Sarasota Chalk Festival! Left to Right: Anthony Cappetto, Wendy Stum, Nik Wallenda, Denise Kowal - Event Chair, Sarasota Chalk Festival, and Shawn McCann.
From left to right: Wendy Stum, Anthony Cappetto, Mark Peer, and Stacey Williams-Ng at the Artists' Party. Always fun to see our friends in street painting...
Anthony Cappetto and Wendy Stum are Bloggers and Founders of Innovative Street Painting Group, a street painting art media and entertainment company encompassing street painting festivals, events, exhibitions and launches utilizing traditional street painting art and emerging technologies such as augmented reality and figurative animation. Cappetto is an internationally recognized 3D chalk artist with emerging technologies traveling worldwide creating his art for advertising, public relations, branding, and exhibition clients.
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