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Artisphere - Best Art Festival Nominee chosen by USA Today! Vote Everyone!

Hi Everyone!

We just heard from our friends at Artisphere International Arts Festival in Greenville SC, that they have been nominated by USA Today and 10Best Readers' Choice for Best Art Festival in the USA!

As artists (and for proper disclosure...) bringing the street painting art component to the festival for several years with many fine artists (including Anthony)by Art for After Hours, we know that the festival is nice, friendly, and inspiring to the many people who visit each year to see and purchase art from many well known artists from across the country.  

There is no shortage of street entertainment, music, and terrific food/cuisine and good times. Following images are selected from recent Artisphere Festivals to present...  Enjoy!

 

And do not forget to VOTE, yes vote (daily)!! :)... You can vote once a day until April 13th at 11:59 am.

Please click here to vote for Artisphere...  Look forward to seeing Artisphere on top!!!

Anthony Cappetto and Wendy Stum are co-bloggers of 'Blog Now on streetpainting.tv', a dedicated blog to sharing the world of street painting art with its many fans worldwide since 2007.  Anthony Cappetto is an internationally recognized 3D street painting artist who brings his work and mentoring in the USA, Mexico, Europe, India, Japan, South America, and recently in Dubai(picture).

 

 

Chalk Art at the Uptown Art Expo, Altamonte Springs FL: February 16th -17th, 2013

Hi Everyone!

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 2^nd 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 16-17^th. 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.

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Happy New Year 2012: What we will be doing and our plans for our readers...

Above:  Here is a picture of Wendy and I, founders of Innovative Street Painting Group (which produces this blog) with our longtime street painting art friends Rosa Maria Leal and Cuong Nguyen at the Festival Bella Via in Monterrey, Mexico in October, 2011.  I (Anthony Cappetto)am at the far left, Rosa Maria, Wendy Stum, and Cuong Nguyen.  

Happy New Year 2012 from Blog Now on streetpainting.tv!!!

That being said, now on to where Blog Now will be going this year in 2012...

 

Wendy and I wish to apologize to our readers for being quiet during the last part of 2011.  We admit that we have been very involved with a series of street painting art projects with our other company, Art for After Hours which has kept us particulary busy.  While we were in the midst of these activities, we gave serious thought as to how we wanted to make Blog Now even better and more engaging than we have had before. And this is what we are thinking...

Starting this week, Blog Now on streetpainting.tv is moving to posting daily with posts, discussion, and thoughts about street painting art, festivals, and observed developments which we see as our way of sharing our appreciation and attention relevant to a blog such as ours that is "..for artists, festivals, and fans..."

Watch very soon for Blog Nows posting on the winners at the Festival Bella Via 2011, but also short posts about the many artists who created work for the festival who are the backbone of such exciting international street painting art competitions such as this.

There will also be similar coverage short posts from events that we have attended  in Saarasota, FL as well as events coming up this year in the USA, Mexico, and Europe through local reporters on the scene, and of course our level, journalistic coverage of festival directors and industry professionals in all locations.

Pictured above:  We noticed this street painting at the Sarasota Chalk Festival and we recalled the life of Toto de Angelis (Straccetto) who left us in 2011.  His experience as a Madonnaro in the true sense is an inspiration to every one of us who all who street paint, chalk, screeve anywhere in the world today.

Have a very Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year from Wendy and I at Blog Now on streetpainting.tv.

Art is Good at the Saint Louis Art Fair

Art is Good at the Saint Louis Art Fair

New artists and attractions make Good Times at this year’s event

Saint Louis residents are about to experience that Art is Good in downtown Clayton.  The Saint Louis Art Fair is already a favorite end of summer tradition for art enthusiasts and new comers who want to experience art in a welcoming and fun setting. And, this year’s event will offer even more to see and enjoy.

What’s New in 2011?:

•Street Painting – Teams from 10 area high schools will compete in this year’s “Walking On Art” chalk drawing challenge.  This competition was inspired by 16^th Century Italian Madonnari masters who made a living drawing with chalk once they finished their paintings within cathedrals.  The local teams can re-create an existing masterpiece or create one of their own.  They’ll get the chance to learn from four current chalk art “masters” who are being brought in -- including Cape Girardeau’s acclaimed Craig Thomas, Lee Jones and Jackie Coyne Kovach from Florida, and 3D artist Anthony Cappetto from New York City.  Three winning teams will receive $100, $250 and $500 worth of new art supplies for their schools, thanks to a grant from the PNC Foundation.

•Ice sculpting – Chefs from L’Ecole Academy for Culinary Development will chip their artistic visions into a giant block of ice; it’s a first-time event for the Saint Louis Art Fair.

•Commemorative Print – This year’s honorary work is an intriguing yet mysterious painting entitled “Journey” by New Mexico artist Jodi Perry.  

While there are plenty of new attractions to see at the 2011 Saint Louis Art Fair, everyone’s favorites are returning, offering something for the entire family:

• 181 artists from around the world will exhibit 14 mediums of art – from paintings to printmaking and sculpture to ceramics
• Three performances stages featuring live music and entertainment
• Pleasures of the Palate will offer food from St. Louis’ finest restaurants
• Creative Castle lets kids express their imaginative sides
• Art Studio will help adults get creative

Saint Louis Art Fair runs September 9-11 in Downtown Clayton

Friday, September 9 – 5 - 10 p.m.

Saturday, September 10 – 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Sunday, September 11 – 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

 

For more information go to www.culturalfestivals.com

 

Anthony Cappetto Large 3D Street Painting at Barefoot in the Park, Duluth, GA, May 2011

 
Hi from Duluth, GA, where I was able to bring 3D street painting to the visitors to the Barefoot in the Park Arts Festival this May as the featured 3D street painting artist.  I had a great time creating the art and getting to know everyone during the weekend.

 

The concept was to create a scene overlooking the Duluth area, with a grand waterfall at the left, a rock wall in the distance, and a cliff at the right.  The 3D street painting was 16 feet wide at the top by 30 feet long and took me 2 and a half days to create.

Featured above are the organizers of Barefoot in the Park and I am in black at the top center.

I had a great time and look forward to street painting again soon!

Shawn McCann at Artisphere 2011: Reproduction of 'The Secrets That We Gather' by fine artist Michael Madzo

Hi Everyone,

We have some new pictures from street painting artist Shawn McCann from his recent street painting at the Artisphere International Arts Festival in Greenville, SC.  Take a look below... Best, Anthony and Wendy from Blog Now on streetpainting.tv.

 

Here is an overall close up of the street painting that Shawn completed.  It was ten by fourteen feet in size and took Shawn three days to complete to the excitement of the festival visitors.

The street painting art looks great, and Shawn had a great time sharing his talent with the festival visitors.  Blog Now on streetpainting.tv looks forward to seeing more work from Shawn soon.

'Party for the Planet!' latest 3D street painting by Michael Macaulay at the Roger Williams Zoo

Hi everyone from Blog Now on streetpainting.tv.

 

3D street painting artist Michael Macaulay checks in with some pictures of his latest 3D street painting at the 'Party for the Planet' event at the Roger Williams Zoo in Providence, RI.

Mike's 3D street painting was a quick one, completed in about five hours time, measuring 8' x 10' in size.

 
3D street paintings will look different on an angle, which shows the artists skill in making the image drawn on the ground look correct and illusionary when viewed through a camera lens.  The art work is correctly viewed at the front  of the art work at a fixed point set by the artist.

 
At the Zoo, there were many family friendly activities to engage the visitors, with Mike's 3D street painting being a popular destination for the huge crowds on hand. The weather was great, and Mike had a great time sharing his artistry and creativity with everyone.

Anthony Cappetto and Wendy Stum are co-founders of Innovative Street Painting Group, Inc., a street painting art media and entertainment company for festivals, artists, and fans since 2007.

 

Happy New Year of Street Painting Worldwide with Blog Now on streetpainting.tv

Hello to all of our regular readers and a Happy New Year 2011!

 

 

2011 is going to be a time of growing in the world of street painting art with newer festivals become part of the street painting landscape along with a new generation of street painting artists making their mark on the scene.

Blog Now on streetpainting.tv is happy to be reaching out to festival directors, street painting artists, and the growing fan base around the world discovering our 400 year old plus art form in the world of new media and technologies in a partnership - not a competition - with the live viewing experience one can only have by attending a street painting festival in your area, wherever that might be.

As streetpainting.tv, Wendy and I have been so glad to be part of street painting to interview many artists over the years in Monterrey, Mexico at Festival Bella Via and making new friends in street painting at the Sarasota Chalk Festival last October.  We are working on interview videos with artists from Monterrey and Sarasota and plan to have even more videos up and running on the websites and online sources of streetpainting.tv.  We can be seen on our streetpainting.tv branded site/channels on YouTube, Facebook Fan Page,Twitter, Livestream and plan to spread into the fabric of social networking and mobility to bring street painting art to as many as possible in the ways that work best for our growing base of viewers with a library closing in on 300 videos and counting.

We are supportive of all the new festivals arising in Europe, around the rest of the world, and across the USA. Streetpainting.tv will be happy to bring our unique one on one interviewing (thanks to Wendy) to any interested festivals anywhere who will be glad to have us on the media team. 

Of course, we have not forgotten the festivals that have brought street painting to popularity before the advent of our current internet age such as the festivals of California, such as the I Madonnari in Santa Barbara, and the Italian Street Painting Festival by Youth in Arts in San Rafael and the many others in the USA such as the Lake Worth Street Painting Festival in Florida, the Via Colori Festivals, and the many others across the country.

And then there is Italy, where the art of the Madonnari began, the home of the Competition at Grazie  which brought Madonnari together from 1972 after it was thought the art form may have begun to fade away.  The importance and tradition of the Italian festivals and the longtime Madonnari is clear and in our respect, a special thanks to our fellow street painters from Italy who bring material for posts to us during the year.

Thanks to all, especially our readers for being a part of our blog and video channel in 2010 and we hope to bring as much street painting to you as we can in 2011.

Anthony Cappetto and Wendy Stum are co-founders of Innovative Street Painting Group, Inc., a company bringing street painting art to a new generation of festivals and artists using new technologies as they develop to blending the traditional and the new in the street painting art form.  Streetpainting.tv and Blog Now on streetpainting.tv are a part of Innovative Street Painting Group, Inc.

Happy Holidays from Blog Now on Streetpainting.tv!

 
Street painter Anthony Cappetto was asked to create a Holiday-themed street painting for the 'Making Merry in Berry Hill' holiday event in Nashville, TN.  His 8' x 18' piece took him 2 1/2 days to complete and was the centerpiece of the event!  The people of Berry Hill (a section of Nashville) really enjoyed watching him work as well as the finished 3D anamorphic street painting.

Blog Now on Streetpainting.tv wishes all of our readers a very Happy Holiday Season! 

ViaColori 2010, Elizabethtown,Kentucky, benefiting The Advocacy and Support Center

Hi everyone,

Blog Now on streetpainting.tv is happy to share photos and a write up from our friends at Via Colori 2010 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky who had a street painting festival in September benefiting the Advocacy and Support Center, a non profit organization in Elizabethtown providing services to victims of sexual violence.

Here are some pictures from the event - take a look!

 
'Hands of Empowerment'

 
Still Life

 
Street painting by Sandy Bailey

 
'Listen'

 
'We Remember'

 
Tiger

 
A wise sage

Via Colori®, 2010 was held September 11-12 in Kentucky.  This unique street painting festival included over 45 artists from the Elizabethtown, Louisville, Lexington, and Bowling Green areas and some from out-of-state.  The two day event was held in the heart of downtown Elizabethtown, KY for the first time since it started in KY in 2008, it was previously held in Bardstown.  There was a kid’s area, car show, food, art sales, crafts and live entertainment.  Due to weather, the event closed early on Saturday the 11^th, however, on the 12^th not only did the weather show up but so did the community!  There were hundreds of community members that browsed through the chalk drawings, much of which were washed away on Saturday, thus re-creation was held on Sunday.  The featured artist for the event was Cassie Russell from Louisville, KY.  All proceeds from the event benefit the Advocacy & Support Center, a non profit organization in Elizabethtown that provides services to victims of sexual violence.  The event for 2011 will be held in downtown Elizabethtown the second weekend in September as well.  For more information regarding KY Via Colori®, visit www.kyviacolori.com.  To find out more about the Via Colori® organization, visit www.viacolori.com. 

 

Photos by:

David Toczko, Lone Dakota Photography with assistance by Sign Makers