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3rd Annual Street Painting Festival, Toulon, France; May 27th -28th, 2012

Hello to our friends in Toulon, France from Wendy Stum (l.) and Anthony Cappetto (r.) of Blog Now on streetpainting.tv! Festival director Joelle Tabournel (c.).

The international street painting festival season is beginning and Blog Now on streetpainting.tv brings our coverage of the 3rd Annual Toulon Street Painting Festival this coming May 27th and May 28th.

This years festival will pay tribute to the Italian tradition of painting celebrating the works of Leonardo DaVinci, Michelangelo, and Verrochio.

Guest artists at this years festival will be:

Vera Bugatti, from Italy

Bruno Fabriani, Fabio Fedele from Italy

Luigi Legno, Martino Zingarelli from Italy

Alba Amezcua from Mexico; Special Guest from Festival Bella Via

Street Painting workshops from J.M. Navello, graphic designer and illustrator

 

Street painting artists will compete on May 27th and 28th for awards  presented at the end of the festival on May 28th.

There will be 3D street painting from Dutch artists Leon Keer, Ruben Poncia, Remko Von Shaik, and Peter Westerink on hand to share their creativity with the public.

We are looking forward to sharing the latest picture from the festival with you, stay tuned.

 

Anthony Cappetto and Wendy Stum are the bloggers of Blog Now on streetpainting.tv, bringing the events of street painting worldwide to the artists who create street painting art, the festivals that bring the artists together, and the fans who follow the art.

 

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.

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! 

2010 Sarasota International Chalk Festival: Halloween Themed Art

The 2010 Sarasota International Chalk Festival took place in Sarasota, Florida, over Halloween weekend.  It was really fun to see how many artists did Halloween themed street paintings, and how they were all so different and creative.  Although there were so many street paintings we liked, here are a few that are on the spookier side. Some of these are night photos, but you will get the idea of how detailed and beautiful this work is. Many more photos will be online on our Facebook fan page "Blog Now on streetpainting.tv".

Above - Street painter: Vera Bugatti (Italy)

Street painter: Ruben Martinez (Mexico)

Work in progress by street painter: Fabio Fedele (Italy) 

Street Painter: Rod Tryon (New York)

Street painter: Genna Panzarella (California)

Street painter: Tony Cammarano (Italy)

Street painter: Luigi Legno (Italy)

Enjoy!
 
 

Second Edition of CCAM - Madonnari in Tarmassia, Italy

Seven CCAM's Artists, Madonnari of Buscoldo-MN, were invited to draw for the second time in Tarmassia, which is near Verona, Italy. The invited artists were Andrea Libratti, Fabio Fedele, Luigi Legno, Leda Mariani, Bruno Fabriani and Maestre Vera Bugatti and Mariangela Cappa.

Street painting is usually done on the street and is temporary, but these artists created artwork on wood panels using pastel & chalks to celebrate the Feast of the “Duck in the Pot”. The local culinary specialty is rice. 

The art work was commissioned by the organizers and was later auctioned off for charity.  While the artists worked, large numbers of people were able to watch the art process and admire the work. Here are some photos of the work, courtesy of Bruno Fabriani.

Bruno Fabriani's sketch of a 'Young Girl in Green', original by Tamara de Lempicka.

Bruno with his finished artwork.

Bruno's artwork...ready for auction.

Andrea Libratti's artwork "Carro dei Buoi', original by Giovanni Fattori.

Fabio Fedele's artwork, "L'isola dei Morti', original by Arnold Bocklin.

The start of Luigi Legno's artwork, 'La Ricamatrice', original by A.W. Bouguereau.

Artist Leda Mariani works on her 'Maternita' piece.

Vera Bugatti finishes up her artwork for the festival celebration.

Mariangela Cappa working on her artwork 'Le tre Grazie', original by Antonio Canova.

Talent at Tarmassia, Italy - a Demonstration by Seven Madonnari

Seven Madonnari of the CCAM Buscoldo from Mantua, Italy, were invited to draw in a demonstration in Tarmassìa, Italy, which is near Verona.  Their art was created with chalk pastel on paper or board for the September 13^th event.  Since the demonstration has ended, the individual artworks have been placed in prominent places around the town so many people can enjoy the beautiful work!

 

The Madonnari who participated were:

Maestra: Mariangela Cappa, Vera Bugatti

Madonnari Qualificati: Luigi Legno, Fabio Fedele, Andrea Libratti

Madonnari Semplici: Bruno Fabriani and Giusy Abbatista 

Above: The winner of the demonstration, the Maestra Mariangela Cappa, drew a detail of the La Pietà by Michelangelo. Her artwork was placed in the church of Tarmassìa.

Above: Maestra Vera Bugatti's artwork.

Above: Madonnari Qualificati Luigi Legno's artwork.

Above: Madonnari Qualificati Fabio Fedele's artwork.

Above: Madonnari Qualificati Andrea Libratti's artwork.

Above: Madonnari Semplici Bruno Fabriani's artwork.

Above: Madonnari Semplici Giusy Abbatista's artwork.

Group photo of all seven pieces by the CCAM Madonnari at Tarmassia, Italy.  Bravo!!