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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.

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! 

'Skullduggery' 3D Halloween Chalk Art at Sarasota International Chalk Festival 2010

3D Halloween themed 'Skullduggery' was a 20' x 40' chalk mural created on the street for the Sarasota International Chalk Festival 2010 by street painters Anthony Cappetto, Michael Macaulay, and Shawn McCann.  The festival took place over Halloween weekend, so a scary and bright theme fit right in!

Here are some photos of 'Skullduggery' as it progressed from start to finish.

The guys (Anthony, Mike, and Shawn) work out the proportions and sketch the main lines out.

Anthony adding color at the top while Shawn sketches out some elements further down.

Close up of Shawn (left) and Mike (right) working.

Anthony adds color to the skull.

Shawn and Mike working their way down the sides of the piece, adding the souls trapped in the walls.

Photo from the top of the chalk art.

The 3D view is really popping out now.  Mike is coloring in details of the faces of the damned.

Almost finished...Shawn and Anthony are adding some highlights to the piece.

Detail of wood beam with chain and skull and the damned on the back wall.

The finished 3D street painting 'Skullduggery' with Anthony and Shawn posing with the piece. 

'Skullduggery' 3D Halloween Street Painting at Sarasota Int'l Chalk Festival 2010

 
Team of Anthony Cappetto, Michael Macaulay, and Shawn McCann created this 20' x 40' street painting with chalk pastels in three days for the Sarasota International Chalk Festival 2010.  The street painting called 'Skullduggery' was a featured 3D exhibition artwork at the festival.

The guys had a great time working on this piece, especially since the festival was over Halloween weekend.  The crowd loved the scary theme and bright artwork, showing a fiery dungeon with lost souls trapped in the walls, trying to escape the 'fires of hell' below.  A large skull oversees the trapped souls.  A meat hook and metal bar hang from wooden beams and worked great for photo ops.

 
'Skullduggery' in process.  The artists are: Michael Macaulay (left), Anthony Cappetto (center), and Shawn McCann (right). 

  
The Sarasota International Chalk Festival 2010 in Sarasota, Florida, was lots of fun with many street painters doing Halloween themed street paintings.  Some even dressed up on Halloween to do their art work.  Thanks Denise Kowal and all of the volunteers who made this festival such a success!

Shawn McCann at 'Art in Bloom' at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Street painter Shawn McCann recently completed a street painting for 'Art in Bloom' at the Minneapolis Institute of Art or MIA.  He created a 'Koi Pond' for their Preview Party fundraiser.  Shawn had just 8 hours to work on his 10' by 13' street painting and passerbys checked out the progress as the dull grey concrete changed into a bright and refreshing Koi Pond.  It was definitely a lot to get done in such a short time frame, but Shawn pulled it off and did a great job.  And the fundraiser guests had a great time scouting for the koi!

 

 

   

 

Shawn McCann at the Burnsville Art & All That Jazz Festival

Street painter Shawn McCann sent Blog Now on streetpainting.tv these photos of his street painting 'Billie and Wynton' from the Burnsville Art & All That Jazz Festival in Burnsville, MN. 

Shawn said..."When thinking of what to create for the Burnsville Art and all that Jazz Festival, I kept thinking of how great it would be if Billie Holiday and Wynton Marsalis were to play together.  Going off of that, I created 'Billie and Wynton', and 8 foot by 8 foot street painting that took about 5 hours to complete this past Saturday in Burnsville, MN."  

 

 

 

"With a setting of the Burnsville Art Center and its spacious grounds, and some wonderful artists selling wares, it was a perfect time to get out and enjoy the music in a great setting.  Even though there were a few sprinkles here and there, I was able to get the piece finished.  I know I am definitely going to be looking forward to next year's festival!"  

 

 

 

Shawn McCann with his finished street painting 'Billie and Wynton' at the Burnsville Art and all that Jazz Festival.  Nice work Shawn!

Announcing the streetpainting.tv live streaming video player (powered by Livestream)

You may have noticed the video player at the upper left portion of the blog showing streetpainting.tv videos of street painting artists and festival directors continuously playing.  This is the new streetpainting.tv: online and video on demand live streaming video player thanks to the people at Livestream.com.

The player offers chat, video on demand, where you can choose what videos to watch, and live broadcasting from  remote locations (such as street painting art festivals, events, exhibitions, etc.).

We at Blog Now on streetpainting.tv are very excited about the possibilities to offer street painting festival, events, and exhibitions the ability to have live streams from their events to the streetpainting.tv channel with additional channels under development to share with the street painting fans and attendees around the USA and internationally. With live broadcasting, we are envisioning the environment where street painting festivals, artists, and fans can see programming on aspects and subjects in street painting, such as information, entertainment and open discussion from the casual festival attendees and internet viewers to the international street painting art scene.

Yes, we are seeking interested people and groups who want to bring their street painting art events live on streetpainting.tv and all they have to do is contact us at [email protected] for more information.  Nearly all possibilities are open for live broadcasting and we wil be glad to be helpful in the development of these ideas with enterprising groups for interesting projects.

Our live broadcast schedule for the fall is underway and will be released in the near future.

That said, Blog Now on streetpainting.tv strongly encourages our readers to share the streetpainting.tv player, post it on blogs, websites, Facebook, Twitter, everywhere that the many readers of our blog go to and use to help us bring the coming live broadcasting of street painting art to the many people we know enjoy and appreciate the art and people.

Here is the link to see the streetpainting.tv player and share, embed, and post (at a more viewable size)...

Thanks for your continued support,

  

Anthony and Wendy, streetpainting.tv

 

Street Painting for Art Soup by Shawn McCann

Street painter Shawn McCann sent us these two photos of a street painting he did yesterday at Art Soup in Elk River, Minnesota.  This 10' x 8' street painting took Shawn six hours to create.  The reason this art form is called street painting is because it is created on the street and because the finished work looks like a real painting, with all of the details, the shadows, and the highlights.  Shawn did a great job with this one, especially in just six hours!

Art Soup is a popular outdoor art and music festival held in Elk River, Minnesota, each summer.

The photo below shows the size of the street painting and some of the chalk Shawn used for the artwork. He taped off his work area so when he was finished applying the chalk and removed the tape, he had a nice clean edge around the art.

Shawn appeared on live TV the Thursday before the event to help promote Art Soup and his upcoming appearance. The "Twin Cities Live" program asked Shawn to do a quick 30 minute street painting. Congrats Shawn!

Street Painting by Shawn McCann for "Art in Bloom" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Shawn McCann created a floral street painting for "Art in Bloom" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts this past Saturday.  Here's what Shawn had to say about his street painting, pictured below, for this fun event.

"I thought I would share with you the fun that I had on Saturday at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.  In conjunction with their annual "Art in Bloom", I recreated their poster image of a white lotus by photographer Cy DeCosse.  Considering I only had a little more than 3 hours to complete the 7 foot by 7 foot piece, I thought it turned out rather well.  I would have rather spent more time on it, but had to help out with the kids on the sidewalk chalking in the back!  It was a blast, that's for sure." 

 

So a little about the "Art in Bloom"…

 

In its 26th year, Art in Bloom is a four-day festival of fresh floral arrangements and fine art, presented by the Friends of the Institute at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. This splendid spring celebration highlights the talents of more than 160 floral artists, whose works were on view next to the works of art that inspired them. From April 30 – May 3, the public was invited to sample the fragrant scents in the museum, enjoy a lecture or demonstration, attend a party or free docent tour, and browse in the Art in Bloom Shop.