See art, compete for cash and prizes at Chalk Fest in Idaho Falls this summer – East Idaho News

IDAHO FALLS – The sidewalks across the Idaho Falls Public Library will grow to be extra colourful due to the Idaho Falls Sidewalk Chalk Pageant.

The Sidewalk Chalk Pageant is about for Saturday, July 16 and can supply artists of all ages an opportunity to create art work for the general public to get pleasure from, in addition to compete for money and different prizes. The intent is to strengthen the Idaho Falls neighborhood whereas concurrently elevating the visibility of Riverwest Dental, the occasion’s sponsor, and their enterprise companions.

“The Sidewalk Chalk Pageant is one thing to convey a number of firms and folks collectively, get sponsors and a giant reward,” Kyle Peterson, the occasion’s organizer, informed EastIdahoNews.com. “And everybody loves sidewalk chalk, so let’s try this.”

Peterson stated he was impressed to place collectively Sidewalk Chalk Pageant by comparable occasions in different cities.

“I’d been to the (sidewalk chalk occasion) in Boise,” he stated. “When making an attempt to give you an occasion that we might be part of, I researched the opposite festivals on-line after which from there, it type of jumped out in my thoughts to have a ranked bracket and to garner some artists who actually need to compete for a $1,000 prize.”

The family-friendly pageant is break up into three brackets: Ranked, Household and Only for Enjoyable. The Ranked and Household brackets will compete for money prizes whereas the Only for Enjoyable bracket will all obtain small prizes and shout-out on social media.

All types of kinds and approaches to the artwork is welcome.

“The theme we’re going to do is ‘What Makes You You,’” stated Peterson. “We’ve obtained some tips for appropriateness: no hate symbols or related to teams that aren’t acceptable. However for probably the most half, it may be an expression of you. Possibly it’s your favourite present, perhaps it’s a favourite anime, perhaps it’s a favourite ebook, perhaps it’s an exercise you love to do. We’re anticipating a very eclectic assortment of artwork as a result of it’s what makes you you.”

Peterson stated he believes chalk artwork is so interesting due to the recollections it could set off.

“I feel it’s the nostalgia,” Peterson stated. “There at all times appears to be a reminiscence, younger child to teenager to grownup, related to sidewalk chalk. Whether or not you’re taking part with it in hopscotch or drawing one thing in school recess or exterior of college as a bit of child, or as a young person bored through the summer time so that you get inventive, or as an grownup when you’ve gotten your individual child and also you on the lookout for one thing to take action you ship the youngsters out with sidewalk chalk.”

“There’s most likely going to be one thing that speaks to you that an artist will specific on the occasion,” he added. “The fantastic thing about chalk artwork is that the artists put quite a bit into it they usually do know that in a short time, it’s not going to be there anymore. It’s very finite. Footsteps and rain will wash it away inside a few weeks, so attending the occasion is one of the simplest ways to see one thing that’s actually going to talk to you.”

The Idaho Falls Sidewalk Chalk Pageant is scheduled for Saturday, July 16 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Idaho Falls Library. Admission is free to the general public. When you’re enthusiastic about doing artwork for the present, click on right here to get tickets. Extra data is offered on the occasion’s Fb web page.

When you’re a enterprise enthusiastic about taking part within the Sidewalk Chalk Pageant, click on right here to contact Riverwest Dental.