{"id":10326,"date":"2025-06-08T23:09:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T06:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=10326"},"modified":"2025-06-08T23:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T06:09:04","slug":"denver-chalk-arts-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/08\/denver-chalk-arts-festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Chalk Arts Festival — 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This last weekend was the Denver Chalk Arts Festival. This is an annual event that I last attended in 2019. This year, the chalk art was located very close to the the Art Museum. The art works are applied to the asphalt pavement on the streets. Art work disappears after a few days of vehicle traffic and some rain. Most of the art work is “flat”, as can be seen with the squirrels; Meininger are one of the local art stores and sponsor the artist for the image below.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Meininger Squirrels, Chalk Arts Festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This year, I noticed a lot more “3-D” work being displayed. In this image, Nareen Schroder created a 3-D work for Denver Art Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Denver Art Museum, Nareen Schroder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here is another 3-D work of Hungry Hippos.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Hungry Hippo, 3-D Art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Visitors are encouraged to sit on the Hippo. In this image, I captured a visitor sitting on one of the Hippos. This enhances the 3-D illusion on the flat pavement.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Riding The Hungry Hippo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This fire breathing dragon is another 3-D piece that I found.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fire Breathing Dragon 3-D.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I always like to capture some images that include the artist while creating the art work. The young girl was a bystander that I included in this image.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Watching Artist At Work, Chalk Art Festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here is another art work “Kroger Burger” that is almost 3-D. This is surrounded by the two “flat” works on either side.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Kroger Burger.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

There were several street vendors that offered food and beverages to the visitors. One booth was selling pineapple juice to visitors. Behind the rear of the booth, I found boxes of pineapples (the supplies for the vendor).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pineapple Juice Booth Supplies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here is another fun art work that I titled “Manhole Cover Chaos”.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Manhole Cover Chaos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I was amused to find a monkey in Residence for Cirque Du Soleil, in the image below. This is another 3-D work. The young child in the background seems to be enjoying his popsicle!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Cirque Du Soleil Artist, Monkey In Residence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

That’s all for now. More to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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