2013

Chalk Talk invites young artists from the greater Boston area to take to the pavement and make a statement.

Each year Chalk Talk asks participants to create art that will gen-erate awareness of the social issues impacting our community and our world. During this two-day festival, participants have the opportunity to learn from guest artists and speakers.

Art is a powerful means of expression and has been for man-centuries. The Chalk Talk festival was inspired by 16th century Italian street art. Vagabond artists known as Madonnari trav-eled through various festivals collecting coins from those who stopped to admire their work. Similarly, each Chalk Talk artist will collect coins in a container beside their work. At the end of each day, the money collected will be donated to an organiza-tion of the artist’s choosing.

This year’s themes are poverty, literacy and animal rights. Orga-nizations such as Oxfam America, Reach Out and Read and The World Wide Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) will be represented. Participants should consider one or more of these topics when planning their compositions.

Event Schedule

Sunday, May 5th

Newbury Street, Boston, Ma

9 -10 am Participant check-in

11-12 pm “Chalk About Animal Rights” with Dan Piraro

1-2 pm “Chalk About Literacy” with Sara Mayhew

2-3 pm “Chalk About Poverty” with Carlos Santana

5-6 pm Sidewalk gallery appreciation and awards.

*Food, participant chalk projects, live entertainment and Edward Mueller chalk demonstations will take place all day.

Speaker: Dan Piraro

Dan Piraro is an award winning cartoonist and the creator of Bizarro comic strips. Piraro is a vegan and a committed animal rights activist, both themes appear as topics in his work. An en-tire section of the Bizarro website is now dedicated to educat-ing visitors about veganism and animal rights. Piraro donates all profits of Bizarro merchindise to animal rights causes.

Animal rights Dan Piraro is an award winning cartoonist and the creator of Bizarro comic strips. Piraro is a vegan and a com-mitted animal rights activist

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Speaker: Sara Mayhew

Sara is a writer and illustrator who’s work focuses on promot-ing literacy in science, among other subjects, through art and entertainment. Her work has been published in Owl Kids and Scholastic. Sara is best known for her award winning mangaka, Legend of the Ztarr. She hopes to inspire girls and young wom-ens to become critical thinkers through her characters and storytelling.

Literacy Dan Piraro is an award winning cartoonist and the creator of Bizarro comic strips.

Speaker: Carlos Santana

Sara is a writer and illustrator who’s work focuses on promot-ing literacy in science, among other subjects, through art and entertainment. Her work has been published in Owl Kids and Scholastic. Sara is best known for her award winning mangaka, Legend of the Ztarr. She hopes to inspire girls and young wom-ens to become critical thinkers through her characters and storytelling.

Poverty Dan Piraro is an award winning cartoonist and the creator of Bizarro comic strips. Piraro is a vegan and a committed

Featured Artisit Edgar Mueller invites participants to exri-ence the illusions of his sidewalk art first hand.

Mueller grew up in the Straelen, a rural city on the western edge of Germany, a setting that inspired many of his early paintings. Mueller’s affinity for street art began at a young age. He entered his first international competition of street artists at age sixteen and went on to win at age nineteen. Mueller now holds the title ‘maestro madonnari,’ meaning master street painter, and has traveled through Europe making a living off his ephemeral art.

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