• Home
    • About
    • Contact
    • Executive Director
    • Board of Trustees
    • Teen Art Board
    • Coronavirus
    • Future Home in Downtown Albany >
      • Dance Studio razed at future AMA site
      • Oct 1 2020 Public Meeting
      • Albany Museum of Art Cleanup RFQ
    • Jobs and Internships
    • Appraisal, Conservation & Restoration Contacts
    • AMA Newsroom >
      • 2021 News and News Releases
      • 2020 News and News Releases
      • 2019 News and News Releases
      • 2018 News and News Releases
      • Permanent Collection Returns
      • Hurricane Michael
    • AMArt Magazine
    • AMA Calendar of Events
  • Exhibitions
    • Picture This
    • Globalrama
    • What's SHE Doing?
    • Forsaking All Comfort and Prosperity
    • Escape Plan
    • Upcoming Exhibitions
    • Past Exhibitions >
      • Wayna: Her Dreams of Ethiopia
      • GAGA 29
      • Fighters for Freedom
      • Homecoming
      • The Way of Life: Ray Pierotti >
        • Ray Pierotti Sounded Intervals
      • Ordo naturalis: Eric Mack
      • African Artifacts of Spirituality and Identity
      • Prismatic: Melissa Huang
      • European Splendors
      • Cedric Smith
      • Sanaz Haghani
      • Artist-in-Residence
      • Butch Anthony
      • Paul Kwilecki
      • Educators as Artists 2021
      • Tom Ferguson
      • On the Wall
      • Midlands
      • Georgia Artists Guild of Albany 2020
      • Juan Logan
      • Brian Willmont
      • Viberations of Pasaquan
      • Cut & Paste: Works of Paper
      • Dean Mitchell
      • Yanique Norman >
        • Noon Suite II
      • Origami Variations
      • Smoke Bombs and Border Crossings
      • Georgia Artists Guild of Albany 2019 Show
      • Figure Forward
      • Educators As Artists 2019
      • Fragments of a Violent World
      • Masud Olufani
      • Jose Tongol
      • Jerushia Graham
      • Zipporah Thompson
      • Alex Mixon
      • Mike Landers
      • Benjamin Britton
      • Home Tour
      • Brian Dettmer: Selective Collective Memories
      • Neighborhood for Painters
      • Florence Prisant: A Restrospective
      • Justin Hodges
      • Glenn Dasher
      • Inspired Albany
      • Inspired Georgia
      • From Heart to Hand
      • The Intaglio Figure
      • Norman Rockwell
      • Katie Bacon: Social Graces
      • Abigail Heuss: If Memory Serves
    • Exhibition Proposals
  • Events
    • Art Ball 2023 >
      • Art Ball 2022 Album
    • Laura Cetilia
    • Courageous Conversations
    • Corks and Canvases
    • Book Club
    • Improv Nite
    • Awaken at the AMA
    • Let's Paint Like: Bob Ross
    • AMA ChalkFest >
      • Publix VIP Experience Tickets
      • Tasting Tickets
      • 2021 Sponsors
      • 2021 Sponsorship Opportunities
      • Pro Chalk Artist Apps
      • Community Artists
      • Food Truck Apps
      • Vendor Apps
      • Volunteer
      • ChalkFest Galleries
    • Student Art Studio
    • Birthday Parties
    • Rent our Facility
    • RECENT EVENTS >
      • Family Day
      • Holidays in My PJs
      • William H. Johnson Lecture Series
      • Hometown Black Heroes
      • Freedoms Eve
      • Art of Sound
      • Lift Every Voice
      • Garden Tour
      • Work, Worship and Community: Artists Panel
      • Art Ball 2021 >
        • Art Ball Sponsorships
        • Art Ball 2021 Live Online Auction Site
        • Art Ball 2021 Auction Items
        • Art Ball in a Box
        • Art Ball Private Dinners
      • Color of Justice
      • Supper Series
  • Learn
    • Kids Take the Stage
    • Art Ed Connect
    • Art Club
    • Toddler Takeover
    • Homeschool Day
    • Spring Break Art Camp
    • Winter Holidays Camps
    • Summer Art Camps
    • Art Camp Teachers Information
    • Teachers and Students >
      • Planning Your Visit
      • Things to Know for You Visit
      • Chaperone Guidelines
    • Essay Contest
  • The AMA Online
    • Artful Conversation
    • AMA Art Notes
    • Kids Staying Inspired
    • Art of Selfies Results >
      • Art of Selfies
    • Creative & Courageous
    • Life Imitating Art
    • Art in Residence
  • Members
    • Digital Membership Cards
    • AMA Treasures
    • Member Events
  • Support
    • Year End Giving
    • Donate
    • Join
    • Volunteer
Albany Museum of Art

Call is out for amateur and team artists for ChalkFest 2021

10/11/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture

Adults, Students, and Children Can Participate for Free at Nov 13 Art Festival

Albany Museum of Art ChalkFest on Saturday, Nov 13, 2021 will be a communitywide event, and the call is out for community artists of all ages to participate in five amateur chalk artist categories.
Picture
“The big news this year is there are absolutely no fees to participate,” AMA Director of Education and Public Programming Annie Vanoteghem said. “Thanks to our Amateur and School Chalk Blocks sponsor Smile Doctors, there is no cost to enter any of the five amateur categories—Adult, Adult Students, Teens, Youth, and School Teams.”
 
AMA ChalkFest, which was conducted on a virtual basis last year because of the COVID pandemic, will return to the 100 block of Pine Avenue from 10 am until 5 pm on Saturday, Nov 13. The festival, which has the theme Masterpieces this year, includes chalk works by professional artists, live music and entertainment, craft beer tastings, food trucks, and vendors.
 
The 100 block of Pine Avenue will be closed off while professional and amateur chalk artists create works of chalk art directly on the pavement. The last in-person AMA ChalkFest in 2019 drew a crowd of more than 4,000 people. For the first time, there will be no gate charge for admission to the festival.
 
“The deadline to apply for one of the community art spaces is 5 pm on Monday, Nov 1, provided there is still space available,” Vanoteghem said. “Applications may be found at www.amachalkfest.com/community-artists. There also is a link to that webpage from the AMA website, www.albanymuseum.com. Space is assigned on a first-come, first-served basis and we have a limited number of blocks available, so get your application in as soon as possible!”
 
Completed applications should be emailed to annie.vanoteghem@albanymuseum.com.
AMA Executive Director Andrew J. Wulf, Ph.D., said the local artists who participate each year ensure that AMA ChalkFest is always a community rich event.
 
“The Albany Museum of Art lives to serve the Albany community and its visitors. We are over the moon to be able to return to downtown and host this special event, open for all to enjoy,” Wulf said. “This creative event also serves as a reminder that the AMA is making progress in our future move to Broad Avenue in the downtown area in the next few years. We love Albany and this ChalkFest is a big thank you to all its residents who continue to stay creative, courageous, and caring.”
 
Those participating in the Adult, Adult Student and School Team categories will work on 5-foot-by-5-foot squares. The individual participants will each receive a 24-color pack of chalk, while each team will receive a 48-color pack.
 
Teens (ages 13-17) will each have a 4-foot-by-4-foot chalking space, and Youth (ages 6-12) will work on spaces that are 3 feet by 3 feet. Those participating in these two categories will each receive a 24-color chalk pack.
 
A first-place winner will be selected in each of the five categories.
 
The professional chalk artists are being asked to recreate masterpieces from the Renaissance and Baroque periods in connection with European Splendors: Old Master Paintings from the Kress Collection, which is currently on exhibition in the Haley Gallery at the Albany Museum of Art. The exhibition of 29 paintings is organized by the Columbia Museum of Art in South Carolina with support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The exhibition at the AMA was made possible through the support of the Walter and Frances Bunzl Family Foundation. The exhibition continues through Dec 23, 2021.
 
While amateur artists are strongly encouraged to incorporate the Masterpieces theme in their artwork, it is not required.
 
“Every year we have remarkable work created by members of our community,” Vanoteghem said. “We can’t wait to see what they create this year at AMA ChalkFest!” 

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    The latest news and events updates for the Albany Museum of Art


    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.