The weather was perfect for the 1st Annual Chalk the Walk! The food and drinks were plentiful and the artists had so much fun creating their works of art on the pavement. Kids and adults alike were inspired to create some colorful, beautiful pictures in the parking lot of the First United Methodist Church on Sat., May 22nd.
Both newspapers were present taking pictures, writing about the bright creations in chalk and interviewing the artists. The Sunday Daily Times featured the event. Blount Today also took pictures and conducted interviews. We are looking forward to seeing their write-up too.
We want to thank our sponsors. There were many! First United Methosist Church, for the location and facilities, Fine Arts Blount for providing food and drinks for purchase, SAX, School Specialties, for the Pastel Chalk, Office Depot for the colorful fliers, ABC Monograming for o drawstring bag with free monogramming, Anderson's Lumber for sand and stakes, Pope's Garden Shop for buckets, Salsaritas for combo meals prizes, Chili's for free kids meals, McAllisters Deli for free combo meals, Chick-fil-A for free milkshakes, Indaguy for free t-shirts in the prize bags. We thank all these supportive folks and hope they will be on hand next year for the 2nd annual Chalk the Walk!
We also want to thank our illustrious judges! They are: Katie Kinney, President of FAB, Karen Miller, art teacher at Heritage Middle School and Becky Patterson, art teacher at Alcoa Elementary. We appreciate you!
Winners of prizes are:
Best of Show: Nicole Butcher, for her abstract creation of a flower, inspired by Georgia O'Keefe.
Cat 1, ages 6-11,
First prize: Kassidi McDannel, for her parrot, monkey and tree frog creation, 2nd prize, Sarah Godwin, for her Rainbow and Sunshine creation. Third prize, Ashley Butcher, for her undersea tropical creation.
Cat 2, ages 12-16
First prize: Kayla Ellis, for her drawing of a horse inside a fence. Kayla also won 2nd prize, for her fierce dragon.
Cat 3, ages 17 & up
First prize: Mary Cunningham, for her Astral Abstract. 2nd prize: Renee Breiner, for her Daisy and Butterfly creation. 3rd prize: Tim and Jennifer Ellis, tied for his creation of a gator in a manhole and her creation of a landscape, with a tree and horse.
Much fun was had by all the contestants. Some didn't want to leave! YEStudio will be very excited to present this event again next year. We plan to have the Chalk the Walk on a Sunday, making it more available to families. There will be a band on site too!
He has a lot of fun in the ArtSpace classroom and we enjoy him so much. He has the ability to get along with both the new and returning students and instantly makes the newbies feel welcome When we have a show, he is one of the first to bring in his artwork for us to display. Jonathan is an avid TN Vols fan and loves to show it in his art pieces. If there is an opportunity to put a power T or some orange in a piece, he is all over it! Jonathan likes to be given artistic license; probably more than any of our other students. If we tell him he can add his own touches, he is very happy to use his 'artist's eye' to create something of his own.
