Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts™
State College, Pennsylvania

July 10-13, 2008 ~ Children's Day is July 9, 2008

DOWNTOWN STATE COLLEGE ITALIAN STREET PAINTING FESTIVAL

Heister Street between College & Beaver Avenues
Painting  July 10 to 13
(Weather Permitting)
Holly Foy, Coordinator

Italian Street Painting has been a tradition in Europe since the 16th Century and a tradition in State College since 1999!  In Renaissance Europe, underemployed artists would draw on the streets as a form of advertising their skill.  In America today artists make street masterpieces for the joy of creating and for the entertainment of appreciative crowds.

The Downtown State College Italian Street Painting Festival is pleased to be the presenting sponsor of the Festival’s Italian Street Painting Festival again in 2008.

The Downtown State College Italian Street Painting Festival will once again feature street painters of national and regional significance, in addition to a Young Artists Alley.

At least 30 smaller works measuring 6’ by 4’ will be drawn by a variety of local visual artists, State College Area High School art students and Penn State art majors.  To apply to be one of our street painters please email Holly Foy at hxf11@scasd.org or call (814) 237-3682. 

Finally, our Young Artists Alley provides artists of any age and ability with the opportunity to add to the festival! For a $5 fee, you get a beautiful box of pastels, a 14"x 14" square to draw on and a Polaroid of you and your masterpiece!   

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