Join us as Sarasota celebrates the spectacle of Street Painting, a 400 year-old performance art tradition. Professional I Madonnari (street-painters) and artists will transform South Pineapple Avenue in Burns Square into a gallery of fine art using the pavement as their canvas and chalk as their medium. This years theme… a little funny… and a little spooky, all Halloween style! “We wanted to do a festival that was the opposite of last year’s theme, the Goddess Flora. Next year we may hold a strict traditional Madonnari festival.
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Anthony Cappetto from New York, NY
An artist from New York City, Anthony created large pastel works on paper for exhibitions in New York City from 1997 through 2000. In 1999, on a trip to Italy, he saw pastel chalk art as street paintings and it was a natural evolution for his artwork. Anthony has been active in street painting since 2001, as an artist participating in festivals/events throughout the US, Mexico, Italy, the United Arab Emirates (Dubai), and Japan. Anthony is a strong supporter of street painters …
Carmen Chapparo was born in 1995 in Kettering, Ohio. Surrounded by art and artists, she quickly took up drawing and painting like her mom, Jennifer and older sister, Mercedes. Last year, she won a poster contest for Tri Rail in Palm Beach County, Florida. She also won 3rd place at Artigras this past February for a still life drawing. She loves to draw with pen, ink, markers and also on the computer with Photoshop. She is currently an eighth grade student at Jupiter Middle School of Technology in Jupiter, Florida. …
Born in St. Joseph, Michigan in 1962, Jennifer Nichols was born into an artistic family. Her grandfather, Harry Stinson, was a recognized sculptor, painter and Art Professor at the University of Iowa and Hunter College in New York City. His talent was passed on to Jennifer. Jennifer’s formal art training started in high school, and she began to accumulate awards and sell some of her early paintings.
Later Jennifer attended UCLA, graduating with a degree in Design, focusing on costume and clothing design, and was heavily influenced by the artist Erte. …
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A 2002 graduate of the Ringling School of Art and Design, Jaeger decided to remain in the resort coastal town of Sarasota after earning his bachelors of arts, where he now works, paints. Born in Michigan and raised in Paducah, Kentucky, Jaeger is attracted by the colors, warmth and light of Florida, as well as its sophisticated and growing artist communities.
He’s been called passionate, humble, witty, and one of the five rising artistic talents in Sarasota by Sarasota Magazine, and aficionado art collectors alike. In his young …
