Sidewalk chalk festival coming to Lewisburg
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Downtown Lewisburg will transform the sidewalks into an open-air art gallery on July 9.
The Lewisburg Arts Council invites artists of all ages to join the community for its free, family-friendly festival. If the weather does not cooperate, the event will be postponed until July 16.
People can register in advance at http://bit.ly/LewisburgChalk and start working as soon as they arrive downtown -- no more waiting in long lines to get a registration number before beginning. Those who wish may register in person from anytime between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Registration will be in front of Brushstrokes, 340 Market St.
To keep the youngest artists safe, everyone is asked to please wear a mask and practice social distancing.
The top three creations in each of the five age groups will receive prizes, courtesy of Brushstrokes, Purity Candy, JR Pretzels, Pelican's Snoballs, and Evangelical Community Hospital. Winners will be announced at 8 p.m. Artists do not need to be present to win.
Throughout the day, stop by to watch Featured Artist Colleen Walsh at work in front of the Post Office. Progress photos will be posted throughout the day on the Lewisburg Arts Council Facebook and
Instagram pages. And from 6 to 8pm, groove to musical performers DePotorLand. Find them under the apple tree in front of the Post Office. (Check out the awesome song they wrote for the Chalk Festival, illustrated with artwork from previous years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUF17RthH3o)
For more information, please visit the Arts Council website, http://lewisburgartscouncil.com/#chalk, or Facebook page, www.facebook.com/LewisburgArtsCouncil, or email them at info@lewisburgartscouncil.com.
The Lewisburg Arts Council is grateful to Evangelical Community Hospital for sponsoring this event.
NOTE: If inclement weather requires postponing the event till Friday, July 16, it will be announced on the Arts Council's Facebook page, www.facebook.com/LewisburgArtsCouncil, and website, www.lewisburgartscouncil.com, on Thursday evening, July 8. Those who have registered in advance will be notified by email.