Jamestown Chalkfest

06/28/2021

What a great event the last 2 days in Jamestown. We are so thankful for all of the visitors that came down to see all the masterpieces created by the guest artists and also the local talent that added more to the street. A special thank you to all the wonderful artists that came to Jamestown to make the 1st annual Jamestown Chalkfest a huge success. Those artists included Chris Carlson, Allison Severson, Allison Olstad, Erik Greenawalt, Jamie and Craig Rogers, Tonya Youngberg, Madelyn Hohler, Mariah Loh, Shawn McCann, Brigid Higgins, AnneMarie Geniusz and Sandy Forseth!

And Finally we couldnt have had this great event without all of the wonderful sponsors and supporters. The Jamestown Art Center hosted us these last few days and thank you all who came down to celebrate street art!

06/26/2021

We look forward to seeing you at Chalk Fest today!!!! Even though the rain slowed us down a little bit yesterday, we are in full swing today bringing to life the masterpieces we started yesterday! Hope you can make it down and check them out! Festival runs 10-6 today at Hansen's Art Park near the Jamestown Arts Center!

06/23/2021

Only a few days away till chalk hits the street! Our 4th artist spotlight comes from Tonya Youngberg out of West Bountiful, Utah. She will be joining us later this week to create a fun masterpiece! What will she create? We shall wait and see!

For information about the Jamestown Chalk Fest please visit https://jamestownarts.com/event/chalkfest/

We hope to see you later this week and weekend!

06/21/2021

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you had a great Fathers Day weekend. We are excited that it is finally the week of Chalkfest in Jamestown!!!!!! Starting with some demo pieces on Thursday and the full Chalk festival on Friday and Saturday

Todays artist spotlight features the amazing couple of Craig and Jamie Rogers! They come from Richland Center, WI and we are grateful they will be creating for us here in a few short days! Check out some of their work below! Cant wait to see you all later this week!

06/17/2021

Do you have a budding artist or amatuer artist that would like to join in on the chalk festival fun? We have a limited number of chalk art squares for students and amateurs that are avaiable for free. And if you dont have the chalk, we will have some on hand to use. We do ask that you spend most of the day chalking at the square though if you do sign up for one. They will be about 4ft by 4ft in size. Send us a dm if you would like to reserve a spot

06/08/2021

Our second artist spotlight brings us the uber talented Allison Severson from St. Paul, MN. Allison has been creating masterpieces at festivals around the country and we are excited to have her create her magic for Jamestown!

Jamestown Chalkfest will kickoff on Thursday June 24th with a couple demostration pieces and then all day Friday and Saturday June 25th and 26th! For more information please visit our webpage https://jamestownarts.com/event/chalkfest

05/26/2021

Jamestown Chalkfest will be the featured topic on todays Main Street radio show on Prairie Public Radio at 3pm. Listen in as Mindi Schmitz and Shawn McCann talk about the excitement surrounding the upcoming Chalk festival coming to Jamestown. A recorded version of it will be up on their website as well after it airs. We are really excited to be a month out from this wonderful celebration of chalk art! We hope to see you there.

Main Street, hosted by Doug Hamilton and with contributor Ashley Thornberg, keeps its finger on the pulse of Prairie Public's broadcast region. Find

05/19/2021

Our first Featured artist for the Jamestown Chalkfest is Chris Carlson from Denver! He is an amazing 3d anamorphic street artist that has thrilled audiences all over the place. We are thrilled to see what magical creation he does for Jamestown in a little over a month!

For more information check out the website at https://jamestownarts.com/event/chalkfest/

05/17/2021

THE DOWNTOWN ARTS MARKET kicks off with
JAMESTOWN CHALKFEST!

Join us Thursday, June 24th for the opening of this summer’s Downtown Arts Market with Chalkfest! And live music by North Dakota’s favorite daughter Jessie Veeder.

Chalkfest will feature works by nationally renowned chalk artist Shawn McCann accompanied by eight other artists from around the country. This is a family-friendly event where young and older alike can participate while enjoying in the breathtaking works of these great artists. The event begins with a couple demo chalk artists Thursday evening 5:00 – 8:00 pm and the main chalk festival continues on Friday and Saturday from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm. And is free to all.

Planned artists to join Shawn are Jamie & Craig Rogers, Chris Carlson, Tonya Youngberg, Allison Severson, Madelyn Hohler, Erik Greenawalt, Brigid Higgins and Sandy Forseth.

The Downtown Arts Market brings Jamestown to life with inspiring Thursday evenings beginning June 24th through August 26th. Celebrate summer with live music, cultural experiences and creative opportunities.