Re-enchanting the World through Art
So I posted about the world’s largest chalk drawing yesterday, and went down to the site myself last night and again this morning. OMG, it’s the greatest thing. I easily spent an hour just walking around the drawing and looking at all the different things the kids have done. I got an opportunity to talk to Mark Wagner, who conceived of the project in 2003 and has spent the last 2 years working to make it happen. And he’s done an amazing job! They’ve brought in literally thousands of children. Every elementary school in Alameda has been out to the site (and they all got there on the AC Transit bus #63) to draw. He’s a wonderfully nice guy (he even went out of his way to come compliment my childish looking drawing), has worked incredibly hard to coordinate the project, and I think he’s really brought something valuable to the community. Read more
The world’s largest chalk drawing
June 6, 2008 by V Smoothe · 2 Comments
Continuing the theme of sweet stories that cheer me up, check this out.
This isn’t in Oakland, but it is nearby, and I really thought it was sweet. An artist in Alameda has spent like 2 years putting together this project where he brings in kids from local elementary schools to color a 90,000 square foot chalk drawing out at the Naval Base on Alameda Point, which, when completed, will be the largest chalk drawing ever in the world. ABC7 had a really cute story about it on Monday. If you want to help out, you can show up on Saturday morning to help fill in all the space that’s left before they take the big satellite photo at 11:20. You can visit the Kids’ Chalk Art Project website here, and watch a really sweet YouTube video about it here or follow their progress on their blog here.
And if you do decide to go, remember that you can get there on the AC Transit bus #63, just like all the kids have been doing for the last month.
