Chalk art, like life, is fleeting. And while there may not be any rain coming to the Morongo Basin for a while, if you want to see what will surely be incredible art created for the Chalk Art Festival in Twentynine Palms, you’ll have to head over to the Historic Plaza on Sunday to see the colorful pavement art before it fades away forever.
The Twentynine Palms Chalk Art Festival is happening all Sunday afternoon at the Historic Plaza in Twentynine Palms. The event, which is sponsored by the City of Twentynine Palms, Visit 29, and Blick Art Materials, invites artists of all ages to make chalk art, and the best chalk art will win prizes.
I spoke with organizer and Mojave Moon Apothecary owner Paul Razo about what’s in store for the floor. He said.
“The Historic Plaza is just so beautifully paved, and ever since we saw that space we were like, oh, we have to have people drawing all over this. So, you’ll be provided with a 4×4 space to draw your chalk art on, and then there will be a jury that goes through, and then we have top prizes for the winners. So, ages 10 to 17, it’s $5 to sign up, and you get a $100 grand prize for the winner.
“For ages 18 and up, it’s $10 to sign up, but the grand prize is $200, and we have all of the art supplies provided by Blick Art Materials. Well, we know that it was something that used to happen previously, and was, you know, really popular here in town from the Action Council 29, and so we wanted to bring it back. We’re going to have live music from Redhead Fred from Yucca Man Records, music from Created Nor Destroyed, and music from SandoBabo.”
In addition to the art making and music, there will be food and drinks from the Cactus and Coffee from Mean Gene’s Beans. Mojaveland will be running a mini-golf pop-up, and there will be rock painting, face painting, and LEGO activities.
The fun runs Sunday from noon to 5:00 p.m. at the Twentynine Palms Historic Plaza, off Adobe Road between Homestead Dr and Two Mile Rd.
