Join us at The Gateway in Salt Lake City for Utah’s largest street painting festival! Utah Foster Care Chalk Art Festival combines community art with a great cause — every year on Fathers Day weekend! Artists of all ages and more than 20,000 families mark their calendars each year for this major summer event.Join Utah Foster Care in our efforts to provide each child with a normal childhood, life-affirming experiences, and (most of all!) a loving family.
Support the Chalk Art Festival by becoming one of our sponsors, volunteers, or artists.
Quick Links for Artists
Are you the next pavement Picasso? Join our battalion of chalk artists who care about Utah kids in foster care. Here’s your road map:
- First, register — the sooner the better, as there are a limited number of slots available.
- Next, download and read our Tips & Hints for Artists flier — it’s jam-packed with 11 years of wisdom!
- Also, download and read our pamphlet on Judging Criteria, which discusses how artwork is judged and describes this year’s theme (“Best in the West”).
- Then, we have two contests you can enter — a fundraising contest [PDF] and our annual t-shirt design contest [PDF].
June 14 & 15
Chalk Art Festival
Festivities begin at 2pm on Friday and at noon on Saturday at the Gateway, in Salt Lake City!
Our Sponsors
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30 Hours of Awesome
Our friend Clayton Tycksen and his colleagues at M4 Creative Media filmed their entry for the 2012 Chalk Art Festival and then put together this amazing time lapse video!
2012 Winners
1st Place
Best in Show
Youth: Emily Beck
Adult: Team Chalkolicious
Best in Theme
Youth: Ham
Adult: Divine Divas
People’s Choice
Youth: Tia Harrington
Adult: Bronte, Crista, & Leah
2nd Place
Best in Show
Youth: Michaela & Laura
Adult: Eklectica
Best in Theme
Youth: Chicks with Sticks
Adult: Sugar Poultry
People’s Choice
Youth: Mookie Harris
Adult: Holly Bailey