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PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Chalk Festival - Saturday


  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • | 5:00 a.m. November 5, 2012
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PHOTO GALLERY: Sarasota Chalk Festival - Saturday
Chalk artists work on their pieces Saturday, Nov. 3, as spectators walk by and watch them work.
Chalk artists work on their pieces Saturday, Nov. 3, as spectators walk by and watch them work.
Boxes full of different colored chalk.
Boxes full of different colored chalk.
Jessica Dirkes works on her piece that she based off of a black and white photograph.
Jessica Dirkes works on her piece that she based off of a black and white photograph.
Valerie Glessing holds up her son Austin, 5, to look through a viewfinder to see a 3D chalk piece.
Valerie Glessing holds up her son Austin, 5, to look through a viewfinder to see a 3D chalk piece.
Mythica Von Griffyn begins to paint Gina Lopez’s hand into her colorful chalk piece of a zebra Saturday, Nov. 3, on Pineapple Avenue.
Mythica Von Griffyn begins to paint Gina Lopez’s hand into her colorful chalk piece of a zebra Saturday, Nov. 3, on Pineapple Avenue.
Sailor Circus jugglers performed Saturday, Nov. 3, on Pineapple Avenue.
Sailor Circus jugglers performed Saturday, Nov. 3, on Pineapple Avenue.
Kobra’s 3D chalk piece
Kobra’s 3D chalk piece
David Lepore works on his black and white clown.
David Lepore works on his black and white clown.
Renee Keady works on her piece, “Lion”.
Renee Keady works on her piece, “Lion”.
Sara Martin, 9, works on her piece that she called “Circus Cat”.
Sara Martin, 9, works on her piece that she called “Circus Cat”.
Mythica Von Griffyn paints Gina Lopez into her colorful chalk piece of a zebra Saturday, Nov. 3, on Pineapple Avenue.
Mythica Von Griffyn paints Gina Lopez into her colorful chalk piece of a zebra Saturday, Nov. 3, on Pineapple Avenue.
Lorelle Miller took one of her own original pieces and created into a chalk piece for the Sarasota Chalk Festival.
Lorelle Miller took one of her own original pieces and created into a chalk piece for the Sarasota Chalk Festival.
Kitty Dyble Thompson’s piece required the viewer to look at the piece in a cylindrical mirror.
Kitty Dyble Thompson’s piece required the viewer to look at the piece in a cylindrical mirror.
Adry del Rocio wore a sombrero to keep the sun off of her while she worked Saturday, Nov. 3, on Pineapple Avenue.
Adry del Rocio wore a sombrero to keep the sun off of her while she worked Saturday, Nov. 3, on Pineapple Avenue.
Students from Sarasota High School created a piece that incorporated their school mascots as clowns.
Students from Sarasota High School created a piece that incorporated their school mascots as clowns.
Lincoln Sibley, 6, walks across the tight rope of one of the 3D pieces.
Lincoln Sibley, 6, walks across the tight rope of one of the 3D pieces.
Francine Smetts does a vertical piece on the side of a building on the corner of Burns Court and Pineapple Ave.
Francine Smetts does a vertical piece on the side of a building on the corner of Burns Court and Pineapple Ave.
The Somethings performed Saturday, Nov. 3, on the stage at the corner of Pineapple Avenue and Selby Drive.
The Somethings performed Saturday, Nov. 3, on the stage at the corner of Pineapple Avenue and Selby Drive.
Sailor Circus unicyclists perform Saturday, Nov. 3.
Sailor Circus unicyclists perform Saturday, Nov. 3.
Kristen Willis and her daughter, Taylor, 10, make their own chalk art Saturday, Nov. 3, on Selby Drive.
Kristen Willis and her daughter, Taylor, 10, make their own chalk art Saturday, Nov. 3, on Selby Drive.

 

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