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Watch as Chalk Festival Artists Turn Grand Avenue Into Giant Canvas

By Lynn Trimble
Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 11:44 a.m.
Lynn Trimble Here's how Nyla Lee's drawing looked early on at the Grand Ave Chalk Art Festival. 1/49
Lynn Trimble Nyla Lee starts filling in the detail on her chalk art drawing. 2/49
Lynn Trimble More detail coming together on Nyla Lee's drawing. 3/49
Lynn Trimble Here's how Nyla Lee's artwork progressed into the evening. 4/49
Lynn Trimble Nyla Lee's artwork nearing completion at the Grand Ave Chalk Art Festival. 5/49
Lynn Trimble Making some chalk art magic. 6/49
Lynn Trimble Checking out the chalk art on Grand Avenue. 7/49
Lynn Trimble Pausing for drinks before checking out the chalk art. 8/49
Lynn Trimble Tato Caraveo starts his chalk art outside Bud's on Grand. 9/49
Lynn Trimble Part of Kyllan Maney's glow-in-the-dark chalk mural. 10/49
Lynn Trimble Checking out Rebecca Green's art-themed mural on Grand Avenue. 11/49
Lynn Trimble Catching up at Lady Luck Tattoo on Grand Avenue. 12/49
Lynn Trimble Checking out some of the bites along Grand Avenue. 13/49
Lynn Trimble Dain Quentin Gore was one of the first artists at the scene Friday night. 14/49
Lynn Trimble Enjoying an outdoor performance near Cookie Brokers. 15/49
Lynn Trimble Getting started on a Homer Simpson drawing. 16/49
Lynn Trimble Tato Caraveo gets ready to wield his chalk. 17/49
Lynn Trimble Drawing and talking with people who stopped by to watch artists work. 18/49
Lynn Trimble Friend popping over to say hello. 19/49
Lynn Trimble Live music outside the Hazel & Violet letterpress shop. 20/49
Lynn Trimble Chalk art by Scenik Roots near the La Melgosa building. 21/49
Lynn Trimble Band members getting ready to perform at ThirdSpace. 22/49
Lynn Trimble A collage of framed portraits. 23/49
Lynn Trimble Echoes of Janel Garza's mural at SMoCA in Scottsdale. 24/49
Lynn Trimble Getting the rundown on where to find favorite artists. 25/49
Lynn Trimble Tara Sharpe used burned wood for her darker sections. 26/49
Lynn Trimble An artist self-portrait in chalk. 27/49
Lynn Trimble Art created with imagery from Aztec culture. 28/49
Lynn Trimble Gathering around Tata Caraveo's surreal skull. 29/49
Lynn Trimble Chalk art meets Grateful Dead. 30/49
Lynn Trimble Finding other art to explore along Grand Avenue. 31/49
Lynn Trimble Checking out the detail work in Tata Caraveo's piece. 32/49
Lynn Trimble Taking pictures before it all fades away. 33/49
Lynn Trimble Homer Simpson got a little chalk love. 34/49
Lynn Trimble Live music inside El Charro Hipster Bar & Cafe. 35/49
Lynn Trimble A little puppet masterpiece by Dain Quentin Gore. 36/49
Lynn Trimble Artists JB Snyder and Janel Garza. 37/49
Lynn Trimble Bringing a bit of landscape magic to the chalk art festival. 38/49
Lynn Trimble Bandmates and friends hanging out at ThirdSpace. 39/49
Lynn Trimble Fellow artists enjoying a Friday night on Grand Avenue. 40/49
Lynn Trimble Stacey Gordon had chalk on hand so families could draw together at Puppet Pie. 41/49
Lynn Trimble Joining the festival fun at ThirdSpace. 42/49
Lynn Trimble Another look at Janel Garza's geometric art. 43/49
Lynn Trimble Another self-portrait taking shape. 44/49
Lynn Trimble Asking the big questions on Grand Avenue. 45/49
Lynn Trimble Great conversations happening here. 46/49
Lynn Trimble One of many lovely vignettes. 47/49
Lynn Trimble Exploring all the street art along Grand Avenue. 48/49
Lynn Trimble Calling it a night with Kyllan Maney's community art project. 49/49

Watch as Chalk Festival Artists Turn Grand Avenue Into Giant Canvas

Artists converged on Grand Avenue during Third Friday on June 21 to create a walkable canvas filled with chalk drawings. We watched Nyla Lee work her magic throughout the evening. Tato Caraveo created an elongated surreal skull, Kyllan Maney made a giant glow-in-the dark mandala with plenty of spaces for community members to fill in, and others drew images inspired by everything from pop culture to Aztec culture. Here's a look at some of the highlights. 

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Artists converged on Grand Avenue during Third Friday on June 21 to create a walkable canvas filled with chalk drawings. We watched Nyla Lee work her magic throughout the evening. Tato Caraveo created an elongated surreal skull, Kyllan Maney made a giant glow-in-the dark mandala with plenty of spaces for community members to fill in, and others drew images inspired by everything from pop culture to Aztec culture. Here's a look at some of the highlights. 
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