Berkley Street Art Fest covers streets with chalk drawings

Artists of several walks of daily life brightened the streets of Berkley on Saturday as suppliers spread inspirational messages with uplifting items for sale.

From energetic sketches by kids to soul-shifting items of professional artists, the streets were being covered with chalk art.

“Art calms me, and fills my intellect with creativity,” said young artist Owen Miller, who finds the resourceful procedure therapeutic. 

Artist Maylani Siemasz, while working on a Woman and the Tramp chalk drawing, explained making individuals smile is the greatest portion of remaining an artist.

“The capability to convey an graphic to life is one of the finest things about artwork,” Siemasz stated.

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To previous art trainer Nancy VanAlstyne, chalk artwork has spiritual importance. After she shed her beloved yorkie, she identified chalk artwork to be a useful type of treatment. 

“Seeing the perform of chalk artist David Zinn affected me to use chalk art to comfort and ease me,” VanAlstyne reported.

“I put the two of my pet dogs in my chalk artwork as a reminder God always cares.”

Zinn, an Ann Arbor-primarily based chalk artist, was in attendance Saturday.

There was far more to the competition than just artwork. Suppliers stuffed the streets marketing products that positively effects life.

“All of the objects we market are handcrafted and go to folks who reside in establishing nations and they are paid out honest wages and almost everything marketed is all reasonable trade,” claimed Susan Rogal of Vitrine Gallery. “Additionally, several of the artisans are females, and it’s good to empower mothers as effectively as assistance out the overall village they are element of.”

The nonprofit Mend on the Shift bought jewelry designed from motor metropolis car parts.

“The persons who make these objects are survivors of abuse,” explained director of operations Missy Ware. “We make confident all proceeds go back again to supporting them.”

Mend on the Transfer also would make items created out of motor vehicle leather in the spirit of recycling and repurposing materials.

With the blend of chalk art masterpieces and products and solutions with going tales, the pageant sought to bring communities jointly with an explosion of creativity and further awareness of social concerns.