Pastels on the Plaza 2022 

Artist Mataya Conroy brought light to her panel's creatures for sponsor Brandt Electric.

Chalk artist Lucas Thornton paused work on his familiar GOAT panel artwork for sponsor Cypress Grove.

Chalk artist Renée Thompson neared the end of her panel for her employer and sponsor North Coast Journal.

Muffin pans and a great variety of other palettes were used by the artists who ground their chalk into powder.

Kim Alvarez paused to look over her Antheraea polyphemus, the Polyphemus moth, created for sponsor Heart Bead. The wing eyespots give the moth its name – from the Greek myth of the cyclops Polyphemus.

Helping promote the coming earthquake-awareness Shakeout event on Oct. 20 at 10:20 a.m. were Cal Poly Humboldt Geology Club members Huntington Paulson (left), club faculty adviser Prof. Amanda Admire-Grafft, Dennis Lindehof and Lisa Elconin.

These chalk artists used a familiar game character to attract attention to their cause, protecting Medicare from Wall Street interests.

Artist Rosalie Thomson captured her dog Luka's portrait in chalk for her panel sponsored by Nor Cal Pet.

"Into the Water" is a direct translation of the sponsoring company name, Kkatat (panel viewed on Sunday morning).

Sunday-viewing of the portraits without the crowds allowed a look at chalk artist Kati Texas' "Ugga Mugga" – her creation for sponsor KEET-TV. "Ugga Mugga" means "I love you" and comes from children's programming on television. Daniel Tiger from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood has a song called "Ugga Mugga means I love you" and the term also dates back to the children's show Mister Rogers Neighborhood where Daniel Striped Tiger and Lady Aberlin used Ugga Mugga as a way to say they loved one another, in an episode that aired on April 8, 1958.

Chalk artist Johanna Nagan (and also owner of sponsor Blondies) found some creative ways for her art to escape the panel boundaries (viewed on Sunday morning).

Many chalk artists achieved remarkably vivid colors and creative graphic designs on the sidewalk panels with the pastel chalk techniques.

Pastel-chalk teams of all ages worked on several sponsored panels.

Chalk artist Amy Berkowitz was back again for her nineteenth year, sponsored by KHUM-FM, and her panel's artwork mentioned the recent reintroduction of the California condor ("Prey-go-neesh").

These artists, Maia (age 7) and Harry (age 2), who created this panel for First 5 Humboldt, must have finished early as we didn't meet them.

Kristina Lang joined acupuncturist Stacey Kett for their seventh year of creating pastel chalk art in support of sponsor Kett''s acupuncture business.

Artist Abee Morical checked out the portrait of Stan in the panel she and Petra Taylor-Vandormael created for Café Mokka.

This pastel-chalk panel was created to promote Play On Shakespeare SHAKESPEARE FOR ALL, an arts organisation dedicated to inspiring and engaging young people and new audiences to connect with classical plays. <playonshakespeare.com>

Northcoast Children's Services volunteer Susan Chadbourne helped distribute pastel chalks to arriving artists and then sorted their returned chalk when they finished.

A close-up of a chalk artist at work on the Humboldt Alumni-sponsored panel.

Chalk Artist Jaimal Kordeswas brushed the finishing touches on this hummingbird portrait for his panel sponsored by Ink People Center for the Arts.