More than a few of the 180-plus pastel-chalk artists participating in this year’s Pastels on the Plaza in Arcata started showing up by 7 a.m. under a foggy sky on Saturday, Oct. 1. The creative social event with its ephemeral art began back in 1987 as a major fundraiser for Northcoast Children’s Services. NCS serves […]
Pastels on the Plaza
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Photos: Pastels on the Plaza’s Fleeting Beauty
More than a few of the 180-plus pastel-chalk artists participating in this year’s Pastels on the Plaza in Arcata started showing up by 7 a.m. under a foggy sky on Saturday, Oct. 1. The creative social event with its ephemeral art began back in 1987 as a major fundraiser for Northcoast Children’s Services. NCS serves […]
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Smudge Factor: Photos from Pastels on the Plaza
The rain held off and the sun shone down upon the ephemeral works surrounding the Arcata Plaza during this year’s Pastels on the Plaza. All along the sidewalk, sponsored artists created fanciful scenes and entertained onlookers with their skills at the benefit for North Coast Children’s Services. Photographer Mark McKenna was there shooting the festivities […]
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Pretty in Pastels
Sidewalk art is necessarily fleeting and, like Tibetan sand mandalas and bright fall foliage, its ephemeral nature is part of its beauty. If you still find yourself clinging to the temporary pleasures of the world, as we do, you’ll be glad Mark McKenna was out on the Arcata Plaza on Saturday, Oct. 7, photo-documenting the […]
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Inside and Outside the Lines
Saturday’s annual Pastels on the Plaza event, benefiting North Coast Children’s Services, brought out artists, dabblers and kids of all ages to draw and view vibrant sidewalk masterpieces. The Arcata Plaza was ringed with sponsored squares and rainbow-stained fingers. Photographer Mark McKenna was on the plaza (and up on the firetruck ladder) getting shots of […]
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Chalk It Up
It was a real scorcher in Arcata today — mid 70’s — making for a sweaty Pastels on the Plaza as dozens of local artists plied the plaza pavement with chalk. It’s a colorful affair. If you didn’t make it today, the sidewalk art should linger for some time.