Color and Beauty Abound at Sidewalk Arts Festival 2016

Photographed by Quinn Scott and Pablo Portilla del Valle

Forsyth park became a canvas on Saturday, April 23 as the clock hit 11 a.m. and students and alumni began putting chalk to concrete. SCAD’s annual Sidewalk Arts Festival is a display of creativity as artists join to celebrate the day with colorful chalk. Participants range from SCAD undergraduates, graduates and alumni to local high school students.

Our staff went around asking artists to describe their creations and we photographed the products of their labor and the hands that made it possible.

“Really colorful with an undercurrent of darkness and words”

Danielle Richard, second-year painting major from Boston, Massachusetts.

Karina Rovira, second-year photography major from Altamonte Springs, Florida.

“Buddha in graffiti style”

Kaylee Aziza Floyd, second-year sequential art major from Sugar Hill, Georgia.

Abigail Rose Tesor, second-year sequential art major from Warsaw, North Carolina.

“Versailles garden party”

Isaac Toonkel, fourth-year industrial design major from Millbrook, New York.

Ruan Basson, fourth-year industrial design and accessory design major from Asheboro, North Carolina.

“I just came here to have fun.”

Haley Matausek, first-year illustration major from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

“The bee & the acorn earring”

Erin O’Neil, first-year animation major from Atlanta, Georgia.

Kierra Sullivan, first-year sequential art major from Atlanta, Georgia.

“Egyptian swag”

Mazen Attalla, third-year animation major from Cairo, Egypt.

Aisha Shawky, third-year fashion marketing major from Cairo, Egypt.

“Heaven sounds good”

Josh Franco, first-year animation major from Elizabeth, New Jersey.