Be An Artist
We invite you to participate in the I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival on the Memorial Day weekend in May.
The Festival will provide the chalk and a list of street painting tools and tips for participating artists.
If you can find a business, individual, or organization who would like to sponsor a square, you can be their street painter. An alternative is to sponsor a square yourself or with your friends.
The festival is taking applications from professional and practicing adult artists who would like to participate as a street painter in the festival. We will review your application and if you are selected we will contact you by mid-May.
Sponsor a Young Artist
Young people of all ages can participate as street painters in the festival. A family can sponsor a square of any size, and the street painting can be completed by one child or as a family project. A business can sponsor a square for its employees and their children to create a group project. Schools, religious groups, and nonprofit community organizations often sponsor squares for their students or youth programs. When a family, organization, or business sponsors a square, the festival will inscribe the sponsor's name at the top of the square to acknowledge their support.








































History of featured artists
2023 Lorelle Miller
2022 Dawn Morrison Wagner
2021 Sharyn Chan, Ann Hefferman, Jay Schwartz, and Rod Tryon, assisted by Jay Fisher, Emily Hefferman, and Fred Wilms
2020 Sharyn Chan, Ann Hefferman, Jay Schwartz, assisted by Emily Hefferman
2019 Sharyn Chan
2018 Lysa Ashley
2017 Meredith Morin
2016 Cecelia Linayao — 30th year festival anniversary
2015 Blair Looker
2014 Jessea Gay Marie
2013 Cheryl & Wayne Renshaw
2012 Delphine Louie Anaya
2011 Tom Meaney
2010 Rod Tryon
2009 Jennifer LeMay, assisted by Jessie Altstatt
2008 Laura Wilkinson & Blair Looker, assisted by daughters Sarah Gill & Rebecca Rindenour
2007 Lisa Jones
2006 Melanie Stimmell
2005 Tracy Lee Stum
2004 Genna Panzarella
2003 Jane Portaluppi Durand
2002 Jay Schwartz
2001 Ann Hefferman, assisted by: Dee Carter Brown
2000 Julie Kirk, assisted by Tracy Lee Stum, Genna Panzarella & Charlene Lanzel
1999 Jay Mercado, assisted by Peitro Palladini & Teresa Marchese
1998 John Iwerks
1997 Jay Mercado, assisted by Leesa Whitten, Erin Tajime Castean, & Katherine Meredith
1996 Jay Fisher & Stuart Brandt
1995 Elise McConnell
1994 Phil Roberts & Mark Wagner
1993 Jay Fisher & Stuart Brandt
1992 Rod Tryon
1991 Tim Steele, Pat Pouler, Tom Meaney, & Lori Kari
1990 Jay Fisher & Stuart Brandt
1989 Chris Davis
1988 Kurt Wenner & Manfred Stader
1987 Kurt Wenner & Manfred Stader
FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
Jesse Alexander
Michael Brown
Nell Campbell
MacDuff Everton
Amy Lundstrom — Vita Bella
Larry Mills
Patrick Shourds
Harrison Smith
Greg Voight
Paul Wellman