Art and Chalk Fest

Join the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) at its annual Art and Chalk Fest—a live arts weekend. This Free, outdoor, live arts festival is set amidst the museum's four-acre campus and features artists from the Wisconsin arts community.

Experience chalk artists creating large-scale works of chalk art right before your eyes, watch a glass-blowing demo in a mobile hot shop, or see clay sculpted into handmade vessels on a pottery wheel all while listening to live music. Visit the expanded Activity Zone to participate in Chalk the Street or get creative with hands-on art projects.

Chalk Art Creations

Art and Chalk Fest brings together a diverse pool of creatives in celebration. For two jam-packed days, live art will animate the museum grounds.

Chalk artists will render amazing large-scale compositions on a 10×10-foot parcel of pavement. Stop back throughout the two days to see the creations come to life from initial sketches to full-blown ephemeral works of art.

2024 Chalk Artists

Peter Davidson, Annmarie Geniusz, Kaylee Goodman, Shelley Heath, Madelyn Hohler, Carli Ihde, Julie Jilek, Kinsley Kohls, Kendall Laurent, Elizabeth Niemczyk, Allison Olstad, Craig and Jamie Rogers, Tonya Severing, John E Soukup, Clare Speece, Sam Wanner, Emily Willey, Kimberly Wood

Live Arts All Weekend Long

Designed to shine a spotlight on the state’s art and artists, Art and Chalk Fest invites artists to demo their art-making process and sell their original artwork.

Wander the museum grounds and explore live arts—fine artists will offer live demonstrations in glass blowing, pottery throwing, and more. Artisans working with flowers and papermaking will surprise with their unconventional creations available for purchase. And kids will flock to the face-painting and balloon sculpture artists.

2024 Performance Artists
Ceramic Demonstrations by Kate Salas
Glass Blowing Demonstrations by Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass
Half Twisted - Half Knot
Chalk Art Activity by Julie Jilek
Marbling Art, LLC Temporary Body Art
Paint and Inflate, LLC
Soul Spin—Spin Art MKE
Warped Dance Company
Enchanted Yarn Gardens by Martha Lund

Food Truck Alley and Beer Garden

Art and Chalk Fest offers a wide variety of food and treats along with our craft beer garden

The festival beer garden features craft beers from Raised Grain Brewing Company, red and white wine, and non-alcoholic beverages (soda and water).

Food Trucks
Clean Cruisine, Cousin's Subs, Diablos Tacos Truck, El Sazon Dominicano, Greek Street Eats, Hue Asian Kitchen, Pete's Pops, Sippie Hippie, Spun Boutique Cotton Candy, The Cupcake-A-Rhee, Tots on the Street, Travelin' Nuts LLC, Twisted Plants

Family-friendly activities
Our Activity Zone offers a space for kids of all ages to ignite creativity with interactive performances, art-making projects, and a community chalking area.

Live Music + Entertainment
Art and Chalk Fest features a fantastic lineup of live music and entertainment throughout the weekend.

Sit back and enjoy live music all weekend long surrounded by the blooming hydrangeas in the MOWA Gardens.

Schedule:

10:30am: Little Priest Singers
1:30pm: Warped Dance Company
3:30pm: Sainted Patrons