Central Pennsylvania Festival of The Arts - Downtown State College Italian Street Painting Festival

Downtown State College Italian Street Painting Festival

Italian Street Painting has been a tradition in Europe since the 16th century and a tradition in State College since 1999. In Renaissance Europe, underemployed artists would draw on the streets as a form of advertising their skill. In America today artists make street masterpieces for the joy of creating and for the entertainment of appreciative crowds. This portion of the Festival is on the 100 block of Hiester Street, a few blocks away from the main Festival zone.

The Downtown State College Italian Street Painting Festival features street painters of national significance, in addition to a Young Artists Alley. At least 30 smaller works measuring 6’ by 4’ are drawn by a variety of local visual artists, State College Area High School art students and Penn State art majors.

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