MELROSE — Follow Your Art Community Studios (FYACS) is excited to announce that the fifth annual Chalk Walk will take place on Saturday, September 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a rain date on Sunday, September 28. This annual community event benefits the Arts for All program at Follow Your Art which makes creative experiences accessible to everyone through tuition assistance, adaptive support and free community events.
Professional and rising artists will create intricate chalk masterpieces on the walkways outside Melrose City Hall and along Ell Pond while individuals, families and community groups are invited to contribute to a vibrant community gallery near the Ell Pond gazebo on Main St. Chalk drawings will be created at both sites between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., but can be enjoyed all day and throughout the weekend, weather permitting.
“Chalk Walk has become something of a fall tradition in Melrose. Hundreds of individuals and families come out to create, view and appreciate community art, all while supporting Arts for All,” says Follow Your Art Executive Director Kris Rodolico.
Community members can create their own chalk squares in the community gallery for a suggested Arts for All donation of $30 and all supplies will be provided by FYACS. There is also an option for community members to “pay it forward” in the spirit of Arts for All to allow others to take part.
Melrose Oriental Rug returns as this year’s lead Chalk Walk sponsor, heading a growing list of private and business sponsors that include Atlantic Masonry and Tile, the Bowers Family, D.F. Breen LLC, Liz and Paul Brodeur, Buckalew’s General Store, btone FITNESS Melrose, Jason Chen for City Councilor-at-Large, the Chisholm Family, Elizabeth Faherty, First United Methodist Church, fit life, The Food Drive, Free Little Art Gallery Melrose, Gately Funeral Home, Gray’s Appliance, Hunt’s Photo and Video, The Grover Donohue Family, Ward 1 City Councilor Manjula Karamcheti, The Livingstone Anderton Family, Melrose Arts, Melrose Painter, Miter Biter Frame Company, community members Nancy and Michael, North Shore Elder Law & Estate Planning, Reading Cooperative Bank, Alex Rodriguez for Ward 7, Rotary Club of Melrose, Monica Medeiros Solano and Earle Solano, Sweet Spot Bakery, Ward 5 City Councilor Kim Vandiver and City Councilor-At-Large Ryan Williams. This year’s Chalk Walk is also generously supported by a grant from the Melrose Cultural Council.