We're once again inviting the community to Picture the Piers.  We have been getting people to focus on the Piers in recent months.  As a follow up to the Spring Equinox event where we did a little sketching at sunset, we are inviting everyone to come out and join us for a community chalk event as part of the two weeks of the Celebration of the Arts in late April and early May.  Rather than just taking a half hour to noodle on the concrete, we'll be out there from 1 to 4pm, weather permitting, on Saturday, April 24.  (The rain date will be Saturday, May 1, at the same time.)  

As mentioned previously, the plan is for the Piers to become a space of community memory and celebration over time.  This year we are inviting people to reflect on the tumult of 2020 and Chalk It Up to Experience. We're calling this year-long first exhibit "6 feet apART" and hope it is the first of many. We want to hear/see your take on 2020.    

The exhibit will include both more durable and also evanescent pieces.  You can use your chalky afternoon in April to outline and make the case for something more durable to be painted in future or as an end in itself, a paean to impermanence.  

Please remember that this event will be outdoors and in-person.  In keeping with COVID constraints, all participants are asked to wear a mask and maintain distance the entire time they are on site.  

Beyond wearing your mask, dress for the weather and a bit of mess.  Feel free to bring chalk and/or paint and applicators (brushes? rollers?) and a smock and dropcloth or just come as you are.  

Other media will be entertained, though during a group event, we are not thinking that spray paint will be the best angle. That said, we are hoping to do a stenciling and spray paint workshop (for a smaller assemblage) later in the summer.  Feel free to contact elmstreet@windstream.net to discuss your plans.