The Cosmic Serpent
THE COSMIC SERPENT Solar & Wind Powered The Big Draw Chalk Drawing Festival Pleasanton California USA ~Mark Wagner: Lead Artist http://youtu.be/LUQ-ajXTXa8 The BIG DRAW was an Arts Festival in Northern California. It was another beautiful festival that involved a city street being closed down for some chalk drawing to raise some money for the local arts. I was one of the featured paid artists and looking forward for laying down some lines and colors on the street. I often come up with my design a few days before the event which is how I prefer to work, the work is fresh. I'd been recently inspired by the Cosmic Serpent Project that is a National Science Foundation [...]
UC Berkeley Space Science Lab
Over the weekend we were chalk drawing at the UC Berkeley Space Science Lab which is only open one day a year to the public. www.ssl.berkeley.edu The Space Science Lab has more satellites (6) than any other Universities in the world - really cool to get into this room! Our chalk drawing was short, 3 hours plus, but it was sweet. Laura Peticolas, Director - Center for Science Education C on left, Berkeley student in the fall, astrophysicist, her grandpa helped make the Hubble Space Telescope. E on right, 6 grader, she was so comfortable talking to an adult, broke her foot on a trampoline. The two girls bonded while drawing - so cool. [...]
Boston Marathon Gratitude Train
Last night there was a bombing at the Boston Marathon...sad. I took my painting and collage class outside at Menlo College and we created a 15 min. chalk drawing and dedicated it to the tragedy. We each wrote a word for something that we were grateful for and then sent it on it's way East. Namaste Boston from the California Bay Area. ~drawingonearth~ Gratitude Train - Chalk Drawing Dedicated to the Boston Marathon Tragedy By Menlo College Art Students 4.15.2013 http://youtu.be/qnO10DumL1E
Brought Tears to My Eyes
When I was in Venezuela a few years ago on a government funded chalk drawing project I was brought to tears when I saw that the Arts organization (IARTES) was giving every kid (all 800) a goodie bag that had a few treats AND art supplies. The kids and community there in the outlaying areas were super poor. I realized that me just being there was a way for them to get supplies to make more art when they went home, and that would even impact other siblings and their parents. That brought tears to my eyes. I also ran a master 3D workshop for professional artists from all the regions in the country. Excellent collaboration and teaching [...]
New World Record Chalk Drawing Attempt: West Haven, Connecticut, USA
My new friend Elinor Slomba emailed about their town and school's idea of attempting to beat our world record. I said, cool, use me as a consultant, I'll share with you everything I know. ~Mark Wagner: Founder of Drawing on Earth What: CHALKVILLE!! Why: Because every kid (not to mention the kid in all of us) wants to get into the Guinness Book of World Records...West Haven, Connecticut, is a warm-hearted community of creative citizens with a civic infrastructure and cultural assets yet to be recognized in the state and region. As a community, West Haven can break the World Record for the Largest Street Pavement Art and be totally AWESOME about it. Where: West Haven High School, [...]
Mark Wagner Speaking @ Stanford
"Street Painting & Burning Man: Creating Community Through Impermanent Art." Founder and Creative Director of Drawing on Earth will be speaking at Stanford Dec. 12 with the LASER Series. Dec. 12 (12.12.12) 6:45pm, Stanford University, History Corner (Building 200), Room 305 SEE BURNING MAN PHOTOS OF MW's WORK The LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) series began in January 2008 as a local forum for presenting art and science projects underway in the Bay Area. The Bay Area LASERs now alternate between San Francisco and Silicon Valley (both chaired by piero scaruffi), and a parallel series started in 2010 in Washington DC (chaired by JD Talasek). LASERs have been held in New York and Hong Kong. The [...]