The annual La Strada dei Pastelli Chalk Art Festival is produced by Tualatin Valley Creates and supported by Host Sponsor, the City of Hillsboro. The summer festival held in Hillsboro, Oregon is an immersive community engagement distinct from all others offered in the Portland Metro area of Oregon’s Washington, Clackamas, or Multnomah Counties. This Oregon chalk art festival provides a window into the creative process wherein festival goers can engage with nationally-recognized and emerging visual artists as they carefully craft bold, colorful pigments to produce huge, temporary drawings down the center of the street(s); most averaging 10’x10’. Festival-goers come from all over the USA to watch as artists work in real-time on their street paintings.
Simultaneous to the visual arts exhibitions, local performing artists fill the air with rhythm and sound at multiple pop-up locations woven throughout the event footprint. Local art vendors line 2nd and 3rd Avenues offering unique items and inspirations. Attendees of all ages are encouraged to take part in hands-on activities being provided by local nonprofit organizations. The annual summer art festival, celebrated in Downtown Hillsboro’s Cultural Arts District, combines community engagement and art appreciation into one FREE fun-filled weekend.
