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IMadonnari 2007 Street Painting Festival – Santa Barbara, CA
An IMadonnari is held on Memorial Day weekend each year at the Santa Barbara Mission is a fundraiser for Children’s Creative Project. A tradition from Western Europe, the chalk artists were known as “Madonnari” or “Madonnari Painters” because they reproduced icons of the Madonna. http://www.imadonnarifestival.com/im.html These artists work very hard often on hands and knees […]