Chalk it up
Street art hits the ground in Denver's Larimer Square
Close local streets to traffic and fill them with 200 artists creating masterpieces in chalk on the pavement, and you have the setting for a traditional Italian street-painting festival.
For two days Larimer Square’s annual La Piazza dell’Arte will showcase large works by professional madonnari (the name refers to the Madonna, a traditional subject), who render oversize reproductions of paintings by masters such as Raphael and Michelangelo. There are also original works by local artists, students, and amateurs.
