Festizarte 2021 [] Festival Madonnari [] Plaza Civica

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On Saturday, September 11 and Sunday, September 12, the Second Madonnari Festival will be held in the Civic Plaza of San Miguel de Allende, with the participation of 20 artists who will display their best works on the floor of the esplanade. On Sunday there will be a children’s contest. The event will be held from 10 am to 8 pm.

The Letrazos Collective, is a non-profit association that supports children and young people through education, culture and art; within its activities it carries out art festivals, this in order to motivate children and young people to awaken their artistic concerns, motivated by other young people.

“As part of the activities, we have the Body Paint Festival, Street Art, and Festizarte (Festival Madonnari), it is the 2nd festival where a call is opened 2 months in advance and artists, local, national and international are invited to participate in the best city in the world and thus participate and win a cash prize. A selection is made by the artistic committee to the best 20 artists to capture their works”.

In this Madonnari Festival several prizes will be awarded:

1st place $10,000.00
2nd place $6,000.00
3rd place $3,000.00
Audience Award $2,000.00
Honorable mentions, material packages

and also on this occasion there will be a contest on Sunday for children from 10 to 15 years old where they will make a drawing with the chalk pastel technique on the floor, the first and only place will win a bicycle.

WHAT IS THE MADONNARI?

The Madonnari was born in Italy, devotees made works on the floor with chalk or charcoal drawing virgins, in Italian “Madonnas” hence the name Madonnari, and over the years has become an artistic movement that fills the squares of different cities of color and an outdoor gallery, remembering that this technique is so on the floor with chalk pastel and is an ephemeral art, ie, is not durable. The artists are physically prepared to work outdoors for two days. They are artists who have dedicated themselves for years to this.

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