Video Sistine Chapel Street Painting in London

Sistine Chapel Street Painting in London

Stats:

It took 9 artists and 1,793 sticks of chalk pastel 6 days to create Canada's largest chalk street painting.
Assisted by 11 local high school students from Oakridge and Saunders Secondary schools and 1 teacher (Oakridge)
We created an 18 x 92 foot carpet of soft pastel illustrating the 9 stories from the book of Genesis from the Central Panels of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling.
Over 500 man hours from start to finish.
The Deluge panel , depicting the great flood and painted by the amazing Genna Panzarella, had 63 people.


The ceiling, commissioned by Pope Julius II and painted by Michelangelo between 1508 to 1511, has a series of nine paintings showing God's Creation of the World, God's Relationship with Mankind, and Mankind's Fall from God's Grace
The 10 bronze medallions represent episodes from the Old Testament.





Artistic Director & Artist:
Melanie Stimmell Van Latum

Artists:
Genna Panzarella
Lysa Ashley
Andy Gillet
Axl T. Ernst
Thomas Duncan
Noel Sargent
Morag Webster-Lasarge
Ryan Yager

Photographer & Videographer:
Remco Van Latum


Architectural Border Team from Oakridge & Saunders Secondary Schools

Teacher:
Krystal Caldwell

Nick Antonopoulos
Nathaniel Armistead
Julia Castrogiovanni
Natalie Castrogiovanni
Vicki Chetwit
Gordon Graham
Kendall King-Congram
Hailey Luo
Meghan Meadows
Rowa Mohamed
Colleen Peaselee
Kalyn Rae
Allee Scott
Ashley Seath
Megan Sundercock
Bushra Taqui



So exciting! Everyone did such an amazing job this past week on the Sistine Chapel Project. The painting and the Expressions in Chalk Festival turned out beautifully. We had some amazing press from London's 'A' Channel to the National Canadian News Channel all week long. I did lots of interviews and they took hours of video footage. Remmie was our photographer and videographer for the weekend and just finished an amazing video of the project start to finish which we will post soon.
More pics to come.

Thanks to everyone involved!
Jan, Chris, Kathy, Brad, Richard, Linda, Bill, Cheryl, Paul, and anyone I may have forgotten.
What a great year!

London Free Press

We've had great Press for our Sistine Chapel Street Painting Project in London, Canada. I've been interviewed on the local news channels and also the CBC National Canadian News. Here are shots of Lysa Ashley and I from the London Free Press, working away on our panels. We each finished our sections yesterday and have moved on to help team members. Our border team from Oakridge secondary school helped us out yesterday by finishing up the outer architectural frame of the painting. Looks great!

One more day of painting and we'll be ready for photos. Hoping for no last minute rain storms.

The Street Painting Society's New Look

Check out our new Society website.  We have so many new features for our members including better portfolio galleries, a new Featured Artist each Month and Featured Project, a resources page where businesses can advertise their products to artists, and much more.

We will also be hosting a Day of Pastel Making.  Dates are still pending but sign up soon!  Space will be limited.

Sistine Chapel Project featured in Tourism London!
For more info visit  Imadon's Expressions in Chalk Street Painting Festival...

Expressions in Chalk Festival Poster

Sistine Chapel in London

Melanie Stimmell has been invited to be the artistic director for a monumental project in London, Canada this August. In her 4th year with the festival, she will lead a team of 9 artist in recreating the central panels of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling on the asphalt for the Expressions in Chalk Street Painting Festival . The street painting will take up over 1600 square feet at 18 x 92 feet, and will illustrate the most recognizable scenes from Michelangelo's Vatican masterpiece. The original was begun in 1508 and was not complete until 1512. London's team of 9, lead by Melanie, will complete it in 6 days, with the finish ready for viewing on Sunday, August 2nd. The team will include 2 other international artists from California, Genna Panzarella & Lysa Ashley, and 6 local London artists.

Melanie has also created a fine art piece for the event to Auction off. The proceeds will go to supporting the arts in downtown London.



Expressions in Chalk
August 1st - 2nd
Dundass Street
London, Canada