08/26/2026
🎨✨ CALLING ALL ARTISTS! CHALK-A-LOT 2026 NEEDS YOU! ✨🎨
Bring your creativity, and help us turn the streets of Downtown Waterloo, Illinois into a colorful outdoor gallery! 🌈🖌️
The Monroe County Arts Alliance, along with the generous support of our amazing local business sponsors, is excited to present the 5th Annual Chalk-A-Lot Street Art Fest on Saturday, September 12, 2026! 🎉
👩🎨 ARTISTS WANTED! 👨🎨
Whether you’re a professional artist or simply love creating art, there’s a category for you:
🎨 Professional
🖍️ Amateur 20+
🌟 Amateur ages 15–19
✨ Amateur ages 12–14
And the best part? There is NO FEE for artists to register! 🙌 Each artist receives a 6' x 10' art space, and the Lead Artist for each space will also receive a FREE Chalk-A-Lot T-shirt!
📅 Event Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026
🌧️ Rain Date: Sunday, September 13
📍 Downtown Waterloo, Illinois
⏰ Artist Check-In: 8:30–10:00 AM
🎨 Artwork completed by 3:00 PM
📝 Artist Application Deadline: August 22, 2026
💛 Chalk-A-Lot is FREE for our community to attend, too! Come downtown, stroll the streets, cheer on the artists, and watch as incredible works of art come to life right before your eyes. It’s amazing to see the streets of Waterloo transformed with creativity, color, and community spirit! 🏘️🌈🎨
📩 READY TO CREATE?
Please click on the link below to register today!
🌐 https://monroecountyarts.org/artist-application/
🎨 Artists — claim your square and show Waterloo what you can create!
👀 Community — come watch the streets come ALIVE with ART!
Please SHARE and help us spread the word to artists throughout our community and the St.Louis region! 💕🖍️
