Madonnari Off Main - An Italian Street Chalk Festival
August 20-23, 2009
Downtown Glen Ellyn, IL

Witness modern-day masters of Madonnari, traditional Italian street painting dating back to the 16th century in which painters transform village street squares into colorful temporary galleries! Watch drab pavement evolve into a series of fabulous works of art alongside the Prairie Path from Main to Park!

Madonnari Off Main – An Italian Street Painting Festival, sponsored by Bells & Whistles Snackery, The Glen Ellyn Library, Team Works Media, R J Aubrey Investment Corp., Monkey Wrench Studio, Inc., 
and WelcomeToGlenEllyn.com in partnership with the Glen Ellyn Park District and partners - the Glen Ellyn Parks Foundation, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana, and the National Eagle Center comes to life August 22-23, 2009.