Foxborough Street Painting Festival Moved To May 20

FOXBOROUGH, MA — The fourth annual Foxborough Street Painting Festival at Patriot Place will take place a day later than expected due to a bad forecast.

With rain likely Saturday, the festival will now take place Sunday, May 20 instead of Saturday, May 19. The day will remain the same with artistic opportunities, child-friendly activities, and live entertainment. Activities include: caricature and balloon artists, music with a live DJ, and a special appearance by Pat Patriot.

The festival aims to celebrate the arts and community while providing preregistered artists from Foxborough and surrounding communities an opportunity to design their own canvas on a 5’x5’ cement square by using pastel chalks to interpret the theme, “Where I’m From.” Squares are still available for interested artists.

“Every year, I’m blown away by the incredible community turnout and spectacular quality of artwork,” Foxborough’s K-12 Art Department head Kelly Arcacha said in a release. “I can hardly wait to see what the artists are able to do at this year’s festival. A huge thank you to our sponsors at Patriot Place and Foxboro Dental for supporting us in our efforts to continue this celebration of community arts here in Foxborough.”

At the end of the day, the annual awards ceremony will be held to recognize the best artwork in the following categories:

• Best interpretation of theme
• People’s choice award
• Best family teams
• Grades K-4 artists
• Grades 5-8 artists
• Grades 9-12 artists
• Adult artists

Artists interested in participating in the event can click here to register.

Last year’s festival attracted more than 96 artists from Foxborough and 17 neighboring towns with 21 of those artists receiving awards. Click here for more information.

Image via Patriot Place