SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING RE-CREATION STREET PAINTING
by Madonnari (street painters) at Youth in Arts Italian Street Painting Festival, San Rafael CA -June 2003, commemorating the 10th Year of the Youth in Arts Street Painting Festival.
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In celebration of 10 years of street painting, Youth in Arts presented the most spectacular street painting ever undertaken in the USA - the recreation of the Sistine Chapel ceiling on the street of San Rafael!
Michelangelo's masterpiece spans 33 panels with over 300 figures, a breathtaking expression of his genius and his gift. The completed Street Painting recreation is 25' x 70', approximately half the size of the original. Youth in Arts invited a team of the world's most talented Madonnari (street painters) to collaborate on this awe-inspiring project. They worked together for 5 days to complete what just might rival Michelangelo's own masterpiece.
Tracy Lee Stum was the coordinating artist for this project.
The Festival took place just 25 minutes north of San Francisco at Mission San Rafael Arcangel, where over 400 professional and student Madonnari showcased the performance art of street painting.
Participating Madonnari:
Section 1 - Chris & Gary Bennett
Section 2 - Joel Yau
Section 3 - Erin Castelan
Section 4 - Tracy Lee Stum
Section 5 - Rod Tryon
Section 6 - Arnold Shimizu
Section 7 - Melanie Stimmell
Section 8 - Evan Bissell
Section 9 - Mark Wagner
Section 10- Genna Panzarella
Section 11- Tomoteru Saito
Section 12- Julie Kirk
Anthony Cappetto
Jeanne Carlson
Lisa Jones
Charlene Lanzel
Tim Steele
Artists gridding out the sections for the Sistine Chapel Re-creation street painting in front of the San Rafael Arcangel Mission (Wednesday)
Artists at work on the street painting (Saturday)
Overhead view of the street painting in progress
(Saturday)
Finishing up the street painting on the last day of the festival.
Photo by Terry Peck, courtesy of Youth in Arts
Artists at work on the street painting in front of The Mission (Friday)
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