Join the Chalk Art Competition at Indian Creek Festival!

Celebrate community, creativity, and color at this year’s Indian Creek Festival with our annual sidewalk chalk competition! The 2025 theme is “Let Your Imagination Soar” — interpret it your way and show off your artistic flair.

This event is open to all ages, with prize categories for Child (5–8), Youth (9–12), Teen (13–18), Adult (19+), and Team entries. There’s also a non-competitive space just for little artists under 6.

Not the chalking type? You can still take part by voting for the People’s Choice Award between 1 PM and 8 PM on competition day. Your vote could help someone win $100!

Here’s what you need to know:

1. Pre-registration is free and required at CaldwellFineArts.org. Make sure to include your phone number, email, and address and sign the photo release. Prizes will be awarded via email. 

2. Theme: “Let your Imagination Soar!”

3. Please note the new location: 6th Ave Plaza (just off 6th Ave Bridge, on N. Side of Indian Creek, next to Tilian)

4. Stop by the Caldwell Fine Arts booth at 6th Ave Plaza for your number and location after 8:30AM. Chalk art creation starts at 9AM and ends at 1 pm, when judging and voting begins. 

5. Prizes awarded for Child (6–9), Youth (10-13), Teen (14-18) and Adult (19 +) and Team

6. Downtown Caldwell Gift Cards will be awarded for 1st ($50) and 2nd ($25) in each category. We’ll award one People’s Choice Award ($100). One award per person/team. Voting for People’s Choice is from 1 – 8 pm that day. Winners do not need to be present to win and will be contacted with instructions on how to get their award. The winner of the People’s Choice Award will be posted on Caldwell Fine Arts Social Media on Monday, September 22nd after 10AM. 

7. Basic sidewalk chalk is provided. The Chalk we provide is very basic and limited in color range. (We do have black and gray, but other colors are pastel, not vibrant)  Feel free to provide your own if a greater variety and quality is desired. Chalk (including spray chalk), masking tape, brushes, and water are acceptable. No other materials are allowed.

8. Participants may bring a pillow, blanket, or cardboard to sit or kneel on. No canopies are allowed for space reasons. It may be possible to use an umbrella but it must be done without encroaching on your neighbors’ spaces. 

9. No one will be able to participate without an entry form and liability release. Parents of minors must sign for them. Artists 10 and under must be accompanied by parent/guardian or supervising adult.

10. This is an all-ages event. Please, no nudity, explicit language, commercial advertising messages, business logos, or alcohol/tobacco themes.The committee reserves the right to deem any entry inappropriate for a family-themed event.