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The Street As Art Space
Tue, March 3, 2015
The city's two main streets, Albert and Regent were blocked off this weekend for the 5th Annual Street Art festival. There were about 28 artists at the festival showcasing their works at booths and literally 'on the streets'. Here a look at some of the displays of creativity in a public space:

Courtney Weatherburne reporting
At first glance, this might seem like a group of kids on an afternoon out at the Battlefield Park - engrossed in drawing and coloring their favorite fairy tale or cartoon characters.

But it's more than just sketching or coloring on the pavement for fun. It's about celebrating art in all its dynamic forms.

And these young artists got to tap into and unleash their creativity at the Street Art Festival. There was face painting, handmade fashion jewelry on sale and paintings.

Over 1,000 people attended the festival on Saturday and according to one of the organizers, that is a great success.

Karen Vernon, Coordinator, Street Art Festival
"I think Street Art Festival was a huge success judging from the amount if people that came out, the amount of vendors that came out to showcase their art, so I think it was a huge success. There was a youth stage which was quite popular. I think the rains close that down just as they were about to finish the play that they had and we had the steel pan, Gwen Liz Marching Band gave us a little treat. It was always something happening, it was very entertaining."

The coordinators are considering hosting the event more than once a year.

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