Street wise art battle

boulder creek festival Art zone

New to the festival in 2022: Street wise art battle! 10 artists will be selected to paint a park bench in their own unique styles during this live painting competition. Stop by the art zone and vote for your favorite bench! The top three artists receive a cash prize. prints from participating artists will be available for sale in the art zone.

Benches will be on display in boulder for a year after the festival!

Watch the battle live - Saturday, May 28, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Voting begins on Saturday, may 28th and will be open throughout the weekend. winners will be announced Monday, may 30th.

MEET OUR HOST: Street Wise Arts

MEET THE ARTISTS

ANA Anu

Multi-media artist, author, and educator working between EcoFeminism, policy organizing, and material poetics. Ana's artwork addresses a broad range of environmental issues and has been featured nationally.

Cam Palu

I have been a creator and maker my entire life. My expertise lies in fun and creating. Fun haver, coffee drinker, drawing maker, food nerd, kid wrangler

Chris Haven

Chris began doing art at an early age and was inspired by his grandmother to draw. Later he was influenced by graffiti and street art to create a unique style of his own.

Dominique montano

An interest in animals and comic books at a young age led to a convergence in interests. Illustrating the wildlife she is enthralled by is an opportunity to bring a small amount of that same fascination to the viewer.

Justin decou

Justin (JUHB) is a self-taught artist who creates patterns with fun hidden characters and items. His motto is that life is a party and don't take anything too serious

Kaylee bender

As a self-taught artist, Kaylee lives by Ms. Frizzle's famous line: "Take Chances, Make Mistakes, and Get Messy!" In a time when familial, cultural, and community history is being gentrified, Kaylee celebrates community with her art.

Lio Bumba

Lio-bravo Bumbakini is a self-taught artist of Congolese descent who envisions the modern western experience in swaths of folkloric imagery inspired by his African descent, euro-centric upbringing, and his time in the u.s.

Monks & Ninjas

Flying mechs, lowrider, Maya warriors... these are just some of the things monks and ninjas likes to play with in his art. murals, anime, and heritage shapes his artistic inspiration.

Shane Huss

Shane Huss is a two-time, internationally published calligraphy artist, specializing in 12th- Century Gothic scripts. Through his organic inspired lettering, trees are planted with the completion of every project, totaling 10,015 trees planted.

Tyrell Osborn

tyrell Osborn is a Colorado-based artist who specializes in watercolor and acrylic painting, residential and public murals, and several other mixed media forms. she seeks inspiration from sacred geometry, patterns of nature, cycles of the moon, plant medicine, and the belief that all living organisms are connected.