Street Painting Festival to Brighten Old Town Temecula This Weekend

Colorful, large-scale murals will adorn the streets near the Civic Center when the Old Town Temecula Street Painting Festival returns this weekend.

The three-day event kicks off from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, June 21 on the asphalt of Main Street and Town Square, then continues from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 22 and and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 23 in the same location.

By 3 p.m. on Sunday, muralists and master painters will have recreated old masters paintings, originals and modern art in a unique performance art experience, according to the City of Temecula.

Artists create the murals—some as large as 10-foot-wide and 12-foot-high—using a variety of methods, including chalk, pastels and carpets. Some use a sprayer, while others paint with a brush.

“Artists are born and discovered at this Street Painting Festival where families and children are given pastels to create their own masterpiece alongside hundreds of murals masterfully painted by more than 100 fine artists,” the City stated on its website. “Spectators can jump right in by painting their own work of art and it’s free!”

The Street Painting Festival coincides with the Ralph Love Plein Air Festival. Plein Air means the artists paint the scene on location—outdoors. These artists will paint on small canvases and vie for the purchase award honoring the Best of Show, according to the City.

For complete event information, click here.