Busker Sunday and Sidewalk Chalk Contest announced

Visit Owego on any Sunday, now through September, bring your instruments, jam on the streets of Front, Lake and North, play on the Front Street deck or on the Riverwalk. Strum, sing, dance, play your bagpipe, drum, jam with others and open your instrument case for the music aficionados. Or just come down to Owego to listen to the music, and draw your art on the sidewalks.

The Sidewalk Chalk Contest is sponsored by the Black Cat Gallery and the Southern Tier Section of the NY Upstate APA through a Placemaking Micro-grant.

It’s a contest; there will be a $150 prize for the best sidewalk chalk drawing. Bring your chalk, come and create art on the sidewalk squares in town.

It’s simple. Chalk draw on one of the squares in Downtown Owego. Take a photo of your art and its location in Owego. Pick up an application at the Black Cat Gallery, mail or drop off photos of your artwork.

The application fee is $5 and all proceeds go towards the Black Cat Gallery Art Scholarship, offered every year. The Black Cat awarded four art scholarships this year to art spirited graduating high school seniors. All ages are welcome to participate in the chalk drawing.

You can create anytime from now until the end of September, and chalk any day, not just on Sundays. Judging and the winner will be announced the end of September, so draw often, create beauty.

The Black Cat Gallery provides water, coffee, and tea for artists and musicians.