PATH

2024 Chalk and Cheese Fest
Saturday, August 24, 2024, 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM   
City Park, Platteville, WI 53818

Chalk & Cheese is an outdoor chalk art, food, and music festival in Platteville’s City Park featuring nationally recognized artists; emerging, local creators, and you! Amateur adults and children can win cash prizes!

Open to artists of all ages and abilities. Artists will create colorful artwork on the sidewalks in and around City Park. Visitors will be able to watch the art as it unfolds and listen to live music.

The event will feature commissioned, professional chalk artists, creating larger works.

Community artist registration begins at 10:30 am. Arrive early to secure a spot! Limited drawing spaces available! Artist categories include: Adult (18 and over), Youth (13-17), Youth (12 and Under), Team (3 or more artists of any age).

Prize bags for top professional artist, plus the top 3 for adult, team, and youth (18-13 years old) & kid (12 and under) categories. The Prize Bags include cash and goodies from the area!

Spectators and artists will vote for their favorites. There will be People's Choice categories for professional, adult, and youth drawings.

Food trucks, live music, and activities will be throughout the day.

LOCATION: City Park, Platteville, Wisconsin. City Park is located one block off Main Street in downtown Platteville. The one-square block park is crisscrossed with 8 sidewalks. Participating artists will work on the sidewalks.

For more information about the Platteville Arts, Trails & History Project, follow them on Facebook, @PlattevillePATH.

Creative Community Plan

The Platteville Arts Trails and History (PATH) Creative Community Plan is a community art and culture action plan 15 months in the making by a broad range of community members and organizations. With financial support from the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town grant directed by The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums and managed by Angela Wright, the City of Platteville partnered with Arts Wisconsin and a dedicated group of community volunteers to articulate the community’s unique artistic, creative and cultural assets — as well as opportunities for improvement.

This Creative Community Plan is an implementation strategy for enabling meaningful art and culture experiences building on existing assets that are accessible to all and that can draw people to live, work and play in the Platteville community. The Platteville Common Council accepted the plan on April 9, 2019.

To view or download a copy of the Creative Community Plan go to the file links at the bottom of the page. 

About PATH

Platteville Art, Trails, and History project – PATH – is a community arts and culture project funded by the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program. The goal of PATH is to bring the community together to decide what makes Platteville special and how we can use arts and culture to promote these special qualities and make our community an even better place. 

PATH is being led by The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums, Arts Wisconsin, and community partners. The project will result in a Creative Community Plan for Platteville and a celebration project. The form of the celebration project will be decided through the planning process and community input; it could be a piece of art, sculpture, mural, mosaic, musical performance, theater performance, or something else entirely

In order to develop a shared vision for our community, we need broad community involvement. We want to hear from you!

PATH Partners

City of Platteville, The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums, Arts Wisconsin, Platteville Public Library, Platteville School District, Southwest Health, Rountree Gallery, Platteville Community Arboretum, Platteville Regional Chamber of Commerce, Platteville Main Street