Photos: 5th Annual Tanque Verde Elementary School Chalk Art Event
More than 200 students, former students and parents took chalk in hand to decorate the school's sidewalks, September 4, 2019. This year's theme: Connecting Art & Science.
Tanque Verde Elementary School Chalk Art
Fifth grader Gordon Koessler works on one of the six Lahontan cutthroat trout he hopes will eventually adorn his four-foot by four-foot slab of sidewalk concrete at the 5th Annual Chalk Art Event at Tanque Verde Elementary School, Tucson, Ariz., September 4, 2019. More than 200 students signed up for this year's Connecting Art and Science themed event, about one-third of the school's total K-6th grade enrollment, plus one ninth grader, a handful of middle school alumni and a few parents as well. "It's a community effort, an event to show off our art skills and show off our campus," said art teacher Alicia Marrano. The art usually lasts about a week before succumbing to the foot traffic at the school. Winners will be judged and printed in a calendar.
Tanque Verde Elementary School Chalk Art
Eva Sainz, working with her twin sister Ela and dad Roman, has the team's supply of chalk well organized, as she works on their entry in the 5th Annual Chalk Art Event at Tanque Verde Elementary School, Tucson, Ariz., September 4, 2019.
Tanque Verde Elementary School Chalk Art
Jayden Hurowitz works on the finer points of her drawing at the 5th Annual Chalk Art Event at Tanque Verde Elementary School, Tucson, Ariz., September 4, 2019.
Tanque Verde Elementary School Chalk Art
Students scramble of just the right colors from one of the carts loaded with chalk at the start of the 5th Annual Chalk Art Event at Tanque Verde Elementary School, Tucson, Ariz., September 4, 2019.
Tanque Verde Elementary School Chalk Art
Madeline Barnard mixes up a paste of crushed chalk and water to apply to her drawing during the 5th Annual Chalk Art Event at Tanque Verde Elementary School, Tucson, Ariz., September 4, 2019.
Tanque Verde Elementary School Chalk Art
Brittney Yu, a freshman at Tanque Verde High School, keeps her streak of participation alive at the 5th Annual Chalk Art Event at Tanque Verde Elementary School, Tucson, Ariz., September 4, 2019.
Tanque Verde Elementary School Chalk Art
Fifth grader Lia Sacenu, left, and her mother Alex Charles team up and get two 4X4 squares to decorates at the 5th Annual Chalk Art Event at Tanque Verde Elementary School, Tucson, Ariz., September 4, 2019.
Tanque Verde Elementary School Chalk Art
Time for an Eegees break for Sophia Szaniszlo as she takes time out from drawing her solar system at the 5th Annual Chalk Art Event at Tanque Verde Elementary School, Tucson, Ariz., September 4, 2019.
Tanque Verde Elementary School Chalk Art
Emma Bahti uses a chalk holder shaped like a No. 2 pencil, complete with eraser while working on her piece for the 5th Annual Chalk Art Event at Tanque Verde Elementary School, Tucson, Ariz., September 4, 2019.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist