The Santa Barbara Street Painting Festival I Madonnari returns and will be taking place from 10 am to 6 pm (free admission) on May 28th, May 29th, and May 30th in front of the steps of the Old Santa Barbara Mission!

The I Madonnari Festival is the first of its kind in North America. The Festival presents the performance art of street painting and raises vital funding for the Children’s Creative Project (CCP), a nonprofit arts education program of the Santa Barbara County Education Office. Admission is free. Photo by Eric Issacs

The video below was from 2017 but will give you a pretty good idea of what the I Madonnari Festival is all about! Enjoy!

Images From This Year’s Festival!

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