Kids and Adults Chalk It Up

The inaugural juried sidewalk chalk art competition took place Sept. 3 on Cherokee St. The event was sponsored by the and Art in the Park.

Judging categories for the event include: kindergarten through second grade, third through fifth grade, sixth through eighth grade and high school.

There was also an adult category, which high school students were permitted to enter.

The children's categories were judged at 12:30 p.m. The adult competition was judged at 3:30 p.m.

Kindergarten through second grade

First Place: Mace Brown

Second Place: Jack Havens

Third Place: Daja Long

Third through fifth grade

First Place: Jenna Koronkowski

Second Place: Arianna Long

Third Place: Merrill NoraHart

Sixth through eighth grade

First Place: Grace Hansen

Second Place: Abigale Garvin

Third Place: Ssen Park

Adults

First Place: Nagisa Higashida

Second Place: Celeste Bauer

Third Place: Steve Holley

The event was judged by Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art employee Emily Ryals and her husband Jason Ryals.

First place winners in the children categories received a $25 gift certificate to Dick Blick Art Materials and a Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art membership. The adult first place winner received a $50 gift certificate to Dick Blick and a museum membership.