2009 Pasadena Chalk Festival

2009 Best in Festival - 1st Place Mucha Arlou Somo	2009 Best in Festival - 2nd Place Green Dame Eric Sisley
2009 Best in Festival - 3rd Place Arch Angel Michael Slaying Satan Randall Williams	2009 Paseo Colorado's People's Choice Let It Be Shuji Nishimura
2009 Best in Animation Alley Where the Wild Things Roam Jen Swain	2009 Best Rendering of a Masterpiece 'Rest' by William Bougueraou by Everardo Galzvez
2009 Most Inspirational Hope Tom Wang	2009 Best Technique Let It Be Shuji Nishimura
2009 On the Way to MOCA Jaime Ochoa, Jerry Ortega & Team	2009 Best 3-D Effect Giraffes in 3D Dyllan Fernandez
2009 Best Use of Color Summer of '72 Chris Moran, Gus Moran, Amanda Moran and Becci Moran	Featured Mural jetBlue Keith Kaminski
2009 Most Humorous Simon Estrada

The 17th annual PASADENA CHALK FESTIVAL at Paseo Colorado celebrated Father’s Day Weekend on Saturday and Sunday as thousands of spectators enjoyed the annual festival that is open to the public and free of charge. Paseo Colorado’s interconnected mix of retail, entertainment, housing and garden promenades helps the Pasadena Chalk Festival continue the legacy of the street painting art form by offering festival visitors an opportunity to shop, dine or see a movie as the artworks come to life.

Over 500 artists came from all across Southern California to spend two days on their hands and knees creating 175 spectacular chalk murals on concrete areas in every style imaginable. In addition to the extraordinary opportunity to watch artists at work, guests were treated to live music an entertainment throughout the weekend. Families shared the day with each other as children created complimentary Father’s Day cards in KID’S CHALKLAND, and had their faces painted by face painters in a designated area for the children.

At the conclusion of the festival, participating artists voted for the outstanding murals of their peers in 12 different categories, including Best of Festival 1st, 2nd and 3rd Places, Best Technique, Best Use of Color and more. Festival visitors cast their vote for their favorite mural for Paseo Colorado’s People’s Choice Award, presented to Shuji Nishimura’s “Let It Be” Portrait of the Beatles. The artists selected as the Best in Festival by their peers were Arlou Somo “Mucha” in first place, Eric Sisley “Green Dame” in second place and Randall Williams “The Arch Angel Michael Slaying Satan” in third place. All of the winning entries received Spectacular Prize Packages filled with a wonderful selection of items from Paseo Colorado retailers and local Pasadena businesses. For a complete list of winners, please continue below.

The PASADENA CHALK FESTIVAL benefits the community arts programs of the Light Bringer Project, a Pasadena-based nonprofit arts organization founded by local residents who were interested in the role the arts, architecture and design played in the growth and development of their community. For more information on Light Bringer Project programs and partnerships, please visit www.lightbringerproject.com.

Paseo Colorado is located at 280 East Colorado Boulevard (between Marengo and Los Robles Avenues) in the heart of Pasadena’s historic downtown Civic Center. For more information on Paseo Colorado, please visit their website at www.PaseoColoradoPasadena.com. Paseo Colorado is owned and managed by Cleveland-based Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (DDR).

Developers Diversified Realty Corporation currently owns and manages over 700 retail operating and development properties in 45 states, plus Puerto Rico, Brazil and Canada, totaling approximately 153 million square feet. Developers Diversified Realty Corporation is a self-administered and self-managed REIT operating as a fully integrated real estate company that acquires, develops, leases and manages shopping centers. Additional information about Developers Diversified is available at www.ddr.com.