Arts Celebrated At Foxborough Street Painting Festival at Patriot Place

From Patriot Place:

FOXBOROUGH, MA — The third annual Foxborough Street Painting Festival at Patriot Place attracted more than 96 artists from 17 towns to celebrate the arts and community through a day of family fun and free activities on Saturday, May 20.

Artists of all ages showcased their creative works by painting 48 cement squares scattered throughout Patriot Place’s North Marketplace. The Patriot Place festival, in partnership with the Foxborough Public Schools Art Department and Foxboro Dental Associates, raised $500 through the sales of People’s Choice tickets and merchandise (t-shirts and buttons). The money will go to an art scholarship for one Foxborough High School senior who will be attending a four-year art college next year.

“Every year, we are blown away by the quality of artwork and this year’s 48 painted squares were no exception,” said Foxborough’s K-12 Art Department Head Kelly Arcacha. “The artists’ interpretations of the 2017 theme, ‘Through the Window,’ were shining examples of the power art has to tell stories, cross borders and bring us to new places.”

The festival continues to grow in popularity and success, as the 48 squares were the most ever painted in the three years of the event.

“Having started as the dream of creating a community art celebration in Foxborough, it’s amazing to be in our third year of the Foxborough Street Painting Festival,” Arcacha said. “We love seeing the artists that return each year and all the artists from our neighboring towns participate. It is so neat to see the patrons of Patriot Place stop to talk with the artists and admire their work. None of this would be possible without our sponsors and volunteers each year.”

Foxborough artists took home 14 of the 21 awards handed out at the festival. Here is the complete list of award winners:

2017 Award Winners for Students Grades K-4

• 1st Place: Lacey DeSantis (Igo Elementary School, Foxborough)
• 2nd Place: Eamonn Kelly (Taylor Elementary School, Foxborough)
• 3rd Place: Saveena (Foxborough Regional Charter School, Foxborough)

2017 Award Winners for Students Grades 5-8

• 1st Place: Ciara Davis (Ahern Middle School, Foxborough)
• 2nd Place: Emily Bourbeau (Medway Middle School, Medway)
• 3rd Place: Grace Ippolito (Hurley Middle School, Seekonk)

2017 Award Winners for Students Grades 9-12

• 1st Place: Jenna Ruel (Greater New Bedford High School, Fairhaven)
• 2nd Place: Rowan Rountree-Hanscom (Sandwich)
• 3rd Place: Ana Noriega, John Randall and Tasneem Bootwala (Foxborough High School)

2017 Award Winners for Adult (19 years+)

• 1st Place: Leslie Cox (Sharon)
• 2nd Place: Kira Hallberg (Foxborough)
• 3rd Place: Kasi Mammone & Adeline Storrs (Foxborough)

2017 Award Winners for Family

• 1st Place: Emma O’Sullivan (Family Team from Foxborough)
• 2nd Place: David and Mia Michelson (Family Team from Foxborough)
• 3rd Place: Jackie Habig (Family Team from Foxborough)

2017 Awards for Best Representation of Theme – Through The Window

• 1st Place: Jenna Ruel (Greater New Bedford High School, Fairhaven)
• 2nd Place: Liza Shayevich (Foxborough High School)
• 3rd Place: Jackie Habig (Family Team from Foxborough)

2017 People’s Choice Awards

• 1st Place: Kira Hallberg (Foxborough)
• 2nd Place: Al Shawaf Family (Family Team from Providence)
• 3rd Place: Visruth Chavalam (Ahern Middle School, Foxborough)

Judges for this year’s street painting festival were Michelle Muise, art director of the Kraft Sports Group and New England Patriots, AC Anders, vice president of corporate events at FUN Enterprises, Inc., Frank Quinn from the Foxborough Art Association and Dr. Victor Leung of Foxboro Dental Associates.

Images courtesy of Jeremie Smith/Patriot Place