Join the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) at its annual Art and Chalk Fest-a live arts weekend on Saturday and Sunday in West Bend, WI. This FREE, outdoor, live arts festival is set amidst the museum’s four-acre campus and features artists from the Wisconsin arts community.

Experience chalk artists creating large-scale works of chalk art right before your eyes, watch a glass-blowing demo in a mobile hot shop, or see clay sculpted into handmade vessels on a pottery wheel all while listening to live music. Visit the expanded Activity Zone to participate in Chalk the Street or get creative with hands-on art projects. Enjoy the best of Wisconsin art with FREE museum admission on Saturday and Sunday.

Chalk Art Creations
Art and Chalk Fest brings together a diverse pool of creatives in celebration. For two jam-packed days, live art will animate the museum grounds.

Chalk artists will render amazing large-scale compositions on a 10×10-foot parcel of pavement. Throughout the two days, stop back to see the creations come to life, from initial sketches to full-blown ephemeral works of art.

2025 Chalk Artists
Johnathan J Buggs, Peter Davidson, Annmarie Geniusz, Kaylee Goodman, Shelley Heath, Madelyn Hohler, Carli Ihde, Kinsley Kohls, Kendall Laurent, Elizabeth Niemczyk, Allison Olstad, Craig and Jamie Rogers, Teresa Sahar, Tonya, Severing, John Soukup, Clare Speece, Emily Willey, Kimberly Wood

Live Arts All Weekend Long
Designed to shine a spotlight on the state’s art and artists, Art and Chalk Fest invites artists to demo their art-making process and sell their original artwork.

Wander the museum grounds and explore live arts-fine artists will offer live demonstrations in glass blowing, pottery throwing, and more. Artisans working with flowers and papermaking will surprise with their unconventional creations available for purchase. And kids will flock to the face-painting and balloon sculpture artists.

Live Music and Entertainment
Art and Chalk Fest features a fantastic lineup of live music and entertainment throughout the weekend.

Sit back and enjoy live music all weekend surrounded by the blooming hydrangeas in the MOWA Gardens.

Schedule of Events:

10:30 am: The Dead Desert Disco
12:30 pm: CJ Rislove
02:30 pm: Frogwater