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page 24 Monday, August 27, 2012
2012 Art and Balloon Festival
Schoolteachers and their kids do their part to set a
festival atmosphere
Thursday morning several students from local elementary classrooms were hard at work in
downtown Lincoln, putting their artistic stamp on the sidewalks around the square and beyond.
As the day progressed, students from other classrooms also came out and contributed to this
second year of the sidewalk chalk art project in connection with the annual Lincoln Art &
Balloon Festival.
According to Kathy Vinyard of the city of Lincoln, who co-chairs the project with Roy Logan
of the park district, more than 20 classrooms signed up to participate this year.
All the art projects were expected to be finished by the end of the day on Thursday, though
Vinyard said last year some of them finished under the glow of the streetlights.
Pictures by Jan Youngquist