The ViBe Creative District nonprofit announced today that the public is welcome to participate in a creative crosswalk painting event this Second Saturday, August 12th from 9am-noon at the intersection of 19th Street and Mediterranean Avenue in Virginia Beach. This chosen location was selected as it will the 4th corner of one whole block to have creative crosswalks completed in the ViBe. These public artworks create a sense of place and arrival within the arts district. This will be the fourth artist-led community-painted creative crosswalk in the ViBe Creative District; all have been sponsored by grants from the Office of Cultural Affairs and the Business Consortium for Arts Support. Additional activities will take place along 19th Street with the Old Beach Farmer’s Market, Art Market and Green Markets happening the same morning.
The artist will sketch the design onto the pavement at 19th Street and Mediterranean from 7:30-9am on Saturday and the public is welcome to assist the artist in painting the design onto the pavement between the hours of 9am-noon. Finally, the artist will have from 12-1pm for touch ups and drying time from 1-4pm. The intersection of 19th Street and Mediterranean will remain open to 19th Street Traffic; only a small portion of Mediterranean Avenue will be closed from 7:30am-5pm to allow for painting of the artwork on the Mediterranean crosswalk (located directly in front of Java Surf).
Local Teen Artist Ava Borte
The winning artist, Ava Borte of Virginia Beach, VA., was selected after an open call to teen artists in July 2017. Borte’s design will be completed in black and white traffic paint, working within and emphasizing the white ladder rail of the existing crosswalk. Ava Borte designed and fabricated multiple neon art pieces for the façade of The Governor's School For The Arts building, where she is a senior, in effort to bring the Neon District further down Granby Street in Norfolk. She looks forward to the opportunity to carry her public art involvement into the Vibe District in Virginia Beach.
The teen artist has had artwork in over a dozen local exhibitions:
2016 Installation assistant and matting artwork for Ashley Milteer’s senior art show at
2016 Assisted in hosting multiple workshops in Origin Gallery at MacArthur Center in
2015 & 2014 Denim Jacket exhibition at the Chrysler Museum of Art (2014) and
2014 Public Art PVC pipe sculpture workshop for Governor’s School For The Arts
Norfolk, Virginia
the gallery walk in the 2017 Glass Arts Association conference in Norfolk, Virginia)
2017 Show and Tell Governor’s School juried show
2016 Wearable Art Fashion Show and group exhibition at the Chrysler Museum Of Art,
2016 On The Ledge Governor’s School For The Arts juried show
2015 Denim Fashion Show and group exhibition at MacArthur Center, Norfolk, Virginia
Prior Creative Crosswalks in the ViBe Creative District
Previously, the public participated in painting two linear creative crosswalks located on 18th Street at the Mediterranean and Cypress intersections which were painted by local artists Steve Schmucker and Rick Nickel, and the large intersection mural at 19th Street and Cypress painted by local artist Allison Termine. All crosswalk murals can be found in the NEW mural map app for the ViBe Creative District, click here to view online.
Rain Date
In the event of rain, the Creative Crosswalk Painting event will be CANCELLED and RESCHEDULED.
