CLEVELAND — The Chalk Festival brings the community together through art.

Bruno Casiano is one of the featured artists at the festival and has been participating in the event put on by the Cleveland Museum of Art for more than 17 years.

What You Need To Know

  • The Chalk Festival put on by the Cleveland Museum of Art returned in-person after being virtual last year because of the pandemic

  • Bruno Casiano was an artist featured at the festival and created a design for the community to color in
  • Other artists were able to draw their own creations on squares outside the museum

He said his love for the craft started at a young age.

"I do remember when I was like five playing with Play-Doh. It was big in the '60s when I was a kid. And I was always fascinated to use Play-Doh and stick it on a newspaper, on a black and white newspaper and then when you separate it from the newspaper you have the image in reverse on the Play-Doh. I was always fascinated with that," said Casiano.

This year, Casiano created a piece of art that invites the community to color it in.

"They'll be able to design within that space contrary to what we always say about artists not staying within the line. In this case, they have to stay within the line," said Casiano.

While Casiano worked on the community piece, other artists and people enjoying a warm day worked on their own creations.

"I'll be trying to make a sunset," said Jaylah Jones.

Jaylah is just 10 years old but she said she fell in love with art at a young age, too.

"When I was four, it was not that good but then I kept practicing and practicing and I started to get better," said Jaylah.

Jaylah was excited to attend the chalk festival and show off her skills.

​"I really like drawing and trying to do art, and me and my best friend really like drawing and we're really good at it," said Jaylah.

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