La Strada Chalk Art Festival in Hillsboro, OR

Happening July 16-17, 2022

10:00am-6:00pm each day

Downtown Hillsboro, Oregon in the Cultural Arts District

(along E. Main Street flanking 1st Ave to 4th Ave)

La Strada Chalk Art Summer Festival in Hillsboro, Oregon - 1

About La Strada dei Pastelli Chalk Art Festival

La Strada dei Pastelli Chalk Art Festival is a summer festival in Hillsboro, Oregon. It is supported in part by City of Hillsboro and Patricia Reser, is a community engagement distinct from all others offered in the Portland area and Oregon’s Washington, Clackamas, or Multnomah Counties. This Oregon chalk art festival provides a window into the creative process wherein festival goers can engage with nationally-recognized and emerging visual artists as they carefully manipulate bold, colorful pigments to produce huge, temporary drawings down the center of the street(s); most averaging 10’x10’.

Simultaneous to the visual arts exhibitions, local performing artists fill the air with rhythm and sound from the festival’s main stage. Local art vendors also line the streets offering unique items and inspirations to attendees. Children of all ages are encouraged to take part in hands-on activities being provided by local nonprofit organizations. The annual summer art festival, being held along E. Main Street between 1st to 4th in downtown Hillsboro on the 3rd weekend in July, combines community engagement and art appreciation into one FREE fun-filled weekend!

From its creative core to its business partners, La Strada dei Pastelli’s goal is to build visibility for Washington County’s unique and diverse community assets.

: La Strada 2019, Jessi Queen chalking, photo by Wayne Renshaw

: La Strada 2021, Jolene Russell, pic by Javier David Photography

: La Strada 2021, Jenifer Rippassa, pic by Javier David Photography

: 2019 La Strada

La Strada’s Roots

La Strada was created by 2D4D, a regionally-minded arts nonprofit organization who’s mission is to “EMPOWER, ENGAGE, and ADVOCATE for artists and arts-leaders working in the 2-dimensional and 4-dimensional (time-based) fields in order to strengthen our creative-community’s collective social impact.”

The inaugural Festival was held in August 2019 at Beaverton’s Cedar Hills Crossing Complex. It showcased 63 performers on the main stage, 28 chalking artists both local and nationally-recognized, and 42 vendors. The Festival attracted 7,300 attendees with support from City of Beaverton, Patricia Reser, and 60+ local sponsors!

After the 2021 Festival, La Strada was transferred to Tualatin Valley Creates as a means for long-term event stability and an opportunity for Tualatin Valley Creates to provide a truly all-ages engagement that bridges the creative community to the local business sector. Moving forward it will now be a Tualatin Valley Creates annual program.