Another Chalk the Walk is upon us this weekend, with the artwork of “Woman in the Purple Coat” Henry Matisse painting as the featured artwork.

The festival does not get underway without the help of countless volunteers and organizers working behind the scenes.

There are things like the chalk that have to be bulk ordered, that Iron Leaf Press now helps to order for the city in the quantities that are needed.

There’s the work of selecting the artists who are here for the first time or present their work that also happens, with several artists on the waitlist each year.

There’s volunteers who work to make the outline for each artist’s squares – volunteers who had to do the work twice last year because of an early morning rain storm that hit just before the event arrived.

For the past 20 years, this festival has went on and grown and been something the community enjoys that kicks off festival season.

If you have time to help this weekend, there’s still volunteer slots open to help the festival go off. Or a chance to see some really lovely art and visit with your neighbors and kick off the start of this summer.