Street Art Fest attendees colorfully decorate Berkley roads

Sam Balwinski created a mural of Rapunzel for the chalk art contest at the Berkley Street Art Fest on July 13. Children have fun in a foam pit at the Berkley Street Art Fest. Photo by Erin Sanchez Advertisement BERKLEY — Downtown Berkley brought in thousands of people July 13 for its annual Street Art Fest. The Berkley Street Art Fest returned for another year and had many people sprawled across Coolidge Highway covering the road for the chalk art contest. Timothy Cory, of Canton, created two chalk art murals on the street, one of a fox and another of a parrot. Cory has participated in the Street Art Fest contest for the last six or seven years. “It’s performance art,” he said of making chalk art. “Having stuff in galleries is one thing and only a few people will ever see it. Somebody buys it, 20 people see it. You come to a festival, thousands of people get to see my work. I get to put it out there. It may not last, but I get to show people what I do, which is really fun. You just want to show people your talent. So I love it just...