Street Art Fest to brighten Berkley roads once again

Cam Briones crafted a chalk art piece of dolphins at last year’s Berkley Street Art Fest. BERKLEY — The colorful nature of the Berkley Street Art Fest will make its return this month. The Berkley Street Art Fest will take place 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 13, on Coolidge Highway between Catalpa Drive and Beverly Boulevard. The highlight of the festival, as always, is its big chalk art contest on the streets of Berkley, where contestants are tasked to draw colorful art. “It’s one of the best street art communities for both permanent and temporary art in the Detroit area, I would say,” said artist David Zinn, who will be helping judge the contest and making chalk art himself. Zinn also will be taking time during the event to speak with attendees at 1 p.m. about the art he does and to encourage others to take part in making chalk art. “One of the things we did early on, originally, when I was first coming to the Berkley Street Art festival, was to set up to do an actual sort of presentation that explains the very few techniques that there are worth knowing about making chalk art and...