Kneepads strapped on and chalk sets at a ready, about 60 visual artists transformed Second Street’s typically grey sidewalks into vivid, living color.
Passersby watched lifelike portraits of B.B. King, Bjork and Clint Eastwood, among others, come to life before their eyes as artists squatted, hunched over and laid down to chalk up their canvases.
Justin Rudd and his Community Action Team put on the Belmont Shore Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest, which is in its 12th year, as part of Long Beach Arts Month.
