Sixteenth - century Italian artists did street artwork as a tribute to Madonna . Madonnari , as the artists came to be called , made a living traveling from town to town and collecting coins from people who admired their work . A chalk painting festival has opened for copyists , free artists and street artists . Every patch and line is important when the wall is your wall .
Sixteenth - century Italian artists did street artwork as a tribute to Madonna . A chalk painting festival has opened for copyists , free artists and street artists . Every patch and line is important when the wall is your wall .