Chalk Don't Chalk - Nuart Aberdeen 2023

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Marischal College
Broad Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1YS

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Marischal Quad (Marischal College) In the lead-up to the festival opening weekend 8-11 June, around 400 pupils from Aberdeen primary and secondary schools will take part in the Chalk Don’t Chalk event on the theme of 'Rewilding'. The Quad to be Rewilded into a “jungle of colour and imagination” in one of the world’s largest chalk murals for Nuart Aberdeen. The city’s acclaimed street artist KMG will lead the pupils to create a massive chalk art piece in the heart of the historic building before it is opened to all children and families to add their own chalk drawings to the piece on the weekend of Nuart Aberdeen. Families are invited to come to the the Quad at Marischal College on Saturday 10 June and Sunday 11 June between 11am-3pm. A range of activities will also be available, including face painting, glitter tattoos, and bubble fun. This is the third Chalk Don’t Chalk event for Nuart Aberdeen, but by far the largest and most ambitious yet!