Harrington Center for the Arts

We did it. 🥹✨Chalk the Night officially became the first glow-in-the-dark chalk art festival in the nation!

And getting there was so much harder than we ever imagined.

The weather this past weekend was relentless. Our incredible artists had to restart their pieces three different times, and our exhausted staff essentially set up the festival three days in a row as we adapted, rebuilt, moved equipment, protected artwork, and tried again.

There were definitely moments when we wondered if we could pull it off.

But we did.

Utah City glowed. ✨ Thousands of people walked through enormous neon chalk murals illuminated under UV light, danced at the silent disco, created art, and experienced something that had never been done before.

There is something pretty special about getting to say: we were the first.

An enormous thank you to @bretagnemae who led the research and testing behind safely using the specific UV lighting needed to bring these murals to life.

And thank you to @utahcityutah for believing in this crazy idea, presenting and hosting Chalk the Night, and helping us create something completely new.

We are beyond exhausted. We are incredibly proud. And we already can’t wait to see where this goes next. 💜

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