Big Day of Giving is Thursday, May 7, 2026!
Funds received from the Big Day of Giving allow Chalk It Up to respond nimbly to large and small challenges. Your support helps fund our Chalk It Up Festival and grants program for arts educators, host the annual High School Self-Portrait Show, provide cash prizes for the student artists, and bring youth arts activation spaces at community events.
Chalk It Up To Sacramento aims to empower the next generation of artists by providing grant funding and programs for teachers and schools to give equitable access to the arts for all students, with an emphasis on serving our region’s most vulnerable populations. The annual three-day Chalk It Up! Chalk Art & Music Festival, a vibrant celebration of our local arts community and artists of all ages, is offered free to the public over Labor Day weekend, serving as a gift to the city and the greater Sacramento region.