Show notes
Jo Lalonde tells Aaron she was an artist since she figured out how not to eat the crayons. First
apprenticing as a tattoo artist before learning the chalk art trade under legendary Canadian chalk artistChalk Master Dave, best known for producing the iconicsuperhero mural on the outside of Silver Snail's former Queen Street location. Jo tells tales of her ownsuperheroism while dealing with the few pedestrians who don't pay attention and walk over her handsand art. Not to mention dealing with other various street buskers while she plied her trade at Toronto'sYonge-Dundas Square before eventually moving a few blocks up for a safer, more secure place towork. Plus, she tells us her favourite superhero for putting chalk to sidewalk.You'll also learn what it takes to draw a great chalk mural on the sidewalk and why those 3D chalkoptical illusions are never done spontaneously and are sometimes more trouble than their hits on socialmedia. She tells us why superheroes get her the most attention and how she got the opportunity to drawan Overwatch mural for Activision. This episode is the fate of the artist writ large with an unvarnishedlook at all the blood sweat and chalk dust it takes to nurture and live off such talent.This episode was sponsored by and recorded at Hairy Tarantula during theirHairoween Grand Opening Celebrations on Halloween Weekend 2018.