The 23rd annual La Jolla Festival of the Arts makes its annual visit to La Jolla this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, June 20 and 21, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the University of California, San Diego at Genesee Avenue and Campus Point Drive. The Torrey Pines Kiwanis Foundation continues to sponsor the arts extravaganza, donating proceeds from the event to 35 different charities that benefit San Diegans with disabilities. This year’s festival features Calle Color, a collaboration of about 200 American and Mexican street artists, or “madonnari,” using chalk as their medium. The group includes first-time festival participant Liliana Mai. “Mai has always held a passion for the arts but only began sharing her talent with the public three years ago,” said Melissa Holden of SpearHall Advertising & PR, which is coordinating media coverage for the event. “Mai works mainly with oil and acrylic paints, graphite pencils and colored pencils.” Mai — a Vietnamese immigrant — will join chalk artists during the weekend’s festival. Mary Darwall will debut ocean- and desert-inspired jewelry during La Jolla Festival of the Arts this year. Darwall taught special education and second grade for about 30 years, according to Holden. She then started creating sculptural jewelry. “Compulsive passion drives my very labor-intensive creations to handneedle-weave one bead at a time to make unique personal adornments,” Darwall said, in a press release. While Mai and Darwall will debut their various talents during this year’s festival, husband and wife team Ken and Ingrid Hanson return to the festival for the third year, showcasing their talent: handblown glass. “The two met at San Francisco State University in 1992 and have been blowing glass together since,” Holden said. Both artists served on the Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California board of directors for the past 12 years, according to Holden. “Ken is inspired by balanced and ordered patterns, while nature and objects in the environment inspire Ingrid,” Holden said. Festival attendees can visit the Hansons, along with Mai and Darwall, both days. In addition, the festival will present its usual array of art, food and music along with entertainment such as book signings and lectures. Saturday, June 20, attendees can browse through various stages, listening to the sounds of Monsoon Jazz or Matt & Jasmine, starting at 11 a.m. Peter Sprague and Fred Benedetti play from 2 to 4 p.m. on the main stage, while Na Pua Ilima O Kehaulani plays from 1 to 2 p.m. on the Paradise Pools Stage, followed by Mary Fee & Friends from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 21, the Armand Frigon Combo plays from 10 to 11 a.m. on the Paradise Pools Stage, while Jazz Ensemble plays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Main Stage. Spirit Wind plays on the Main Stage from 2 to 4 p.m. Tickets are $10. Children 12 and under get in free, as do military plus one guest with valid identification. Tickets are available at the gate, or online for a $2 discount. For more information, maps or schedules or to purchase tickets, go to www.lajollaartfestival.org.