{"id":4654,"date":"2023-08-13T11:32:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T21:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=4654"},"modified":"2023-09-16T21:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T07:10:10","slug":"art-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=4654","title":{"rendered":"Art Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is a local (maybe it’s everywhere?) tradition of having the first Friday of the month as an “art day”. Galleries stay open late, sometimes they have drinks and nibbles (always guaranteed to bring in folks) and various art shows have openings. And on this day, there was one at the local museum, so there I was. There are the superstars of art, they rake in the bucks for the least doodle, the 1% of the 1%. Then there is everybody else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was standing in line to get my drink (no nibbles) and looked up at the Chihuly overhead. This museum has three such pieces. I would rank him as a superstar of art because he not only sells pieces, he doesn’t even make these himself. Individual bits are made by the assistants, and the artist directs how they are put together (pretty sweet deal). However, today’s artist is a local.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So besides creating art for the wall, he also creates practical art in these decorated skateboard decks. Perhaps they will be more interesting once they have seen use, or maybe they will remain pristine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This artist is versatile, if you don’t want to wreck your skateboard, you can have a full size version of the art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The artist was there with a bunch of friends and we chatted for a bit. He had also made an art vending machine, instead of bubble gum one could get a tiny Xeroxed ‘zine for 50 cents. And there were embroidered ball caps for $40. I wished him lots of sales (and I took home a ‘zine).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Besides art there was also music. Mostly the groups around town that I have heard play oldies, but these guys were playing original (at least I thought it was original) music described as “alternative and neo soul” to an invisible crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Art is about ultimately about inspiration and creation, and this takes a variety of forms, independent of money. Sometimes it even can be found right outside our windows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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