On Friday, November 5th, from 6p – 9p, venues will be open showing art – and providing access to working artists. This First Friday come explore the Center of the Universe and see original art.
The Down Under Gallery will be hosting an Artists’ Reception for Filip Tuhy and UrbanMountainSheep. These two young artists have been on display Down Under through October but on Nov 5th, come meet them and talk about their art. Tuhy is a remarkably talented photographer who displayed incredible images of parkour last year, and has now brought in his ‘Grains of Sand’ series. These photos of buildings from San Francisco and Seattle were twisted and transformed into symmetrical images that evoke MC Escher with real, familiar structures. UrbanMountainSheep has brought in her humorous ‘Homesteading Squirrels’ drawings along with acrylic and watercolor landscape paintings.
At Esters Enoteca they will have a photo display by Freddy Romero. From the moment this photographer picked up a camera, while working on his high school yearbook, he fell in love with the ability to capture the images he desired. Romero focuses on taking photos of what makes him happy, including mountaineering, hiking, skateboarding, traveling, street, lifestyle, or musicians. There is no theme here, just real life captured by the photographer behind the lens.
Portage Bay Goods has art on display by Kristine Cooper, of Cooper Art & Abode, a local artist with a craving to create genuinely raw artwork is insatiable. “Each brushstroke and color carefully selected mimicking the colors and textures that come alive for me,” Cooper wrote for her Artist Statement, “on a walk or at a music show. Nature, traveling and experiences ignite my imagination.” Portage Bay shows artists with a practical and product based side, and has a store full of creative and artistic gift items.
Frame Up Studios and other venues will also be displaying art, and welcoming the public to come explore. Stop by Fremont this First Friday for a few minutes or a few hours, to take in the art and culture of modern, local artists. Stop by the Down Under Gallery, at 465 N 36th St, for more information on where to go and what to see!