As usual, the Fremont First Friday Art Walk (this month on July 1st) contains too much to see, do and experience during its much too short window, from 6p to 9p. Solution? Review the offerings (always listed in advance on the website) and plot a course.
Otherwise, comfortable running shoes and wind sprints between venues…
Some Fremocentrist suggestions:
- A ‘Live At Lenin’ two-parter starts with the Fremont Arts Council (in the form of Mylinda Sneed) offering instruction in zombie make-up. Here’s the sales pitch – “This is the best make-up instruction you can hope for short of conversing with a real zombie, who would be too distracted by an insatiable desire for your brains to stay on topic and thus, terribly dangerous while being no real help at all.” Not sold? Consider that the next day (Saturday, July 2nd) is the World’s Largest Zombie Walk – Red, White & Dead…
- Also ‘Live At Lenin’, Pickled Okra String Band will perform from 7:30p – 9p as Thriller meets Americana…’nuff said?
- Owls, by Margot Bird, on display July 2011 at Kylie’s Chicago Pizza
- Fremont Brewing Co. features the paintings of Fiona McGuigan in their Urban Beer Garden. Study works that capture the human figure in motion – and at the moment of impact – while sampling the finest Fremont ale…
- …or, 509 Winery & Tasting Room has wine, live music by Bar Tabac and the Here And There food truck. They also have the paintings of Gina Jones whose artists’ statement describes, “I strive for a continuous awareness for light, negative space and the impact of subtle color. Bubbles. I am obsessed with bubble.” Maybe that should be an ‘and’…
- Employee Exhibits – Beyond zombies, a second theme of the July Art Walk (as much as essentially independent-minded Fremonsters can ever stick to a theme) would be the showing of the local talent that work here. Check out employee art at both Evo TimesInfinity Gallery (122 NW 36th St) and the Treehouse offices of Brown Paper Tickets (309 N 36th St)
- ArtFX Gallery has the paintings & ceramics of Janet Wold on display, as well as their standard selection of art and artisan works always for sale.
- Frame-Up Studios will feature paintings by Jean Bradbury (as well as having a few more Fremont Fair posters for sale…)
- Fremont Cigar may be small, but its offerings are still impressive. Admire cigar box guitars by John Hughes and Ed McGehee, and the photography by Josh Hughes.
- Wearable art by Seattle-based artist La Ru, on display at Portage Bay Goods. Aromatic art in the form of natural, sustainable aromatherapy soaps and perfumes by Karyn Gold, plus her photography, at Show Pony.
- Photography and pressed flowers by Janet Carriveau, plus wine and dessert offered by Urban Earth (1051 N 35th St)
- Fremont Jewelry Design always offers up incredibly, visually rich artists each month. In July, Shano will display her acrylic paintings while Nico Rich displays his jewelry in a special trunk show.
- Yummy!! Okay, so the art is also pretty yummy to look at but don’t forget to schedule a stop to nosh while perusing the art – particularly at Kylie’s Chicago Pizza with the acrylic paintings of Margot Bird, Pie and art tiles, and at Pel’meni Dumpling Tzar the sometimes silly paintings of Eli Wolfe. (Oh, and if you say ‘make art, not war’ at Pel’meni, get $1 off on your dumplings…)
And if that were not enough…there will probably be more! But you can’t see it if you don’t get walking, Friday, July 1st, for the Fremont First Friday Art Walk.
See you there!