First Friday Art Walk, April 09

This post on First Friday is pretty delayed, but people stay busy and I didn't get out to the galleries till today, Monday April 13th. I didn't miss much though, surprise surprise.

Katie and I ventured off down Broad Street towards 1708 and Quirk. Once we hit 1708 we realized that this past First Friday show was the same as last. And today we saw the gallery painting the walls, preparing for the up and coming show.

Next we hit up Quirk. And again, the same old show, but a few small pieces added to compliment the artists work. There were new pieces in The Vault in the back, some pottery pieces in the shape of rumps that extend down to the mid leg section. The glazes were very well used and I found the pieces to be likable. In the front there were a few pieces of snow globes with little plastic cards above. One of these globes had a light bulb in it in which I found kind of "crazy cool." I laughed when I saw Pikachu, the Pokemon, on one of the plastic cards embodying Asian influences.

We also took notice of artwork within the Photography Gallery. This work was presented very nicely in well matted frames. The artwork was that of Panoramic landscapes. The lighting was amazing in each piece and the use of sepia tone was very beneficial to the pieces. It gave the work a very rustic and homey feel to these areas that were pictured.

The Metro Gallery was the last on our list. Although it was closed, we looked through the window to take notice of the printmaking hung up on the white walls. The use of color and dark black lines identified the subjects so clearly. I found these works to be very interesting in shape and placement on big white sheets of paper.