This past Friday I participated in the Lexington Art League's pARTy, art for everyone. We set up underneath the big pavilion downtown during Gallery Hop, kind of a pop-up art display. There were several other artists that participated, The Mojo Tones, March Madness Marching Band fun, belly dancing, a  bar, and a U-haul got a makeover by local street artist, part of PRHBTN. In other words-lots of awesome stuff.

It was the first time that I've ever set my work up outside and I didn't realize how nervous I would be about it until I started hanging them. (did you know it feels like it takes forever to screw in 63 screws??)  I kept picturing them shattering into a  million pieces as they fell to the ground. Thankfully, there was none of that. Even when the wind picked up right before the event started they barely moved. Phew! 

I had a great time talking with people about my work. My favorite thing is that people see so many different things in them. One girl saw a turtle, another a teapot. A high schooler even asked me some questions for a report she had to do for school on Gallery Hop. I thought that was extra sweet. It's really nice to see that people really enjoy my work!

Picture taking was a little sporadic since I was talking with people about my work and being social but here are a few I was able to grab: 

This past week, Lexington received a visit from Herakut, the internationally known street artist duo from Germany (admittedly though, I  had never heard of them before I received the Facebook event invite). I attended the artist talk this past Tuesday which gave me greater insight into the work. Not only do they do murals all over the world but they've made work on canvas, sculptures, and even collaborated with a performance art dance troupe in L.A. to do a stage production. (you can check out the video here)

That would have been so amazing to see. Listening to them talk about different projects they've done and hear about all the different places they've traveled a) makes me incredibly envious and b) really, really makes me want to succeed at making art.  What is my definition of success? Well, we'll talk about this a year from  now, but right now I would settle for selling something from my Etsy shop and getting settled into my new studio space!