third thursday art walk

Get art walk maps today at the Modesto Blues Festival, and look for the drink specials, food specials, sales tax special and all the venues for this Thursday's Downtown Modesto Third Thursday Art Walk, where, like at Farmer's Market this morning, where Keena Wells and I will have maps, these flyers, and art for sale, you can get this stuff from us, and we do sell art on the art walk, most all the artists want to.

The June Art Walk Maps are out at the various art walk locations, and via Downtown Improvement District, and the maps can be used during the full month, not just the Third Thursday event night, with some coupon specials, addresses and locations of the downtown galleries and businesses supporting the art walk.

After this paragraph, copy from modestoartx blog. its a note to artists in our area, and some friends. We've been lampooning an item here on editorial difference, behind the scene email, regarding competetive nature of business, when economy down. I understand both sides of equation, as frankly, to do what I've been doing, on really limited resources, use the free sites to blog, post my paintings and drawings, poetry which has yielded interest, critical review I needed, as for a bit, didn't get out much, health issues, bipolar and type of depression, other interests, where a need appeared, as did opportunity and what I was doing for some needed cash, promotion, back to posters, do some newsletters, support my support group, support some causes I live, not just believe in.

If you're an artist, have art to show, show and display only, show and sell, contact any venue on the art walk map, and find out if you can show and sell there for Art Walk, or whole month.

Copper Rhino, J Street Antique Emporium, Concetta through the Tango Dance Club or talk to Paul, Bang Bang Studios, and others on the map, including Crow Trading, Modesto Virtual, Good Dog, seeking ART.....

remember, these maps are also good the rest of the month during the day and other business hours, so if you don't make the whole art walk in one night, drop in during the month, or go on back, no excuse, maps new and improved.

Norman Ham's Trewin Framery offers up this 2 day show May 15, May 16 on Art Walk week, and will be open for Third Thursday.

I'll have scan of Norman Ham's new show of WWII stuff, at Trewin May 15, 16 for Art Walk up next blog, but stop in and see the photography for that one.

Was out and about with favorite friend to meet up with for messing about downtown, enjoyed Senor Taco first of the raffle prizes to use from Mistlin Show. I bought four raffle tickts at the Spring Show opening, won three raffle prizes, so also artel, wine for mom's day dinner I'm cooking.

Delta Paul Tunkel will be playing at Deva May 15 for art walk.

Paul is friend, son of a friend of mine, his brother used to rent my house, play harp with me and listen to my piano, but his brother is one hot dobro player.  Often when in town, at T's at 710 N.Ninth Thursday blues jam. He's opened for Canned Heat among other gigs. And he's at Deva for art walk, as is Mike Frankel, who's career including covering rock concerts and gigs during the 60s and 70s, worth seeing. 

Here's one for photographers. One who attended our April Art and Music show in our last art blog, already up to apply for this one. For samples of that show, see www.myspace.com/modestoartx and look in the April 24 album, and click on the photographer's gallery profile in our friends list, and other art walk buddies there.

Well, musicians seemed in short supply last night, if you were out on art walk, noticed reschedule or cancels, there is a virus around, and so if you stopped into see Dave Hanley at the State last night, found me talking to Rachel Renae and Hippie Dave, I was trying to get Rachel to sing without amp, go get her guitar, or start down the list of who's available on short notice. In case bonilla wafer noted a call from Rachel, that was us...... we called Mike with DAM, a number of others to no avail...