I am not an artist. I don't have a degree in art. I just kinda like it. There are several art galleries in the downtown alone. There are "shows" in the hardware store and Snapdragon and other various places that rotate throughout the year. There is art hanging all over the walls of Vashon Island. Once a month, all months of the year there is "first friday" where resturants, banks, galleries and a various assundry of other businesses open their doors and share the weath of art from our Island.
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| Yes, this is quilt! |
The coolest thing is that places you wouldn't normally expect step up for this event. Place like the PSCCU Credit union opens up, Cafe Luna often has music, or hallways between stores will have exhibits. I'm not a quilter so I don't know much about the "art of quilting" but the quilting store has some really awesome quilt exhibits. They are seriously mind blowing.
When we lived in Columbia City in Seattle our neighborhood had a first fridays event- we went to it but we never really felt connected. We didn't see people we knew and didn't know how to fit in. A lot of things seemed to cost money and it was hard. So when we started going to this periodically we were delighted that was NOT what first Fridays on Vashon feel like
Frankly it's a pretty great event. The shops usually have little snacks like crackers and cheese, it's nice to wander and see folks (because it's Vashon we inevitably see someone we know!), and honestly, If we didn't have young children it would be more fun, get a glass of wine at the Hardware Store and then able together listening to music. But, even with children it is almost always more fun that I think it will be.
