Well, it would seem it is now official. Our local Arts Council no longer wishes to sponsor local art walks. Oh there will be an event in August labeled an Art Walk, but it will be confined to the Old Courthouse galleries (where real artists' works appear), the lawn, and maybe other local galleries such as the Art Guild. When I decry the absence of an Art Walk venue, I of course am talking about the space that used to be provided by the Arts Council, courtesy of the Piedmont Renaissance Center (old bank) Building. That lovely indoor space was made available to those of us pretend artists who loved displaying their work, but who would prefer not standing out in the rain to do so. We used to have 20-30 artists (some real, some like me) displaying their creations at the Old Bank Building. It was fun, we could chat each other up, admire our artsy creations and then await the several hundred folks who would inevitably come by to see our works. As I say, it was great fun.
But many/most good things eventually come to an end (sort of like America), so this particular fun probably had to end eventually.
So, in the best tradition of "Let's Pretend", here are the pieces I might have printed and displayed, had there been an actual Art Walk in August.
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