Santa Fe Art Walk
This past Friday I went to the Santa Fe Art Walk with my mom and sister. My mom was visiting Denver so I decided that it would be fun to take her the view some art. Another one of the main reasons I wanted to go was because some of the students within the eMad graduate program were doing a series of installations along the street. Unfortunately, at the time I arrived one of the student pieces was not working correctly. However, I was able to get a sense of what he was doing. He had projected a video of what I am pretty sure was a scenery of a house onto a brick wall that lined a very narrow ally way. I loved where this piece was displayed and how he decided to use video projection as his means of display the work. The alleyway hard to find and not a place anyone would normally think to wander into to view art, and I think that is one of the reasons it was such a successful piece in my eyes.
Another artist I loved was John W. Wood. He used mixed media on paper to create these amazing flower-like images. One of his pieces in particular was titled Look Toward the Sunset. This work was 59 x 59 x 2.25, so it was very large. The colors used were incredibly bright and made my entire spirit wake up and become giddy. It immediately brought a smile to my face. I actually had a hard time leaving this particular gallery because I loved Wood’s pieces so much.
This was only my second time attending the Santa Fe Art Walk, however, I wandered into a couple of galleries down there from time to time whenever I get a chance. I have found that each time I go to Santa Fe there are always new and different types of art featured that pull on my emotions in ways art never has before and really opens my eyes to the kinds of art that exist. It is a great place to gain insight and draw inspiration from.
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