My corner!
We actually had two different bands perform for us during the course of the evening, both of whom were involved with The Music Center, located at the Tontine Mall in downtown Brunswick. The first band consisted of students, and the second band featured their instructor. They played songs from The Beatles, The Pixies, Neutral Milk Hotel, David Bowie, Miles Davis, and more...I had a lot of fun grooving and (quietly) singing along! I wasn't the only one having a good time, though: the room was filled with proud parents who were dancing, clapping, and taking pictures.
I had a lot of friends and friendly faces stop by my booth, which is always great. It was wonderful to chat for a bit with Sarah Brayman and Emily Weir, both of whom are fantastic artists and really cool people, too. I hadn't seen Emily for a while, and she said she wanted to visit because my work always gives her "a charge". What a sweet thing to say! I also got a nice compliment from Mary Becker Weiss, another artist whose work I admire...in reference to my corner of the room at St. Paul's, she said, "You're the only artist I know who can put stained glass to shame." Blake Hendrickson, the man behind my "artist profile" video was there right at 5 o'clock, and with him was Diana von Hallett, who wrote the article in The Coastal Journal about "Curtis Creative Spaces" featuring my work! It felt good to be able to thank Diana in person and shake her hand. I even had a surprise visit from my cousin Frank (who will always be "Little Frankie" to me, even though he is well over 6 feet tall and probably twice my size) and his lovely girlfriend Shannon! They drove all the way down from Camden just to stop by and say hello. Isn't that sweet?
Okay, he's not "little" anymore...
Another surprise was when Michael Gorzka from Curtis Memorial Library stopped by and suggested we shoot a video of me chatting about my work for use on my "Curtis Creative Spaces" page! The band was playing when he arrived (and they were rocking out), so Terry suggested that Mike should come back after their performance was finished around 7:30. The evening was so busy and such a whirlwind that before I knew it, the time had arrived. You can probably tell that I was a little nervous, and the audio can be hard to hear because I keep turning away from the camera (I guess I'm not used to being interviewed!) and there are natural sounds from the room since it was filled with people, but I really like the spontaneous feeling that Mike captured here (even if I am rambling a bit). If you've never been to an art walk and you've always wondered what it would be like, this gives you a good idea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFdioakfSEs&list=UUzf0K1NEb3KLfxI004ifkkg
By the end of the night, I had sold seventeen magnets (!), and then it was off to El Camino for a little celebration! Next month, I'm slated to be at Cool As A Moose instead of St. Paul's for Second Friday Art Walk, so that should be interesting and different. Stay tuned!
Oh, before I sign off, I should mention that this week's surprises began on Tuesday, when I got a phone call from an out-of-town visitor: he and his partner were leafing through the Second Friday Art Walk brochure over breakfast, and they came across my page. They were only going to be in Brunswick for another hour, but they got a kick out of "Old Fat Boy Sign," so they picked up the phone and left me a message. I happened to be out and about, but in town (I had just finished a work appointment), so I called them back; we set up a meeting, and they bought a magnet! Little did I know that they were setting the tone for a surprise-filled week...
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