Post by Dr. C. Hite on Mar 1, 2006 17:27:49 GMT -5
Coming to this board: tips and review of food, drink, and shopping opportunities to throughly enjoy your Gallery touring.
My purpose in writing this column on the food and beverage fare near the Galleries of downtown SLO is to provide some insights into the Art After Dark experience, which has changed dramatically since the Johnson Gallery closed.
6-8 pm, the first Friday of each month, Artists, Art Appreciators and the hungry, pack the Art Center and move from remaining Gallery to Gallery, in sort of a punch/wine tasting/Hors d' Oeuvres scavenger hunt. While it is true that snacking and drinking is a great social lubricant and gives you something in common to do while you look at the latest Art, exchange opinions, and greet people who are becoming familiar to you, there are many interesting and inexpensive local fares to visit to get you in a less piggishly starved and celebratory mood. The Johnson Gallery, now solely a fine art framing studio, was the most exiting entertainment destination on the Art After Dark Gallery Tour List. The comfortable and friendly atmosphere of the large Victorian Gallery and its patio seating, provided by owner Gail Johnson, was an irreplaceable Art venue.
The monthly theme shows provided in the Art Centers First Gallery presents an opportunity for many Artists, their associates, and the public to enjoy many hours of the evening viewing the new installation and the main exhibit in the Grey Wing.
A sophomoric Art Review, which read like; “feed me! Entertain me!” Panned the Art Center for its “geriatric” crowd and lack of food at one of its Art After Dark events last August. Since that time the Art Center has consistently provided wine tasting from local vintners and generous Hors d' Oeuvres.
It is one of the signs of a competitive, entertainment oriented culture that sponsored events are judged on what the audience can get for free and how exciting and rewarding they consider their investment of time.
I was amazed to discover this in the early 80’s when the Astronomy Department at CSUS had the roof observation and telescope observatory open to the public for the pass of Halley’s Comet. There were numerous complaints and grumblings that this natural phenomena and viewing event didn’t last long enough!
Feed me! Entertain me!
My purpose in writing this column on the food and beverage fare near the Galleries of downtown SLO is to provide some insights into the Art After Dark experience, which has changed dramatically since the Johnson Gallery closed.
6-8 pm, the first Friday of each month, Artists, Art Appreciators and the hungry, pack the Art Center and move from remaining Gallery to Gallery, in sort of a punch/wine tasting/Hors d' Oeuvres scavenger hunt. While it is true that snacking and drinking is a great social lubricant and gives you something in common to do while you look at the latest Art, exchange opinions, and greet people who are becoming familiar to you, there are many interesting and inexpensive local fares to visit to get you in a less piggishly starved and celebratory mood. The Johnson Gallery, now solely a fine art framing studio, was the most exiting entertainment destination on the Art After Dark Gallery Tour List. The comfortable and friendly atmosphere of the large Victorian Gallery and its patio seating, provided by owner Gail Johnson, was an irreplaceable Art venue.
The monthly theme shows provided in the Art Centers First Gallery presents an opportunity for many Artists, their associates, and the public to enjoy many hours of the evening viewing the new installation and the main exhibit in the Grey Wing.
A sophomoric Art Review, which read like; “feed me! Entertain me!” Panned the Art Center for its “geriatric” crowd and lack of food at one of its Art After Dark events last August. Since that time the Art Center has consistently provided wine tasting from local vintners and generous Hors d' Oeuvres.
It is one of the signs of a competitive, entertainment oriented culture that sponsored events are judged on what the audience can get for free and how exciting and rewarding they consider their investment of time.
I was amazed to discover this in the early 80’s when the Astronomy Department at CSUS had the roof observation and telescope observatory open to the public for the pass of Halley’s Comet. There were numerous complaints and grumblings that this natural phenomena and viewing event didn’t last long enough!