EAST

This Sunday the Arts Collective hit the town to view some really great art. East Austin Studio Tour is in its 8th year and it is as big as ever!! Artist all of the city spend months gearing up for this event... and it never disappoints :) We viewed art in homes, in studios, in galleries & in exhibition spaces... literally any where you could display & sell art it was happening all over the east side. Here are a few reflections from my experience.

• I had NO idea that Austin contained that amount of really GOOD art. --These artists are talented, dedicated & bring a quality to our city that can sometimes go unnoticed but I venture to say that if it were gone completely... everyone would notice
• The Artist community here seems very open and helpful to patrons and fellow artists. -- I was able to volunteer for a few hours to help the tour and everyone that I met (and I met them at the 11 hour before the tour started) were kind and very helpful
• Based on the shear amount of good art that I encountered in a few hours of enjoying the tour... it is clear to me that we need more interaction between the CIty and the Arts. E.A.S.T is doing just that and I am so happy to have gotten to be apart.