Last night, Las Vegas locals wrapped up our first week of October; Friday carried with it a crisp, cool autumn-apropos night. And after a two-month hiatus, the return of "First Friday" turned out to be quite a successful and positive venture. First Friday-- which was previosuly brought to us by event founder, C. Funkhouser-- returned for a heavily publicized and highly anticipated Ninth Anniversary Celebration, now brought to us by Zappos.com!
Live musicians, break dancers, artists, antique dealers, gallery-owners and art enthusiasts young and old once again filled the closed-off streets of Old Downtown's Arts District for fun, culture, and the sharing of good vibes and art!
Galleries and businesses like Arts Factory, City of the World, and Gypsy Den (among many others) opened their doors once again for the official return of First Friday festivities. Cornerstone Gallery featured Bad Apple artists on display in their front room, like award-winning painter and tattoo artist D.J. Tambe (Bad Apple Tattoo Company, 5640 W. Charleston, Las Vegas, NV 89146, 702-259-5580).
Other independent artists could be found posted-up and down the main drag of First Friday in the heart of all the action; like Luis Varela-Rico (best known for origami-bombing old downtown), with his creative origami, unique coffee tables, paintings, and conversation pieces on display between his fixed-gear bike and a beautiful beige V-Dub bus.
(pic borrowed from JENESSA KENWAY's "Guerilla Origami" blog)
But as we all said "Hello" once again to First Friday, SPACE Studio took this celebration as their opportunity to say "Good Bye" to Las Vegas. Gallery owner, Jana Cruder (well-known for her beautiful three-years-in-the-making "Collecting Faces" project) has decided to move her operation to Los Angeles. (http://spacestudio.wordpress.com/author/spacestudiolv/)
Zappos brought First Friday back to Vegas art lovers with the passion, good vibes, respect and enthusiasm that they seem to have behind each one of their projects and community contributions. I, for one, happily welcome the new presentation of First Friday in the Las Vegas Arts District! Thanks and blessings to Zappos and Old Downtown for reminding us of the plethora of color, creativity, and fellowship that we sometimes keep so well-hidden in our sparkly town!
~Meow~
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