Day 2 - Piccolo Spoleto Ourdoor Art Show

PVC Pipe Changes 3 Artists Lives

Yes, it's amazing what pvc means to progress. If you're an artist in an outdoor show, there will be times that you have to roll up the sides of your tent by yourself - this is no easy task, and the level of difficulty rises according to the height of the artist. But pvc has come to the rescue! Hilarie Lambert's husband John bought 12 10" pvc pipes for Hilarie, Carol Gardner and myself at 7am Sat morning and delivered them in his truck to the park for us to attach to the bottom of our tent sides, and now we can roll up our sides in an orderly fashion in record time - the less stress, the happier we are as artists - thank you, John!

Below is a picture of Tyrone, who helps several of us set up and close up during Spoleto, demonstrating with Carol Gardner how neatly the sides will roll up.


And here is Hilarie Lambert, wife of the pole deliverer, with her award-winning "Struttin'":

Georgeous weather, and the early part of the day was filled with friends, customers - the Charleston Farmers Market is open and as always, on the first Saturday, the Seed and Feed Band. Lots of excitement, energy and enthusiasm!

Later, good friends from Charlotte arrived:

Bonnie Chavda, Aaron Chavda and Destiny Decker

and our day of adventure began.... Aaron Chavda is a talented and emerging artist and we went to meet with Rebekah Jacob at her gallery on King Street. Rebekah, with her engaging personality, talent, education and professionalism is one of those people whose lives radiate into all areas of fine art. So, loaded with resources from Rebekah, we set out on our trek to scope out and hopefully connect with the emerging art scene in Charleston, and were fortunate to meet up with Mike Elder of Eye Level Art - you simply cannot be around Mike and what he's doing without getting excited about what's breaking forth in this area with emerging artists and the opportunities to see and experience the new and fresh talent in this area. A high point of our day was getting to check out Mike's new venue at 103 Spring Street!

At the end of the day, we closed my tent and set out for dinner, a celebration between good friends, the gift of adventure and the shared anticipation and gratitude for the good things waiting around the corner!

Seven Feet are Better than One

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a Guaranty of Going Places