After stuffing myself with dollar tacos, great company, and Arch’s, I was already an extremely happy girl on Friday! But it was also a big day in getting rid of things on the list. It was April fools on top of being a First Friday, and Heather and I went on a few excursions to make the best of it! Stop number one took us on the crazy trolley lady’s trolley headed downtown to the art galleries.
Now I’m still not sure how many galleries there are on the downtown mall, but I do know we hit up at least two of them. On the first Friday of every month, the art galleries in this Cville strip open their doors to the public for mingling with local artists and enjoying the works with light refreshments provided. Our first stop was BozART; the artist Cindy Ferreira was featured throughout most of the gallery and Heather and I loved her because she had several paintings of local Charlottesville sights such as the Downtown strip, lawn rooms, Jefferson’s gardens at Monticello etc.
We also made it to C’ville Arts: a Cooperative Art Gallery better known for the “bejeweled” sofa sitting outside of it. This place was much more eclectic and had a greater variety of knickknacks than paintings that really drew my eye. They also had matted photographs by Heather’s fave Jack Cacciotore who captures UVA Grounds so stunningly.
I had so much fun going out of my normal Friday routine and doing this with a friend! Charlottesville is really known for its artsy locale, and it’s easy to forget when you spend so much time on JPA haha.
"What if, Laurel, all that you had to look forward to were the things that are free, like sunrises, wagging tails, holding hands, and your imagination. Would it all be worth it?
Probably."
-- The Universe
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