Olympia Arts Walk Spring 2008
It was Arts Walk in Oly this weekend:
There was art in the alleys and on the streets. There was art in the galleries and shops.
There was music everywhere and unique musical instruments, too; lots of unusual, handmade and upcycled stuff for sale.
Not everyone was wearing batik and tie dye or flannel; fashionable folks were strutting their stuff, showing off their recycled wares.
Olympia Salvage had it all: men in utility kilts (questionable fashion maybe but Ruby thinks guys in kilts are sexy) , fire dancers, visual art, music, and the power tool races with Hazard Factory from Seattle, whose motto is style first, fun second, safety third. Crazy good times, like a little bit of Burning Man in our own backyard, lets hope Oly Sal does it again next year.
There was also poetry, dance (we loved watching Susan Gresia and Jenny Macc and the rest of RADCo do their everyday housewife thing with such humor, energy and grace), and other kinds of performances (like David Scherer selling burnt toast and crushed cans — you had to be there), a parade, and a recycled fashion show by a bunch of high school students at the OFS Free Wall alley, but we were feeling overwhelmed by then and unfortunately missed this event.
You can see more pics HERE , a video HERE and read more about the Olympia Arts Walk HERE
Nice post Ruby, I had a great time at the races!
Did you notice that if you click on the photos, there is more info posted with each pic?? thanks for paying attention, hope Tom enters something in the power tool races next time (there was an old belt sander at Goodwill today…), love, etc Ruby
post script: enpen just posted the youtube video of the trash fashion show that was at the Olympia Capitol Theater Free Wall, check it out <a href="http://drupal.zhonka.net/olyblog/spring-2008-artswalk-trash-fashion-show" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>
Came across your rad blog while trying to figure out the name of the punk band that played by the free wall on Sat. They were rockin, don’t remember enough about it to figure out who it was…female lead vocal…can you help me figure it?
Shoot, meant to be clear that it was the Sat during arts walk…
Drew, I will ask around, maybe OFS live events coordinator Audrey H at Pioneer Music would know
love, etc Ruby