Gallery Stroll: A Walk on the Artistic Side
Issue 214 / October 2006 More from this Issue
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By Mariah Mann-Mellus
Gallery Stroll is a monthly celebration of local art and artisans. Held on the third Friday of every month the galleries and art studios stay open from 6 to 9pm and welcome the public to come in and enjoy the artist flavor. I hate to admit that there are months I never make it out of a jewelry bouquet on Pierpont known as Aphelion. Other months I make my rounds to the Phillips Gallery, Art Access, the Patrick Moore Gallery or even to the Circle Lounge’s after Gallery Stroll "Wrap Party". Gallery Stroll is a night to let go of your agenda and let the art and the conversations take you to places you wouldn’t normally go. One place I can’t say I would normally expect to find myself is in an old warehouse on Crystal Avenue (2590 S.) Stretching from 118 and 132 W. I don’t like to venture off the down town grid but for the hottest new art studios. But for the highly anticipated grand reopening of Poor Yorrick Studios I’ll travel. Recently I’ve noticed a lot of great business and studios are calling South Salt Lake home. As the rents increase downtown the independent businesses have to find new pockets of development with room to grow.
I couldn’t be happier that Poor Yorrick is reopening. This summer has been tragic for the Salt Lake art community. We have lost some amazing young independent art galleries and it’s nice to have an opening to celebrate rather than a closing to morn.
In the past Poor Yorrick was known for it’s wild parties and open studio nights hosted in correlation with the spring and fall equinox. A new building has sparked new traditions. The Poor Yorrick Studio will open November 3rd with a celebration in honor of the Day of the Dead. The Day of the Dead’s origins trace back much further than its well known holiday cousin Halloween. The two holidays are very similar but the Day of the Dead is not about factious people, rather about friends and family members that have passed on. Celebrated primarily in Central and South America people dress as though they are dead but with respect to what the dead wore, painting your face white with dark circle represents the tired look worn by those that walk the earth waiting to rest in peace. A perfect holiday to say good bye to the old Poor Yorrick Studio and other art galleries we lost this year while welcoming the new and improved space still known as Poor Yorrick.
The official Salt Lake Gallery Stroll is October 20th, but just as the Poor Yorrick opening will be held November 3rd, art just happens!
Gallery Stroll is a monthly celebration of local art and artisans. Held on the third Friday of every month the galleries and art studios stay open from 6 to 9pm and welcome the public to come in and enjoy the artist flavor. I hate to admit that there are months I never make it out of a jewelry bouquet on Pierpont known as Aphelion. Other months I make my rounds to the Phillips Gallery, Art Access, the Patrick Moore Gallery or even to the Circle Lounge’s after Gallery Stroll "Wrap Party". Gallery Stroll is a night to let go of your agenda and let the art and the conversations take you to places you wouldn’t normally go. One place I can’t say I would normally expect to find myself is in an old warehouse on Crystal Avenue (2590 S.) Stretching from 118 and 132 W. I don’t like to venture off the down town grid but for the hottest new art studios. But for the highly anticipated grand reopening of Poor Yorrick Studios I’ll travel. Recently I’ve noticed a lot of great business and studios are calling South Salt Lake home. As the rents increase downtown the independent businesses have to find new pockets of development with room to grow.
I couldn’t be happier that Poor Yorrick is reopening. This summer has been tragic for the Salt Lake art community. We have lost some amazing young independent art galleries and it’s nice to have an opening to celebrate rather than a closing to morn.
In the past Poor Yorrick was known for it’s wild parties and open studio nights hosted in correlation with the spring and fall equinox. A new building has sparked new traditions. The Poor Yorrick Studio will open November 3rd with a celebration in honor of the Day of the Dead. The Day of the Dead’s origins trace back much further than its well known holiday cousin Halloween. The two holidays are very similar but the Day of the Dead is not about factious people, rather about friends and family members that have passed on. Celebrated primarily in Central and South America people dress as though they are dead but with respect to what the dead wore, painting your face white with dark circle represents the tired look worn by those that walk the earth waiting to rest in peace. A perfect holiday to say good bye to the old Poor Yorrick Studio and other art galleries we lost this year while welcoming the new and improved space still known as Poor Yorrick.
The official Salt Lake Gallery Stroll is October 20th, but just as the Poor Yorrick opening will be held November 3rd, art just happens!
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