Location, location, location! One of added benefits for the artist participating in Free Art Friday Albuquerqueis that they can have control over the setting of where they put their art and use that as another way to reach a particular audience or accent a statement the art is making.
In this way the place the art is left can function much like the stage settings in a play, highlighting the actor which in this case is a piece of art. One of the most beautiful things about Albuquerque is the diversity of our community and what better way to celebrate that then with art!
Another way the area the art is put can be utilized is including the natural world. Seeing art in a natural setting is a beautiful thing! Placing art in a natural setting demonstrates the connection and relationship art has with nature. There is aesthetics in nature and in art and this commonality bonds them together.
I often will leave a Free Art Friday piece in a tree or in the grass and it looks like it belongs there. It brings attention to the art already present in nature and creates an appreciation in the observer/art finder for the planet they live on.
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Stephanie Galloway
Stephanie Galloway is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been writing poetry since she was a child and still loves to explore the magic in words and their power to touch others deeply. She taught art to children as the Children Zone Leader of the Rail Yards Market and is the founder of Free Art Friday Albuquerque.
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