artsy

Not only do we go to the Porcupine for libations and conversation, we also go for cultural type stuff.  Case in point, we were there last Friday night, sitting at the bar for beers and dinner (chicken noodle soup for me; Szechuan veggie stir fry on noodles for H) and chatting with Edd and Josh, the on-duty bartenders.  Josh also works for Ski Utah and had been over at Deer Valley earlier that day.  When we asked him where he was going Saturday, he said he wasn't skiing because he had to set up for an art show.  He gave us a card for the Art Adoption Christmas Art Show and all of a sudden, we had something to do Saturday night.

The show was held at Signed & Numbered, a custom frame shop and art gallery located at 2320 So. West Temple.  The shop is owned by Leia Bell, an artist, and Phil Sherburne, a cabinetmaker.  The show had art in various media from twenty-two different artists - paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints, jewelry, pottery - and all of it was for sale, much of it at very reasonable prices.  They were accepting clothing donations for the Homeless Youth Resource Center and non-perishable food for the Utah Food Bank; there were snacks and free beer (Full Suspension!) and wine, and all bartending tips were going to be donated to the Christmas Box House.

We got there a little before 7:30 p.m. and there were already a bunch of young, hip people there.  We talked with Josh for a bit, drank a couple of beers and wandered the shop, looking at all the funky art.  There was one painting I really liked, a big abstract Southwestern landscape, but it was $300 so I bought some turquoise earrings instead (made by Jill Watanabe/earthworm).  By the time we left, the place was getting crowded and lots of people were buying things.  I hope they did really well, both for the artists and for the charities, and I'm super-glad that Josh let us know about the show.