Saturday at the Store-fronts

On Saturday us curators met up to see for ourselves how the spaces are progressing, and lay out our plans for just how we intend to display all the artwork we expect to be inundated with this coming weekend when the artists begin dropping it all off.
This space is 2819 Girard; it will house the works of our Puddle Painters and various sculptors/potters. The contractors were actually working on the floor when we came, and explained to us the differences in the floor surface. Some of the wood you see in this floor is over 100 years old! Isn't it beautiful? Just a few months ago it was covered up in many year's worth of linoleum and such.

And don't even get me started on the walls...

Towards the back there will be a keg and Butter's will be set up as well, dishing out mouth-watering morsels.
Some of the ceiling remains the same, with the exposed wooden beams overhead. That's Mr. Roller of MM partners admiring them.
Down the street at 2711 Girard, progress is evident but not quite as far as 2819. There's Sarah Peoples, peering at her reflection in the freshly sealed brick wall.
Around the edges of the original parquet wood floor, new hard wood has been installed. I found the exact edges,perfectly negotiated around all the pipes and uneven edges, to be quite impressive.
From here you can see the rest of the brick wall. This space will house sculpture, jewelry design and illustration. Just squint your eyes and imagine a row of pedestals down the middle with gorgeous drawing running up the wall...
More brick.
Towards the back of the space is more wall, and also room for where we'll be serving wine. Deborah's Kitchen will be set up closer to the front, serving delicious samples off their menu.

We then headed over to what will be the craft space on 2943 Girard. While it basically looks the same as it did when we were over there painting pedestals last week, we discovered a forest of weeds growing back in the patio area which will need to be addressed this week. Aside from that, everything is looking all aces and we're very excited to curate this space.


Perhaps the most exciting news of the day is that our buddies over at Ritas will be serving up a special, one-time batch of Art+Soul Food themed water ice, flavored like sweet potato!