Gifford Lane Art Stroll
The ninth annual Gifford Lane Art Stroll is this Sunday, March 11, from 12 noon until 5 pm -- located on the 3200 block of shady, tree-lined Gifford Lane -- near the Kirk Munroe Park. It will be the only lane in town with more artists than you can imagine.The festival is small and quaint. There are no vendors selling food or booze -- instead you will see some neighbors grilling wonderful things which are for sale for a dollar or two -- all of which they later donate to charity. Dave Collins served up some delicious cucumber punch last year. I remember that. :)
More than sixty artists will be displaying their art. “It is Florida old-style,” says artist founder Trina Collins. “We only hold the Stroll one afternoon a year, but now we have a number of residents on this block that purchased homes on Gifford Lane because of the Art Stroll. It’s got amazing people energy. It is a real friendly afternoon in the Grove.”
Once again this year, all of the participating artists at the Art Stroll will be giving away a cash percentage of their art sales to two Coconut Grove charities -- this percentage will be added to contributions made by the public and neighbors living on the block. The two benefiting charities from the Grove are the St. Stephen’s AIDS Ministry and the St. Alban’s Day Care Center in the Village West.
The extremely popular South Florida band “Out of Da’ Blues” will once again be delighting the crowd, as will their drop-in musical guests. There is plenty of street dancing as the party progresses.
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posted by Tom Falco at 8:30 AM
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5 Comments:
Sounds great! This is what used to be the Grove
You should come out and support this Grovey arts festival; a portion of the money goes to good causes and these people put a lot of work into this event. Come out, enjoy the music, buy a little art, and try that famous cucumber punch.
More accurately, it's Gin and cucumber!
And yes the stroll is great fun. Grilled jumbo shrimp, blues jammin' and smiles galore. Forget pretense this is authentic.
hope you run some good pictures of the event. The pic of "Corner of Mary and Florida, on an overcast ......" on bottom page of blog left me wanting. What was the point? Show us people having a good time. Let's see our neighbors who support the arts and St. Albans.
Oh man, this is my kind of event! What a damn shame that I have to work tomorrow!
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