Last Saturday's art show, "This is How We Roll: Art from the Female Skater Community," was a smashing success! Long Beach is home to a rapidly growing skater community, and I've met many skaters who are also fantastic artists. Since I have been skating with Long Beach Roller Derby, most of the skaters I know are women, so we decided to host an exhibition featuring the art of some of these gals and brag about their abilities outside of the skating world. The art exhibited represented a vast swath of themes, styles, and media, so there was something for everyone to enjoy. The word was out for this show, so we welcomed almost 250 attendees! Members of Sirena Serpentina, lovely fire-dancing ladies, entertained the crowd with two deliciously tantalizing performances (they were a hit, to say the least).
One of my proudest moments since the inception of Studio 1021 was looking around at the huge crowd that gathered, enjoying art, mesmerized by fire dancing, and chatting with friends and new acquaintances. There were people of all ages and walks of life meeting for a wonderful evening together, and I couldn't be more proud of my community of artists and art-lovers.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart,
Sonia Farrand
Studio 1021
MISSED THE OPENING?? YOU CAN STILL SEE THE ART!!
"This is How We Roll" will be up through June 25th at Studio 1021. We will be OPEN EACH SATURDAY FROM 4-8 P.M. BEGINNING MAY 21ST. Also, we are available to show the gallery at other times by appointment, so come check out the work of these talented artists.
If you would like to see more photos from the event, please go to:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1627375694826.2071220.1549565212&l=f45964c677
Credits . . .
Fire dancing photos and a couple of the cooler gallery photos are by Bianca Lowkeen Design and Photography.
Fire dancers are members of Sirena Serpentina (Chrissy Cox and Shoshanna Husak).
Ceramics by Sonia Farrand.
Film by Razelle Benally.
Other artists: Suzy Swanson, Appleusa, Katy May May Goodson, Anneke Ayers, Diesel Photography Studio, Dingocore, Loriann Hernandez, Jamie Parker of Silly Girl Design, Michelle Estro Jen Steilen, Cara Lawson, Shayna "Pigeon" Meikle, Romy Ilano, Marin Wendoll, and Dawna Bass.
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