The Moscow Artwalk kicked off the autumn season for all local artists to present their creative talents. This year is the 20th annual Artwalk that took place on Thursday, October 19. Twelve local businesses around Moscow from 4 to 8 p.m. were open for anyone to come in and look at local artists’ works of art.
A total of 21 different artists participated, each artist hosting a location. A variety of all kinds of artists participated in visual art and performing arts. For some locations like Third Street Gallery, up to two or three artists were held at one location. Upstairs resembled walking into a tiny art museum.
Every location had the artist’s information and a section displayed primarily for their art. Locations like Moscow Co-op and RE/MAX had artists who were present with the displays to sell their pieces. Some buildings even provided free snacks, drinks, and sweets provided by local culinary artists.
The artist who goes by her initials BKS had her art presented in the Moscow Co-Op. Her work included jewelry making and gilding. All her artwork was organic and recycled. The paint was homemade, made with natural ingredients from chicken bones to herbs straight from the Co-op.
BKS process includes a lot of recycling, primarily in her jewelry making. “If I build a piece and I ruin it, I save it, then I can eventually select the piece that I want and put it in the jewelry as well” BKS explained, “So unlike the ver linear pieces, I can do something that has no rhyme or reason.”
After some hard times during quarantine, one artist Polly Walker had found a new light in her life through her paintings. Located at Allegra Print and Imaging, her display included many pieces all replicating the visual of stained glass.
Other than painters and gilders, there was also a touch of music. William Fountaine brought a musical encounter to Moscow Contemporary, and people could listen as they looked at the gallery of people’s organic beauty in a photograph by Marcus Jackson
This was just the first of many similar events to come for people to experience Moscow’s artistic side. From now until June there will be many more opportunities for artists to express their expressions, giving a little color to the streets downtown.
Sophia Newell can be reached at [email protected]