4th Annual Hammond Art Walk 6/13/15

The 4th annual Hammond Art Walk has become quite the thing. This year the walk included:

Hammond Arts Center

Felix Maldonado of Flex Studio

Hammond Public Library

It's Just Serendipity

Towle Theater

Hammond Innovation Center

The Blue Room Cafe

Mark Anderson Studios

SideCar

Substation 9

American Printing

Paul Henry's Art Gallery

The HUB of Innovation

For me, parking behind Paul Henry's Art Gallery and the Towle Theater works for starters (above photo). You are able to walk to both of them, and the Hammond Innovation Center, Substation 9, The Blue Room Cafe, Mark Anderson Studios, and American Printing. Then you can drive or bicycle to the others.

Christi and I made it to more than I have photos to show. You can stop in at these locations anytime during the year to see art. Go Online to check their hours, or shows/openings. Tell them Wes & Christi sent you!

The first set of photos were also our first stop, the Hammond Arts Center.

The next set of photos were taken at the Towle Theater, where our artist friend Dawn Arnold Diamantopoulos had her art on display. I first met Dawn at Substation 9 during the 2012 Art Tour (1st art walk).

The next set of photos are of Paul Henry's Art Gallery, where my photography re-started the end of December, 2011.

Hammond Innovation Center

Substation 9

The Blue Room Cafe

Elevator Up and Down to Mark Anderson Studios

(no studio shots were taken)

American Printing

Our ride back home, via Dairy Bell . . . my first time there!  Enjoyed the ice cream cone, and being able to pay what was on the sign (no extra money for tax).

For previous art walks click on the year: 2012, (no blog for 2013), 2014.

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Downtown Hammond Art Tour 5/29/12

NOTE: The 2nd Annual Hammond Art Tour is Saturday, June 8th, 2013. For a link to the attractions, click here.

Today (Saturday the 19th) downtown Hammond had an art tour.  Not just any old art tour.  This was a Self tour to eight, count them 8, different locations around downtown.  Each different, each very interesting, and each very gracious hosts.

First on my list was Side Car.  Here are a couple photos . . .

Then to the Hammond Public Library where I met, for the first time, Peter Anton who had his paintings on show for us . . .

Having never been to the Hammond Public Library before, I was very impressed.  I had to take this photo from the second floor.

And a photo of Peter, who was very enjoyable to talk to . . .

Next stop was Substation No. 9. I had heard about it, never knew where it was, what it was, and low and behold, it was in my back yard sort of speaking. It is adjacent to the parking lot for Paul Henry's and the Towle Theater. At Substation No. 9 Dawn Arnold Diamantopoulos had her work on display.

I had a huge deja vu there. Moving to one corner, reading the print as I went along, the two in the corner gave me a flash back of doing this once before.  The image and feeling was so clear.  This next photo was not that corner, but another.

And a shot of outside the building, because I think this place is soooo cool . . . (would like my stuff on display there some time).

A short walk across the parking lot to Paul Henry's Art Gallery.  I have taken A Lot of photos there before, so I encourage you to check out the column on the right to find them.  Below is a picture of David Mueller, owner of the gallery (with coffee cup in hand).

Next stop, the Towle Theater, where I believe the most talented artist I know had her photography on display.  If there is anyone to keep an eye on, to enjoy seeing talent, it is Haley . . .

Then off to the Blue Room Cafe where John Brudek had a showing of his photography too . . .

Well, okay, at least his daughters were there, and hiding from the camera (at least I do not think it was me).

Now off to the Hammond Arts Center, and as I leave the Blue Room Cafe, a photo outside . . .

The Hammond Art Center is a pretty cool place too.  Wiley E. Dummich had his art on display there, and they had live music, which was very good.  The inside was wonderfully simple, pleasing to the eye, a second home.  I will need to come back here again.  Perhaps a showing of my own???????

And lastly, the Merge Building, which had a lot of art, however I chose to limit the photography.

If you missed out, plan on next year!

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