{"id":246197,"date":"2013-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/a-grassroots-happening\/"},"modified":"2013-06-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T07:00:00","slug":"a-grassroots-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/a-grassroots-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"A grassroots happening"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artists show & tell at 10th annual Art Around Adams<\/p>\n

Por Cynthia Robertson | Reportero SDUN<\/p>\n

No question about it, Adams Avenue has got the groove going on. The 10th annual Art Around Adams held June 1 was a two-mile-long happening from Normal Heights to Kensington.<\/p>\n

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Adams Avenue sidewalks bustled with people and artists. (Photo by Cynthia Robertson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Unlike at other San Diego street fairs, Art Around Adams organizers did not have to rope off the street. Shopkeepers flung their doors open, coffee shops had singers crooning to small gatherings, and people painted murals on walls. Even the Kensington Library had in on a piece of the action, with Aerial Revolution Circus entertaining on the lawn.<\/p>\n

At Back to Tombuctou, shop owner Claudio DeLucca said Art Around Adams has been very good at bringing people out and about. \u201cWith events like these, Adams Avenue is getting to be a destination point,\u201d DeLucca said.<\/p>\n

The soft voice of a young girl singing emanated from nearby Broke Girls\u2019 Coffee Bar. Co-owner Malakiah Hammers bustled about filling orders for iced coffees. \u201cThe turnout has been great,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

On the patio outside, Roxy King played the guitar and sang Jewel\u2019s \u201cYou Were Meant for Me.\u201d When King finished the song, the folks on the patio put down their iced coffees to applaud. Passersby on the sidewalk who had stopped to listen, joined.<\/p>\n

Across the street, a crowd gathered to watch mural artists spray paint on the side of Mega Dollar. Ten-year-old Alex Quinones bent down to paint a small area, with his dog Mickey at his side.<\/p>\n

\u201c[It\u2019s the] first time I tried this. It\u2019s pretty neat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Chris Dyer, a skateboard artist from Canada, smiled at Quinones. \u201cHe\u2019d been watching me work, and I wanted to give him a chance to try it,\u201d Dyer said, who has a show of his skateboard art at ArtLab Studios. VISUAL\/Visual Art Supply, who arranged a majority of the artists for the event, sponsored the wall at Mega Dollar for Dyer and other neighborhood artists for the mural art.<\/p>\n

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Alex Quinones takes a turn. (Photo by Cynthia Robertson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI have to tip my hat to the local skateboard community of San Diego,\u201d Dyer said. \u201cIt\u2019s been so friendly to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The grassroots art scene of Adams Avenue is a boon to local artists, too, such as Steve Hilferty, who had his work for sale on the sidewalk. \u201cI took classes at the Academy of Art from Andrea Rushing,\u201d Hilferty said. \u201cNow I get to be here today because, in a sense, this is like an art show.\u201d<\/p>\n

The artists on Adams Avenue depict the heart of the neighborhoods surrounding it. In a parking lot, where fencing and wrestling demos were taking place, Christine Eco sat on the ground under a small three-sided enclosure. \u201cTell Me a Story,\u201d read a sign tacked up on one side.<\/p>\n

Cathrow Zishka sat cross-legged watching Eco work. \u201cShe\u2019s drawing the story of my special friend and how we met,\u201d Zishka said.<\/p>\n

Eco drew in some balloons, a pair of ballet slippers and a bottle of champagne. Zishka said the drawing was a perfect birthday gift for her friend. \u201cIt\u2019s unique. She\u2019s doing a great job,\u201d she said about Eco.<\/p>\n

The Tell Me A Story booth was something that Eco had dreamed up after being offered a space from a friend. \u201cThis is an experiment to see how well I could do. I\u2019m amazed at the response,\u201d Eco said.<\/p>\n

Brenna Gebauer, who lives on Adams Avenue, summed up the experience: \u201cWhere else can you find a neighborhood with a culture like this? Where else can you find fencing, wrestling, art galleries and someone to draw and tell your story all within a 30-second radius?\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: this version varies slightly from the printed story. VISUAL\/Visual Art Supply was integral in arranging several artists at Arts Around Adams and sponsored the mural at Mega Dollar.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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