Promoting local art is the most important thing to La Jolla gallery owner Barbara Freeman.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a small village and we are a very sweet little group,\u201d said Freeman, 72, of BFree Studio at 7857 Girard Ave., about the Jewel\u2019s burgeoning art studio community. \u201cWe are all getting to know each other. It\u2019s not like we\u2019re competitors. We all sell different things.\u201d<\/p>\n
But, added Freeman, \u201cWe (studios) need to update our image to be very current.\u201d<\/p>\n
Toward that end, Freeman has led the way at her 2,500-square-foot gallery. \u201cI had street taggers come in and have kind of a hip-hop show,\u201d she said pointing out, \u201cWe need to continue bringing new kinds of fun and interactive art to the community: It\u2019s best we do it together.\u201d<\/p>\n
La Jolla\u2019s 21st-century art community hearkens back to the beach community\u2019s early 19th century days when Anna Held created the Green Dragon Colony in 1894 after moving there with her sizable doll collection. La Jolla then became an artist\u2019s mecca and has remained so since.<\/p>\n
Retired from the venture capital world, Freeman began her art gallery to showcase her lifelong home art collection. \u201cI realized the art in my house was really a friend to me,\u201d she said. \u201cI live with them, love them, enjoy them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The artist and gallery owner talked about her niche. \u201cI find local or emerging artists and feature them in a prime gallery in a beautiful way,\u201d she said. \u201cI want people to come in and enjoy themselves \u2013 whether they buy anything or not.\u201d<\/p>\n
The experience at BFree Studio at 7857 Girard Ave. is always entertaining.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had laser shows in the gallery,\u201d noted Freeman. \u201cIt\u2019s like having a party or celebration in your own home. We have beautiful receptions with catering. I like to help artists by giving them a voice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freeman hosts watercolor painting, and other classes, weekly in her art gallery. \u201cMy personal favorite is the artist\u2019s talks, where they actually come in with their work and slideshows and talk about what their products are,\u201d she said. \u201cThe other thing we do is a guest speaker series, which we have ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve worked hard to get here,\u201d noted Freeman of being an art gallery owner who believes art should be for everyone. \u201cWe have families come in with little kids,\u201d she said. \u201cI have a little kid\u2019s art room for them and their parents come in, sit down and relax. I just love the community feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freeman is also proud of the impact she has had on emerging artists who\u2019ve exhibited in her gallery. \u201cI have three women close to age 70 who have been taking painting classes for 40 years, but don\u2019t call themselves artists,\u201d she noted. \u201cOne of them now has had her own show. Painting full-time changes their minds about who they are and what they can contribute.\u201d<\/p>\n
Concluded Freeman of her La Jolla art gallery experience: \u201cIt has been joyful from beginning to end.\u201d<\/p>\n
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