SAQA Auction and "Art on the Avenue"

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So the Studio Art Quilt Associates have started their on-line auction. The longer the item remains available, the lower the price becomes. So grab a cup of coffee or tea and take a look at what is still available.

Also, I want to tell you that "Art on the Avenue" is taking place Saturday, October 4, rain or shine. This note appeared in my Playgroup in-box this morning. If you live in the DC area, you should consider attending this wonderful event.

    " Art on the Avenue  is an annual event that has been held on the first Saturday of October for many years.  This year it is on October 4th, rain or shine.  it is  a street festival on Mount Vernon Avenue in the Del Ray section of Alexandria, from Hume St. to Bellefonte St., which is about 1/3 of a mile.  Artists of every discipline line both sides of the street, in tents, to sell their works.  Betsy True and Lynda Prioleau (other QU members) will be at the north end of the Avenue, near the Suntrust Bank.  Arlington QU is having a tent also, at the south end of the Avenue, near Bellefonte St.  (This is also the stop where the shuttle bus drops people from the Braddock Rd. Metro stop.)  That is where the hardworking Arlington members will be.  [Please come by and chat!  And it wouldn't hurt if you go through the crowd saying great stuff like "Did you see the quilters' things down that way?"  or "This is beautiful stuff!  I can't believe it is only xxx dollars!"]

     The Avenue is closed to vehicular traffic.  Since it is residential on the side streets, parking is seriously limited.  There is some parking in the George Washington Middle School lot, I think, and the shuttle has a stop there, I think.   Metro is a good bet, also carpooling if possible. 

     There are wonderful food vendors, some of which are the local restaurants that set up quick meals sold from their tents.  There are free performances  going on---like tap dancing and blues or the Irish Breakfast Band.  There are also demonstrations of things.  The festival is free, of course, and a wonderful way to see other art forms:  wood workers and glass fusers and metal workers.  Sure, there are some items that are more "craft" than art, but I am not disparaging any of that.  Handmade is handmade!

     I suspect there is  website for Art on the Avenue, since it draws several thousand people.  I just have not looked it up.  it is crowded and tremendous fun and where else can you get a Superman lunch box turned into a clocK?"