First Friday October Art Walk
Venue: Downtown Blacksburg, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Downtown Blacksburg Inc.
Date: Friday, October 6, 2017
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free

Description:
Downtown Blacksburg, Inc. presents the First Friday Art Walk for October on Friday, October 6, 2017 from 5:00-7:00 pm at multiple locations in downtown Blacksburg, VA.

Kick off a fun fall weekend in Downtown Blacksburg and enjoy our Art Walk & Scavenger Hunt. Galleries around Downtown Blacksburg will be open from 5:00 - 7:00 pm featuring a variety of local and regional artists. The Art Walk includes a Scavenger Hunt with the chance to win beautiful framed and matted prints of downtown Blacksburg scenes by local artist Carol Hoge.

Collect Scavenger Hunt forms from any participating gallery. Completed forms must be returned to Community Arts Information Office by 7:45 pm. Winners will be chosen by a random drawing of forms with correct answers.

Galleries participating include:
• The Artful Lawyer
• Art Pannonia
• Community Arts Information Office
• Glade Church Gallery
• Matrix Gallery
• Main Street Inn
• Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea
• Mish Mish
• Perspective Gallery
• P. Buckley Moss Gallery

Art Walk artists represent a variety of styles, mediums, and themes. In the community Arts Information Office will feature local Blacksburg Regional Arts Association President, Gerri Young, will present an eclectic mix of subjects rendered in watercolor or acrylic, on paper, canvas or wood panels. Matrix Gallery will have a Meet the Artist Reception for their very special guest, Blacksburg potter David Crane. The Artful Lawyer Gallery will feature “The NRV Through an Artist's Eye Exhibit”, a visual tour of the New River Valley as seen through the eyes of 52 local artists!

The Art Walk is free and open to all.

Rain or shine, this will be a fun artsy event for all ages, with a little something for everyone!

For more information, visit: http://downtownblacksburg.com/art-walks-blacksburg.aspx or https://www.facebook.com/events/1164589267006701/ or call 540-951-0454.

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