SIMON SAYS COLLABORATE >>>
In a town full of coffee shops, rainy days and open minds, it's fair to say everyone in Olympia has an "inner artist" - each person has a story to tell through a stroke of a brush, a curve of a line or the ramblings of a doodle.
This town full of artists is precisely why the twice-annual celebration, Arts Walk, is in its 21st year and going strong. Friday and Saturday in downtown Olympia, more than 130 businesses, artists and performers (including the finale, the Procession of the Species parade) will participate in the festivities. It's a contagious collaboration of creativity, a spreading seed of self-expression, an infectious institute of inspiration.
And Evergreen State College alumni, Simon Calcavecchia, caught the visionary virus. He put together a series of canvases he simply calls "Community Art," a collection of nine pieces that were created by random members of the community.
The project took nearly five months to complete, with about 40 hours per canvas and more than 1500 participants.
To read Nikki Talotta's full article click here.