Art Hop

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Last Saturday’s Alberta Art Hop gave neighbors an excuse to get outdoors and take to the streets, literally.  Alberta Street was entirely closed to cars for several blocks, allowing artists of various mediums to set up just off the curb.  The purpose of this event was to promote the Alberta Art District’s distinct cultural identity through art and educational activities.  We sat in our office with the garage door up and watched pedestrians, cyclists, unicyclists, tricyclists, and skaters cruise by on the smooth, newly paved road.  Several even slowed down to peer inside our new office, or came through to see the art!  We even had a parade float on by in the hot summer sun, bringing with it a theater troupe, tiny eco-cars, kids, dogs, a band, and the Rose City Vaudeville  with their work-in-progress vintage double-decker English bus!  Candy was not throw gaily to the crowd (I was disappointed) but people were happy to have the freedom to roam with skirts flowing and shoulders bare.