Art Walk or Third Thursday Gallery and Art Walk was started by galleries in the downtown entertainment district area, not the 10th to 12th Street boundary for MPD and its monitor of clubs, but the whole of downtown, where there are a number of sites, old and new. This was a private business initiative, get art patrons down, meet the artists, the frame and matte resources, the gallery owners, that caught on with Mistlin, then with restaurants and shops supporting local artists, musicians, local designers without any real City or agency support. State Theatre signed on last year, and this is a long running now, six years since Anderson Gallery and Frame Shop and Chartreuse Muse got this going, all ages, and truly entertaining, free to view and shop, arts and cultural event, with artists pariticipation. Its part of what Chris means, as like music, its gaining regional notice as friends from other areas drop in from foothills, Stockton, elsewhere on Modesto Arts Scene, sample the music too, the eateries, all of which survive in a revitalized area, going through tough economic times as the rest of the county.
Posted by: Jim Christiansen
