Local artists welcome fall with festivities
November 8, 2009
- Kyle J. Brown, a local artist, shows off his unique clothing brand, Kyleidoscope.
Railroad Square Art Park was filled Oct. 11 with community members coming together to celebrate the changing season with the Fall Festival. The festivities ran from 1 to 7 p.m. and included live music, food, open art galleries, activities for kids and local originations out promoting their causes.
Live music was provided by several different groups, including Bedhead Betty, a local Tallahassee band that has a funky blended vibe of folk, rock and rockabilly. Music also included Sauce Boss, whose leader and guitarist Bill Wharton continued his legendary tradition of cooking free gumbo onstage for the audience during the performance.
Other food was available for people to purchase, including Soul Vegetarian food and bake goods sold by Leon High’s Exchangettes, a community service organization for girls. Lauren Dempsey, a member of the Exchangettes, helped run the bake sale booth.
“The money earned will go to help fight breast cancer and other important causes Exchangettes support,” Dempsey said.
Other organizations, including Big Bend 2-1-1, a free crisis hotline, were also present at the event.
Art galleries, including Gallery 621, were open to the general public to walk through. The Milagros art gallery participated in the Fall Festival by providing blank canvases and art supplies for kids.
“It’s been fun being out here with the kids,” said Patrick Lane a Milagros member “It has went really well.”
The Milagros Gallery’s next exhibit will be titled “All Painting- No Painting,” which Lane said will be a collaborative effort. The style is said to resemble a sort of mural where all the members’ art will stem together collectively.
“The walls and floor will be covered in paint with no canvases,” Lane said.
