Hops Art

I went to Hops Art this evening. It is a lovely event sponsored by Art Saint Louis and geared towards promoting local artists. The theme is a more informal version of the Grape Arts wine tasting event, except that those attending can sample different beers and ales. Not really my thing, but then again neither is the wine. I do enjoy the social scene, though.

Anyway, participating artists each bring a piece for display and offer it for sale. These works do not have to be donated and are sold on commission, like everything else in the gallery. So this is a more artist-friendly event than many, since some of the auctions can be more questionable, as I've mentioned before.

In addition to the piece for display, each artist can submit five digital images to be featured in a slide show. It was interesting to see all of the different media, techniques and focuses. So many explorations and ideas. And artists can use the event for networking and to talk to other artists, gallery owners and patrons.

So all in all, it was a lovely event and I hope that I can make it in the future. I participated last year by showing images of my work, but unfortunately I couldn't attend. I had shown some of my institutional critique works last year, so that I could exhibit my declination letter for the event, as seen to the left.