VIA COLORI

VIA COLORI - FREDERICKSBURG

Saturday and Sunday, September 25 & 26, 2010

Downtown - Sophia St & Charlotte St

10am-5pm

Via Colori is finally here! It is basically a street art festival taking place downtown, following the style of the centuries old tradition that takes in Italy (I am guessing, haha). There will be live music, entertainers, food vendors, shopping booths, ART, and much more! Gabriel Pons is our area's featured artist, and will be recreating the image above on the streets of our city.

My 4 foot square will be located halfway down Charlotte St between Caroline and Sophia, in Via Area 2. Square 2D to be exact. I (hopefully!) be recreating Leonardo da Vinci's famous work 'Virgin at the Rocks', with a few changes of my own of course. ;P

 

I will be downtown Saturday 9:30am till 2pm, and Sunday 9:30am till whenever the heck I finish this monster. I am a little nervous about the festival, but I know it will be a lot of fun. The reception was tonight, and I was surprised at how small the stack of papers for the artists was. I figured I would just be lost in a sea of better talent than mine, but maybe not after all...

More than anything I am worried about the completion of the piece. It's fairly detailed, and I honestly have no clue if it will work out. Unfortunately, if it doesn't, I can't just say "I hate this!", ruin it, and start over. Hundreds of people will be watching every little mistake. I REALLY hope it goes well!

I saw only briefly saw Gabriel Pons today, but I read an online interview with him recently. He was talking about he was apprehensive for the exact same reasons I am. Today he told me that he was also worried that his piece might be too complicated as well. It's actually kind of reassuring that little ol' me that no one knows exists will be up all night thinking about the same exact things that the famous local artist Gabe Pons is. Everything always works out though, so I know everything will be fine for both of us.

I decided to go out and practice once more tonight, to try and calm my nerves. My last practice was about 30 minutes just before nightfall on my front porch using soft pastels. Tonight was similar, except on the back stoop and with hard pastels. After a while I was just drawing in the dark so I had to call it quits. Not to mention the mosquitos were driving me mad!

Please please PLEASE stop by the festival this weekend! I know it will be crazy amazing and tons of fun. Hope to see you all there! :)