3rd Friday doesn't need to re-invent the Wheel for this month's theme, because there so many amazing wheels in motion right here in Salisbury!
Did you know Salisbury Skate Park is on a roll? The dream is now a reality, and after years of hard work, construction on a free public skate park will begin this summer. Phase One has been completely funded, with local support and grants from Community Parks & Playgrounds division of the MD Dept. of Natural Resources, and the Tony Hawk Foundation. Phase One will be a 6,000 sq ft one of a kind, poured in place, artisan built concrete skate park that will include a bowl and various street and transition elements. Phase Two funding is being raised now, and here is the cool part... Phase Two will be an additional 8,000 sq ft course modeled after the China Banks, a legendary skate boarding hot spot in San Francisco, and we can all be a permanent part, with the Salisbury Skate Park's Buy a Brick Fundraiser. Be sure to stop by and congratulate these guys on their amazing success!
The Salisbury Roller Girls, our very own all female, full contact, flat track roller derby league, will also be out in force. The league consists of two teams, theAll-Stars and the Wicomikazis, and has steadily evolved since its 2010 inception surging to an unstoppable derby force of over thirty athletes. At the end of last season, SRG was granted full WFTDA membership, which means access to even greater challenges this season, which is kicking off now! Home bouts are the third Sunday of every month, and the first bout of the season is May 18th! If you've never checked them out, do it. Its rad and they have tons of sweet merch and exciting concessions.
3rd Friday Featured Artist and Salisbury Roller Girl, Nadine Brittingham aka Snowflake, will be displaying her amazing works of art. Raised on Delmarva, and a graphic designer and illustrator by trade, Nadine takes her artwork in creative directions, and with creative mediums. We're not just talking painting, inks, acrylics, water colors and digital media... were talking Skate Deck Art, Painted Shoes, Poster Design and more. Nadine has her shoulder to the wheel when it comes to pushing the boundaries of creative expression.
Did you know May is National Bike Month? 3rd Friday even marks the last day of Bike To Work Week in Salisbury! There are beautiful trails and enthusiastic groups growing in our town, who all love biking. Be sure to check out groups like Bike-SBY, Pedal Thru the Park, Eastern Shore IMBA and the Orange Route. Bike to 3rd Friday! Just to round things out, 3rd Friday will also some awesome cars on display from the Strictly VW Auto Club, and a Ribbon Cutting at Maya Bella's Pizzeria, 3rd Friday's favorite purveyors of circular food in Downtown Salisbury! Even Salisbury's Rotary Club will be out with membership information!
Ever seen a pottery wheel in action? Well you're in luck, because Amused Studios and the Clay Guild of the Eastern Shore are bringing you CLAY-A-PALOOZA! Not only can you watch pottery wheel masters demonstrating their skills, but you work right with experiences potters, and try your hand at building sculptures. "On the surface molding clay may seem simple, but it's something you just have to experience", says Sarah Halcott of Amused Studios. Previous years' live competitions were a blast, but this year it's more interactive, so stop by and get your hands dirty!
Salisbury University Art Galleries | Downtown Campus is unveiling two new shows that both also feature clay and sculpture. SU and UMES professor Corinne Beardsley took top prize in last year's Art War by creating a 300 pound clay head in a matter of hours; and is now presenting an entire series of
sculptural heads in Head On: New Sculpture by Corinne Beardsley. Each piece, some massive, some not, is apreservation of gestural movements in clay, inspired by human
expression, emotion and play. Some confront viewers with their monolithic scale and mass, while others pull viewers in for a more intimate interaction.
Memories in Clay is a unique exhibition that combines the preservation of African-American history with the impactful application of Art Therapy. Margaret Boozer of Red Dirt Studios worked in collaboration with patients of the Eastern Shore Hospital Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to create the artwork in this exhibition. The clay used to create the artworks comes from "The Hill", a University of Maryland excavation site in Easton, MD, the first, free, longest-continuing African-American neighborhood in the United States. Imagine being an individual in a residential mental health facility - one's decision-making is very limited due to needing to follow a strict regimen. The Art Therapy process allows freedom and creative self-expression; and Art leads to creative thinking, self-discovery, and enriched self-esteem. Their created works will be on display, as an amazing testament, to the unity and healing that art can bring.
Art Institute and Gallery has a large exhibition opening this month, with the 2014 Summer Members Exhibition and a Solo Exhibit by artist James Thatcher, the artists whose re-designed Heron Mural will soon be unveiled Downtown. Local painter and jewelry artisan, Christina Jarmolinski will be showing in the Robinson Gallery, whose works feature bright bold colors, vibrant imagery and often unusual items. The 3D Center Gallery features Shorebirds by David Janni, another collection of works using found and recycled items. Janni creates sculpted shorebirds out of shells and other items with such success his works are often sold before he is even finished.
In Parker Place Building, you can see yet another exhibition, FRAGMENTS: a look into the processes and failures of an artist. Fragments explores process and progress as a vital component to a finished art piece. Through experimentation and failures during the making process, a linear progression can be seen. This vision of cumulative development gives a fuller view of a single piece and how it came into existence. Fragments houses a collection of images and objects which reveal cognitive connections made by each artist. This exhibition is produced by the Salisbury University Gallery Interns and includes all SU student artwork
Government Office Building steps will feature special dance performances throughout the evening. First up at 5:45, Downtown Salisbury dance studioDancenter will present the Dancenter Salisbury Hip Hop Kidz, a large group of students showing off their best moves. Then the Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council and Salisbury's Sister Cities are presenting "Arts - the International language of Love, from Sister to Sister". Did you know Salisbury has sister cities? Salisbury, England, Dalian, China and Tartu, Estonia are each official sister cities with Salisbury, MD and soon Cuenca, Ecuador will join them in this program that that encourages the international exchange of friendship, cultural understanding, economic development and education. Guitar, song and dance will highlight the arts in our current sister cities, and then Salisbury Salsa Social will not only demonstrate the arts of Ecuador, but lead the crowd in a huge group lesson!
The Downtown Bars and Restaurants are also ready for 3rd Friday, with great specials for the dinner crowd, and plenty of entertainment planned for night. Roadie Joe's will have the Legend of Eddie live on the patio from 5:30 - 8:30 and DJ VO late night. Cellar Door Tavern had Ray Holiday at 8, Market Street Inn has DJ B-Side playing all your favorites, and don't miss Brew River's Country Dock Party with the Bo Dickerson Band from 6-10pm, a mechanical bull and DJ Whisper to close out the night.
9 comments:
1st. off...I'm glad the kids will have a skate park, but is the city/county going to be held liable when someone gets hurt? Also, lets hope the kids respect their park & not turn it into a drug infested gang hangout.
It always turns into a party spot. Will they have a half pipe or a quarter pipe? If its a half pipe dont forget some flat in the middle.
Shoot! I though "wheels" meant they were going to have some old cars on display. I thought maybe they were going to feed off of OC's Cruising weekend.
It's great to have a skate park for kids, but has anyone clarified who will monitor it? Is there money for a bathroom (or are the kids going to use the woods behind it)? Is there going to be a fence around it and will it be locked during the night, or is it open 24 hrs a day? It's also unconscionable that the city threw those property owners under a bus that own homes across the street from the park. Those owners will never be able to sell their houses. Their main investment, their homes, worthless. Poor leadership in this town...as usual.
It's a start but with the overcrowded bicycle lanes we should be adding skateboard lanes, too.
Mass transit spending on western shore should be switched to buying everyone in Charm City a deck to ride. Totally green; all that Metro stuff uses electric. Put them on a skateboard and watch their waistlines shrink!
If they feel nature's call they can glide over to Mojo's.
just a bunch of stupid hippy crap
Anonymous said...
just a bunch of stupid hippy crap
May 15, 2014 at 9:55 PM
I agree and they have a fruitloop with a bowl of fruitloops helping her run it.
This is not helping downtown grow at all. What a waste of money.
The arts and entertainment crowd are some strange people.
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