Gratitude down by the Mill River in Northampton

The collection of gratitude flags down by the Mill River in Northampton got more, colorful cloths added to it. I shared this before, because I found it so cool, and here it is again!

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Stone Piles by the Mill River in Northampton

Art by Chris Gentes

Chris Gentes is artist in Northampton who I made friends with at a house show a few years ago, and I have been keeping an eye on his work and bumping into him in town every once in a while. Here are a few images from a past show that was at Salon 241. They are from spots around Northampton.

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Paintings at Sean Greene's Studio

On friday, september 27, 2013, I went to the first "Florence Night Out" which is an open studio/promote your business thing, and I saw a bunch of interesting art, including the studio of Sean Greene, whose work I have show on here before. He's a really good painter, and I had a nice visit. Here's a few shots of the studio.

Kinetic Solar Panel Art on the Forbes Library Lawn.

The artist standing by his creation.

I walked up to the library yesterday, and I saw this guy tinkering with this on the lawn, so I went up and asked him what it was. He explained that it was kinetic art, designed to give you an immediate feeling about the energy gathered from the sun, since that is the only thing which powers the motor which turns the stuff inside. It is more immediate than static solar panels.


Another angle, and a close-up of the motor on the inside.

Gratitude

Walking down by the Mill river a month or two ago, I saw this display of flags. There was a container with instructions to write something about what you are thankful for or wish for on a piece of cloth and add it to the display, but they were out of cloth, so I just read the other ones. It was peaceful and interesting. The flags were put up by some people called The Keepers, and I liked that.