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April 2012 ArtWalk in Pictures
Good Friday ArtWalk proved to be just as big a draw for folks even although it was a holiday. The Downtown District was alive with artists, musicians, performers, and ArtWalkers on a beautiful April evening.
In La Retama Park the regular band, “Get Off The Lawn”, performed one last time for the pleasure of ArtWalkers and vendors. They have played every ArtWalk for a year now and we appreciate their efforts.
Keep checking this website for details of future performers on the stage at La Retama Park. In the meantime here’s a bunch of photographs from the April ArtWalk showing some of the exciting things going on Downtown and the huge numbers of folks now attending this monthly event.
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ArtWalk – March 2012
March 2nd saw another busy and successful ArtWalk starting in La Retama Park at 5:30pm with a ribbon cutting to mark the installation of a concrete stage area. This new facility relocates the band to the top of the park thus allowing them to play to the whole park whilst also allowing us to expand the number of vendors on site.
Immediately following the ribbon cutting there was a “big check” presentation to The Festival of the 
Arts from the Downtown Management District who are pleased to be a major sponsor of this exciting event for yet another year. The amount of their sponsorship is $5,000 in cash and in-kind contributions. Festival of the Arts and the Downtown Management District continue to collaborate on the monthly Public Art Tram Tours which are held every ArtWalk morning at 9:30 & 11am. Call 361-883-ARTS for more details or to book your seat on one of the tours.
In addition to the aforementioned special events the usual mix of fun, food, and entertainment was going on Downtown throughout the evening and the roundup video, available on YouTube, gives a flavor of the variety of performances, art and music available for free on ArtWalk night.
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March 2nd, 2012 ArtWalk
It’s time to start planning your Friday evening!
Come on Downtown to ArtWalk and experience the Friday night event of the monthly Corpus Christi First initiative. There is lots to do for all the family, bring the dog too. (but remember to pick up after Fido please). Highlights of the evening activities can be found in our monthly newsletter, available on this site HERE, and you can sign up to receive your very own copy once a month by entering your email address into the box at top right of this website.
Hope to see you at one or all of our exciting Corpus Christi First Weekend Events.
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A Vision of the Future?
There’s a new transport in town!. It has an ArtWalk sticker on it but no, we have not bought it. Keep watching this website over the next couple of months for updates on how, when, and by whom this vehicle will be used!
February 2012 Roundup
Quite a change from the ice storm of February 2011; ArtWalk got the best of the Corpus Christi First weekend weather and had another excellent turnout in the order of 5,000 people in the Downtown area during the course of the event. Many more family groups seem to be enjoying the monthly ArtWalk and with this in mind we will be expanding the Kids Art in the Park activities in the near future. Keep checking in to this website for an update on this subject and many more.
We have been lacking a food vendor in recent months and this was resolved for the February ArtWalk by the addition of Callie’s Cajun to our list of vendors in the park. Callie reported a brisk trade throughout the night and has agreed to come back on a regular basis so come get your fix of Cajun food every ArtWalk at la Retama Park. The other vendors in the park also reported a good crowd with folks buying as well as just looking.
Music featured heavily in the February event. As well as regulars HOBO riding “The HOBO Express” (DTown Tram) and “Get Off The Lawn” bluegrass band in La Retama Park we also featured Joe Green playing saxophone on stage in the Ritz Theatre, Brad Brown and Sam Glynn played WaterStreet Market, Adrian Taylor entertained at KSpace Contemporary, David Martinez was at The Art Center, Steven Hansen at the Home of Festival of the Arts, and Barbara & David Brown played in Hester’s at The Art Museum. In addition to all of these fine musicians there were many impromptu performances going on all over Downtown on the sidewalks outside various venues.
You can see a video roundup of the entire Corpus Christi First weekend by visiting the ArtWalk YouTube Channel
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ArtWalk – January 2012
Tim Heuston, Mayor Joe Adame, & City Manager Ron Olson at ArtWalk on January 6th
The First ArtWalk of the new year took place on Friday January 6th and, once again, drew an estimated 5,000+ people to the Downtown area to enjoy an evening of free, fun, family entertainment. There have been reports of folks having to park on Shoreline and walk down to the ArtWalk venues; far from being a negative comment I see that as really, really positive as it indicates that lots of folks are turning out to appreciate the efforts of local artists, businesses, musicians, and visiting vendors.
Please note that LAZ Parking offers a special “Corpus Christi First” rate of $2 on ArtWalk night (after 5:30pm) and $2 all day Saturday on the first weekend (Corpus Christi First / Marina Market Days) at their Water Street / Schatzell Street lot. There is also ample on street parking on Water Street, Mesquite Street, Lower Broadway, and Shoreline. If you can’t park close to the Central Downtown area consider parking to the North at the Art Museum of South Texas, The Science and History Museum, The Texas State Museum of Asian Cultures or to the South along Water Street at the old Coliseum parking lot or on the Peoples Street T-Head and catching the free RTA #79 ArtWalk Express which will drop you at various ArtWalk locations.
Here is a slideshow from the January event:
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January 6th, First ArtWalk of the New Year – Yay!
Happy New Year everybody. Hope you all had a good time over the holiday period and are ready for your New Year fix of ArtWalk!
This is our first working day after the break and I have been trying to get around as many venues as possible to find out what they will have to offer ArtWalkers on Friday. At this time I still do not have all the information I need to produce the monthly newsletter so please be patient and I’ll try to get it out tomorrow or Thursday at the latest. In the mean time, just so you know we are going ahead as usual, here are a few pieces of information to whet your appetite:
Bands on ArtWalk include the ubiquitous “HOBO” on the tram, the marvelous “Get off the Lawn” in La Retama Park (they will be on the lawn too), Adrian Taylor at The Art Center, Brad Brown and Sam Glynn at WaterStreet Market, Joe Green at K Space Contemporary, and Barbara & David Brown at The Home of Festival of the Arts. Of course there will be many other bands on the sidewalks and at various other venues throughout Downtown on ArtWalk night.
To correct a newsletter sent out by another organization and for the avoidance of doubt please note that The Art Museum of South Texas and The Corpus Christi Film Society are collaborating to show the musical sensation “Moulin Rouge” in the Museums’ auditorium starting at 7pm. (Not outside on the Seelena auditorium wall)
RTA Route#79 will, as usual, at 5:30pm magically transform into The ArtWalk Express which provides a FREE 30 minute service to the outer reaches of ArtWalk. Connecting the Central Downtown area to all points North (as far as The Art Museum) and South (Tango Tea Room and, new for January, Crossfit 361 new premises at 401 N Water, entrance located on Broadway as well as stopping at The Art Center on Shoreline and Harrisons Landing on the Peoples Street T-Head.
See you all Friday at 5:30pm in La Retama Park for the start of this great new year of ArtWalks. And watch out for the full newsletter speeding to your email inbox just as soon as I can gather all the relevant information!
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