North Village Art Walk to welcome new artworks during First Friday celebration

Columbia Daily Tribune
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The North Village Art Walk is adding pieces to its free art crawl route.

The celebration of the installation will take place during the monthly First Friday event from 6 to 8 p.m. The installations are supported by the Veterans United Foundation, which provided a $231,530 grant for the North Village Art Walk in late 2021.

“The North Village Arts Walk brings to (life) the love our community has for the arts. We are always excited to see what they do next," said Nickie Davis, Downtown Community Improvement District Executive director in a news release.

New art includes the Non-Portrait Panel sculpture by Askia Bilal. A new mural called "Blues Shouters" by Lisa Bartlett at the secret courtyard between Sager Reeves and Artlandish galleries. A special celebration also will take place at Love Columbia, 1209 E. Walnut St., for the installation of "Gymnast" by Larry Youngs.

Live music will be available under the "Art Lives Here!" sign on Walnut Street between Artlandish and Sager Reeves.

Other First Friday celebrations in the downtown and North Village Arts districts include the Cinco De Mayo Celebración happy hour starting at 5:30 p.m. at Rose Music Hall, 1013 Park Ave.; First Friday starting starting 6 p.m. at Serendipity Salon and Gallery, 1020 E. Walnut St., Suite 100; First Friday starting 6 p.m. at Dogmaster Distillery, 210 St. James St., Suite D; First Friday Makers Market starting 6 p.m. at Café Berlin, 220 N. 10th St.; and First Friday starting 6 p.m. at Curations573, 1103 E. Walnut St., Suite 102.

Where to find pieces in the North Village Art Walk

  • Park Avenue's Music Row with pieces by Laura Pintel, John Fennell, Sawyer Wade, Mike Sleadd, Josh Runnels, Asia Long, Wildy Self, Lisa Bartlett, Shannon Webster, Sharyn Hyatt, Luana Fields and Kate Gray;

  • “Art Lives Here!” sign at Sager Reeves and Artlandish galleries;

  • “Gymnast” by Larry Yougns at Love Columbia;

  • The Walnut Patio sculpture by Nathan Pierce;

  • Stairwell mural between Equipmentshare and Artlandish Gallery by Adrienne Luther;

  • Wabash Bus Station patio mural by Shannon Webster;

  • Steampunk Soliders sculpture by Steward Parker near DogMaster Distillery on St. James Street;

  • "Blue Shouters" mural by Lisa Bartlett at the secret courtyard pass-through at Fretboard Coffee, Artlandish and Sager Reeves galleries;

  • Sparky the Dinosaur by Vince Houston at Café Berlin;

  • Tractioner sculpture by Marr Moyer on 10th Street; and

  • Serenity sculpture by Jesse Cargas at Orr Street Studios, 106 Orr St.

This article originally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: North Village Art Walk has new pieces added