Farrington Smith Gallery

We didn’t know Helen Hill, but she was our neighbor and an artist, and by all accounts, a good and kind person. We are so sorry for her loss to her loved ones and to our city.

A website has been set up in her memory.

We will be participating in the Stop the Violence March on City Hall tomorrow.

- Amy

We are so pleased with how the night went. We want to thank everyone who came out…but especially the Wah Wah Ponies for their great live music, Madeleine for taking pictures of the event, and Noel and Gina Wright for letting us show the commisioned piece that Adam had just completed and brought over to their house only a few weeks ago. Also, of course, all the artists who participated!

Here are some folks in front of Gina Phillip’s drawings and Skylar Fein’s Presidential Silhouettes. If you missed the reception, don’t forget we’re open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. ’til 5 p.m.

-Amy

ETA: How could I forget Skylar for designing the postcard for the event? Thank you!

I suppose he’s our mascot.

Here he is in front of the desk that Adam and Scott made. So, Bywater Art Market was fun…we’ll do it again before the holidays, but not sure when. I’ll definately post sooner about it the next time we participate.

We may host the next New Orleans Geek Dinner, wherein bloggers and other computer-types mingle and pot-luck-it…I need to contact Alan G. to see what’s up with that. I’ve been a little shy, honestly, about mixing with other local bloggers because ours is about art and theirs tend to be more current-events oriented, but I’m gonna go ahead and jump in.

Adam has some pieces including Steamboat Sally and On The Delta in a group show opening in Brooklyn soon. It’s called Surge: New Orleans On High Ground, and is at the Brooklyn Lyceum in cooperation with New Orleans’ 3 Ring Circus Productions. Hope people up there enjoy getting a little NOLA flava.

Lastly, Adam is curating a group show to open in conjunction with Art for Art’s Sake on October 7. Our festivities will be during the day, when Adam also participates in the Marigny and Bywater Open Studio event. It just so happens that our mammas will be visiting together then, as well, so it’ll be a very busy and fun weekend for us! More information about the first Farrington Smith Gallery group show to come!

-Amy

Adam and I both love the bits of history you find in and on buildings when you’re lucky. I never noticed this baseball guy on our door frame until it was time to change things.

I’m sorry for the poor photo quality, but he’s gone now and I can’t retake it. Adam and Scott are downstairs painting and installing different doors as I type, and the gallery should be reopened in our new location within a few weeks.

I’m sad to see the baseball man go, but isn’t a fresh coat of paint just like a miracle sometimes?

-Amy

No longer in the French Quarter, the Farrington Smith Gallery is now at 2514 St. Claude Avenue. The move brings the retail part of our operation closer to the creative part of the process, because Adam’s studio is behind the storefront of the new location.

Adam and I live above the gallery and Scott lives in Treme. All of us love this part of town the way it is, but we also hope that more and more interesting businesses start populating it over here…not that we don’t appreciate furniture stores, of course! So in that sense, we hope we are part of an early wave of something bigger.

Opening the French Quarter space back in November was a spontaneous decision born out of frustration, pent-up energy and love for the city. We had been back for over a month but still had no electricity, so Adam couldn’t make art or otherwise work. People were filtering their way back and businesses were reopening here and there, but there was so much devestation all around.

Doing something positive seemed like the thing to do. By opening the gallery, we all felt as if we were digging in our heels and creating a bright spot. We wanted to bring a jolt of vitality to the city we love and to our own day-to-day lives. Now that the city is on it’s way back, we have an opportunity to get a little more specific and focus on the part of the city that we happen to love the best.

The move also simplifies our lives, both in the obvious, financial way, but also how we get to direct our energies. We will miss being right there on Royal Street, hanging out and seeing who happens by. But we all can’t wait to get going on some new ideas that have been simmering on the back burner due to lack of time.

We will be open on Saturdays from 10-5 and will be available for appointments as well. Just give us a call for that.

-Amy