1st Thursday ArtWalk - San Pedro, the Edge of LA - February 2, 2012
1st Thursday Artwalk February 2, 2012 Flyer & Map
Art Galleries & Studios dot the old Downtown San Pedro area. Attend an artist opening reception or watch artists at work.
Restaurants: You're in for a real treat visiting San Pedro's restaurants. The cuisine ranges from English to Mexican, Mediterranean to Italian, Japanese to California Cuisine, Hungarian, Thai and others.
Live Music For February:
Shops: This month promises more suprises to come in the unique downtown stores and shops. Downtown San Pedro is the perfect place to shop for unique gifts for family and friends.
Take a walk down memory lane visiting antique shops or have an author sign their new book at Williams' Book Store at 443 W. 6th Street..
Gourmet Food Trucks
SPECIAL FEATURE! Gourmet Food Trucks. This 1st Thursday, 12 Mobile Food Vendors greet you through out the Downtown. This month, the Food Trucks are located on 6th, 7th and Mesa Streets! Several new Trucks will be Downtown along with some of your favorites from previous 1st Thursdays. Be sure and visit our 1st Thursday Food Truck Location Interactive Map. The Map is updated every month. Click here. A simple click on the truck's name will show on a map the trucks location and address. A link to the food truck's website is shown at the same time.
Artwalk Tour
The February 2, 2012, Artwalk Tour will feature a variety of artist styles and media, representing the diversity of the art scene in San Pedro. Each month a different itinerary is planned to provide the visitor with the opportunity to experience a wide range of visual treats. The free one hour tour will meet in the Chamber of Commerce Lobby, 7th & Mesa, at 6:30.
Gallery Neuartig will be presenting Matthew Thomas' new exhibition "Pattern of Freedom," a selection of drawings and prints he created in the early 90's that have never been shown before. The works vibrate with energy and feeling. A synthesizer, Thomas brings together themes from science, mathematics and religion in his works.
Gallery LS presents drawings by Hoy-Min Gweon, a sculptor from South Korean. Gweon will travel from South Korea to be present for the opening of her exhibition. Gweon¹s says of herself "her consciousness is filled with things so untamed, illogical, even chaotic, at the same time, something we call ‘will’ arises and creates order." The drawings are two-dimensional visual narratives of these 'Living Things' crawling in her head, loaded with historic background of the primitives. Compared with sculpture, drawings allow her to instantly express and represent emotional images that come to her mind unexpectedly. This is why, as a sculptor, she loves to draw as well.
LarkGallery returns to the Loft with "New Beginnings", a group show including 12 artists, each showing new art in which a first step in technique or style led to new personal discoveries. In addition to the beautiful art by award winning artists, Pashyo, Sel Sarkin and the SangomaBeat drummers and dancers will present "Magical Drum Songs" set to piano, vocal and djembe drum.
Each month the Artwalk tour starts at 6:30, meeting at the San Pedro Chamber of Commerce, 390 W. 7th Street, and follows a different itinerary. To receive monthly tour information by email, contact FirstthursdaySPtour@gmail.com. Following the approximately one hour tour, visitors are encouraged to visit other galleries, shop, eat and enjoy the music and ambiance that fill the streets on First Thursday.
Please download and print the 1st Thursday Artwalk February 2, 2012 Flyer & Map to use as your guide. (Adobe Acrobat PDF File 442KB)
Visit the 1st Thursday Facebook Page
Reminder: 1st Thursday Parking on Streets and in Municipal Lot is Free After 6pm, No Matter What the Signs Say. No Kidding!
