Last Saturday, we decided to hit up the Frogtown Artwalk, a small rambling stroll separated by only a few blocks and completely actually walkable! It clearly seems like the kind of event that will grow and grow in size and reputation as more dreaded-not-dreaded neighborhood gentrification occurs. If you don’t know, a burgeoning artist community has taken up residence in little pockets back behind Chavez Ravine. Right now it seems like this area’s general strength is photography (which I wasn’t really allowed to photograph in certain galleries).

One gallery had a huge swing-a-ma-gig set up in its courtyard that would catapult a rider up into the sky, flipping them upside down as well.

There she goes.

This giant boat was taking people around from gallery area to gallery area. I think. You can never tell with giant street boats.

A set of galleries was in this complex. It almost felt like some kind of school building, or even a small airplane hangar. The BF and I agreed there was something even more charming about these studios over the large spacious ones in the Brewery. This space was one of the few to be exhibiting oil paintings. Also they had free beer. I remember these things.

Here’s the set-up…

And the punchline!

This same gallery exhibiting the horse also had an area where you could leave your own graffiti.

A band was playing at some point but clearly we missed it.

It’s a pretty small art walk for now but it was well attended. Lots of hipsters and art fiends wandering the dark and narrow streets of Frogtown, puzzling the natives and upsetting all the neighborhood guard dogs.

See What Else You Missed – Frogtown Art Walk 2007