Paula Baxter’s Blog
Before the Fair: Scottsdale Art Walk
The week before the Heard Museum Guild Fair and Indian Market sees a slow, inexorable stream of collectors, enthusiasts, and tourists (some of the latter are here for Spring Training) to Phoenix and environs. This means that on the Thursday before the Fair, the weekly Art Walk in Scottsdale becomes the place for Southwestern arts mavens to congregate. As the sun goes down, festive lights break out on Scottsdale’s Main Street and its galleries open up for receptions, special events, and artists, artists, artists. Music spills out over the street, and throngs of people make a slow, determined bee line from one gallery to another. Antique arts can be seen at Turkey Mountain Traders and, around the corner on Goldwater Boulevard, John C. Hill Antique Indian Arts. Hill is particularly known for having some of finest older katsina carvings available outside a museum. Vintage works are on view at the Old Territorial Shop. Contemporary arts are the main feature at River Trading Post, Faust Gallery, and Waddell Trading.
River Trading Post during Scottsdale Artwalk.
We’ll be there as well, amongst all the crowds. Photography for the book I’m working on needs to be done, but we will be visiting our contributors earlier in the week before the press of customers begins. A number of artists whose works will be photographed for the book need to be sought out and consulted at the Heard Guild Fair, too. As a result, we’ll be on hiatus for the first week of March. On our return, we’ll have much to report about the Indian arts events of Arizona. Maybe you should come out there, too?
Follow the signs to Artwalk!
Tags: Faust Gallery, John C. Hill, Old Territorial Shop, River Trading Post, Scottsdale Artwalk, Waddell Gallery