Friday, January 15, 2010

Art and the Meaning of Life

Dear Friends:

Well, the 5 million hours spent hanging the work of eight splendid artists for our show Art Vivo! was time well spent! If you haven't yet been inside the incredible Brennan Courthouse (now celebrating its 100th year), do try and get there....it's only about 20 minutes from here (straight down Palisade Ave to the end, turn right, park, and cross the street!) Here are some photos to whet the appetite:
We have heard from the powers-that-be at the Courthouse that Art Vivo! is generating a lot of interest. The reception turned into a full-blown party (of course...) with singing and playing (that's the wonderful Jorge Chiquillo, Columbian singer/guitarist), international food, wine, tours of the spectacular historic Courthouse and mostly, wonderful artists and people (not to say that artists aren't people...oh, you know what I mean).

Speaking of wonderful people, today we are saying not goodbye but farewell to our terrific Lil Rodriguez. Lil is leaving us for the business world (she will be getting actual benefits...what does that mean, again?) at State Farm Insurance in Jersey City (...now you'll really have a friend at State Farm). Lil has been with us since before the Galleria opened and, needless to say, we will miss her terribly. However, I try never-ever-ever to lose contact with great people, so Lil will continue on our Board of Advisors (which means that I can email her frequently for her input) and, hopefully, you will see her here at every event (including "Bravo Brazil" coming up on Friday, March 14th...save the date!)

Lil just reminded me that I have to remind you to remind your significant others that Valentine's Day is rapidly approaching you should remind them to SHOP HERE! We have the loveliest presents! And they will be wrapped in beautiful RED Valentine's paper in our adorable gift bags with our cute gold stickers (what would I do without adjectives?). Here are a few more appetite-whetting photos of our gifts and some new things that have just arrived at ArtsEcho:

Hope you all have a lovely weekend; stop by for the BUY ONE GET ONE HALF OFF SALE on our delightful clothing collection all next week.

Warm regards,
Sandra and the hard-working, ever-cheerful ArtsEcho Galleria team, Lil, Karina, Crystal, Ben, Arianna and Lina.

PS: If anyone has a few hours a week to volunteer at the Galleria, we need you! In exchange, you will get as many chocolate kisses as you can eat and "funny money" that is good on purchases here at the shop.

PPS: Hours are, as always, M-W 11-7, Th-F 11-8, Sat 10-6. You can reach us at 201-617-1110.

PPPS: Tomorrow morning, Knitty Gritty in Union City with Toni Figaro!

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