SOS recommendations

[cos]

It's the first day of Somerville Open Studios. If you see something awesome today, tell us about it? I'm gonna go tomorrow, so I plan to track down some of the studios y'all recommend.

Among my perpetual favorites from the past couple of years that I see on this year's guide are:

• #19 Museum of Modern Renaissance - the old Masonic hall, whose entire inside surface is filled with paintings from Russian myth


• #10 Behind the Mask Studios - a fantasy world of creature masks, from tiny to giant


• #80 Hilary Scott - dragons, whimsical plants, text-art, critters peeking at you from the bookshelves...

Comments

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

i thought it was next weekend! thanks for the reminder. :D

[pensivewombat.livejournal.com]

This is completely self-serving, but we're in the house and would like company: come to #2 - we're awesome, i swear! We've got a portrait of Sarah Palin as a blow up doll, and tons of awesome photos, delicious cheese + wine, and an antsy parrot who wants more company!

AND WE WOULD LIKE MORE TRAFFIC!

[turil.livejournal.com]

Of course I recommend you check you check out Skunk (Skunkadelia). He's at his house again this year on Bartlett street, a couple blocks north of Vernon Street Studios. He's got giant (decorative, and slightly functional, as well) robots made out of recycled bike, car, and other machine parts.

[squirrelitude]

I'll second this! Really great stuff.

[ron_newman]

Thirded! He is #75, 75 Bartlett Street.

[ron_newman]

#28 - Patrick Smith, a commercial airline pilot who writes Salon.com's Ask the Pilot column as well as a book by the same name. Travel photographs from all over the world.

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

we checked out behind the mask today and it was indeed awesome. My almost 4 year old son started out scared of some of the masks, but then asked to go in 4 times to see them. we might have to go back again tomorrow.

[ron_newman]

I'd love to ... except that I don't know how to find you all there with just LJ names. (Vernon Street looks like it has 100 or more artists in it)

[cos]

Look for Carl Gruesz when you're at Vernon St. I should drop by this afternoon.

(currently at Pearl St Studios where I ran into Ron :)

[martini-corona.livejournal.com]

If you have limited time or mobility, Joy St. Studios has a ton of neat artists in a densely-packed area. (Not Davis Square, but SOS-related, and you can take the trolley...)

[gib.livejournal.com]

Seconded -- Artisan's Asylum FTW.

sigh

[cthulhia]

this may be the first time (since I've known about SOS) that I go to no SOS sites. too many other things this weekend.

thanks

[cl0udy.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your suggestions! I visited Skunk and Hilary Scott today and had a great time.

[stefan62.livejournal.com]

Resa Blatman's studio at Vernon Street was simply gorgeous over the SOS weekend. http://resablatman.com