So, the other night was amazing! One of the best nights ever and a great opening gallery reception. I went down to the cities this last Thursday with my family for the Foot In The Door exhibition at the MIA. It didn’t start until later that night, but we spent the whole day down there which was a lot of fun. We got to visit some friends and family and went to the Northrup King Building, which is a four story warehouse that was renovated into a couple hundred artist studios, all before the show that night. Some of the artists were in their studios working and we were able to talk to them and see their work. It is a pretty cool place, here is a link to their website, it is worth checking out.

Northrup King Building | Arts District

Ok. Now to what we have all been waiting for, the important stuff. Foot In The Door 4. I am going to tell you all about the show. So, when we got there right when you walked in there was a video being projected on the wall, it was still images of every piece of artwork (all +4,800) going really fast along with time laps video of the week long installation. It was a pretty cool video to watch, and I actually video taped part of it so I will post that later on so you can check that out. We were lucky that we got there fairly early and got right into the galleries without having to wait, it was still a little tight shoulder to shoulder, but we got through just fine. It took some time but we found our pieces and our friends pieces and took pictures by them. There were three gallery spaces that were filled with the artwork. Almost floor to ceiling along with huge tables in the middle for sculptural pieces. We went around about two or three times looking at everything, first to see everything on the wall, second to see all the sculptures on the tables, and third to see what we missed and things we liked again. Wow, I still can’t grasp how much stuff there was in there, it was so overwhelming. I am looking forward to going back in a month or so with some friends to see the show again, the crowds should be a little smaller around this time. When we finally left the galleries there were still people pouring in. There were two lines to get in, one was through the lobby down the stairs going outside and the other wound its way through the museum towards the front entrance. Some of my friends came a little later and had to wait in line for awhile. It was nice to be able to see them and talk for with them while they waited in line. Three of them, Marisabel Bautista, Travis Kleve, and Joanna Green all had pieces in the show that we had brought down with our own paintings. We hung out on the third floor above the Foot In The Door galleries listening to the band Lucy Michelle and The Velvet Lapels and took some pictures on the red carpet before we left for the night. When we left the line was still very long and many people were waiting to get a chance to see their artwork on the walls of the MIA. The show was supposed to go to 9:00 that night, but my friends said later on that they stopped the end of the line at that time and everyone that was still in line got to still view the show. I am sure that they were open very late that night.

Here is the link to the MIA Foot In The Door website. It tells everything you could ever want to know about the show, you can see every piece that is in the show, and also view the video submissions that were added this year.

Foot In The Door | MIA