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Art Walk and Wine Walk set for July 24
Posted on July 19th, 2010
Art Walk will be held on historic Flagler Avenue in New Smyrna Beach from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, July 24. Attendees can take an enjoyable stroll along the avenue while enjoying the wide variety of art works featured inside galleries, as well as by several visiting artists under canopies, and may also participate in a “Wine Walk.”
The wine walk portion of Art Walk runs from 1 to 6 p.m. and offers a progressive wine tasting along the avenue where participants can taste their choice from more than 50 showcased wines. Wine tasting passports can be purchased for $20 at the tent at the northeast corner of Flagler Avenue and Cooper Street. The passport will include 20 tasting tickets and a keepsake glass allowing attendees to select the wines they would like to sample in exchange for their tickets. Some locations feature both one-ticket and multi-ticket wines to sample. A “Wine Tasting” flyer will list host locations in geographic order between the river and the ocean and what wines they are featuring. For those who want to share their 20 tasting tickets with a friend, an additional wine glass will be available for $5.
Start at the ocean or the river or anywhere in-between. From the river heading east to the ocean, the locations are: 100 block, Ta Da Gallery; 300 block, That’s Amore, Atlantis Bistro, Gyftz, Manzano Fine Foods, Galleria di Vetro, Trader’s Beach Club, Om Bar & Chill Lounge; 400 block, Flagler Tavern and Peanut’s Restaurant Sport’s Bar, and around the corner on Buenos Aires at Toni & Joe’s. Hold onto your passport and present it at participating eateries for dinner specials that evening.
Ta Da, one of the wine tasting stations, will also be serving cheese, crackers and assorted goodies on the front porch during the afternoon. At Galleria di Vetro, another wine tasting station, celebrity chef end author Ed Pankonin will be doing live demos and offering gourmet Italian food samples and will sign copies of his cookbook. Jazz pianist Isaac will perform from 1-5 p.m. and Galleria will be offering door prizes every hour from noon to 5 p.m. DJ Dennis will be playing everyone’s favorite music and making announcements at the gazebo, at the corner of Flagler Avenue and Pine Street, throughout the day.
The silent auction for four 8-foot long decorative surfboards held at Ta Da Gallery in June was a sell-out and some happy attendees went home with unique art works by Stephanie Hill, Kathy Mills, Tray Holloway and Paulette.
Art Walk features painting, jewelry, ceramics, glass blowing, sculpture, fabric arts and more. There will be a special “punch card” prize drawing presented by the Gallery Group of Flagler Avenue. The Wine Tasting flyer includes the Art Walk prize drawing punch card, so pick one up and get it punched at each of the four sponsoring galleries for a chance to win the monthly prize. Galleria di Vetro Studio and Glass Gallery, 310 Flagler Ave., will donate this month’s prize. The other sponsoring galleries are: Ta Da Gallery, 113 Flagler, Jewelry of Joy, 301 Flagler, and Palms Up Pottery, 413 Flagler Ave.
The winner of the April prize drawing, a North Country Wind Bells chime donated by Ta Da Gallery, is Mary Jo Morris. The winner of the May drawing, for a pair of amethyst and sterling silver earrings from Jewelry of Joy, is Nancy Bright.
As a reminder to stay hydrated on a hot summer day, the four sponsoring galleries will be offering free bottles of water to their customers.
Come with your friends, browse the wonderful galleries, enjoy sampling some outstanding wines, and stay for a beautiful beachside sunset. For more information about Art Walk, call 386-428-1770 or visit www.flaglergallerygroup.com.
And don’t forget that the NSB Water Taxi stops at the west end of Flagler Avenue, at the Grill at Riverview every two hours starting at 12:30 p.m. For details, call 386-428-4828 or visit www.nsbtaxi.com.