A Day Out

My enrollment at our local universities senior citizen program also allows me to sign up for special interest groups. My favorite of the three is The Art of Fort Worth. This group has a couple of outings a month and all are very interesting. This week our group was invited downtown to the offices of Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. to hear how our towns’s wildly successful Main Street Art Festival came about.

Poor quality photo of a slide. 

Started in 1986 it is now the third most successful art festival in the country. Main Street is closed to traffic and eight blocks magically become a huge art gallery. There is a juried selection process and only about 200 artists are chosen From the 1400 who apply.

I was surprised when I got to the meeting (obviously early) that they had little gift bags for us.

After our very interesting presentation we then walked a block to the beautiful new Frost Bank Tower  (center) where we were to have lunch.

It is hard not to notice the artwork by Donald Martiny in the lobby. You may not realize how large it is, but I left the lobby chair in the shot for scale.

There is a casual lunch spot (The Branch and Bird) on the top floor.

We would have eaten on the outdoor terrace but it was a bit windy.

I discovered that there are fabulous views in two directions.

This will probably be my last outing as Tom and I have stocked up on food and medications and will stay home and watch movies, read (including your blogs) and try not to come in contact with this nasty virus. Stay well and wash those hands! Janey