Community Corner
Who Are You Wearing? An Outdoor Exhibition of Street Fashion Paintings
On Saturday, October 12, come Union Square for an outdoor
art exhibition. Somerville Arts Council
Grant recipient, Danielle Festa, will be displaying original mixed media oil
paintings that capture an array of street fashion. Her newest works will
include subjects from her red carpet photo shoot that took place in Union
Square back in May.
Festa usually takes photo references for her paintings from
unsuspecting passers by. This time she took a different approach, setting the
scene for a photoshoot in which anyone
could participate. Her paintings focus on the influence of attire, so she was
looking for a true sampling of the variety Union Square fashion has to offer.
The contradiction of everyday people posing on what is
normally reserved for the fashion elite is part of what draws Festa to the red
carpet scenario. You can expect the elements of the red carpet along with
fabrics relating back to the fashion of her subject to be integrated into her
oil paintings.
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The exhibition will be held from 2 PM to 5PM in the Union
Square Plaza. In addition to the artwork on display, there will be hor d'oeuvres
generously donated by Cantina La Mexicana and Sweet Ginger.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the
Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural
Council.
