The Magic In The Shadows Of Baldy!
BY ISAIAH FRIZZELL
The Ketchum Arts Festival almost maybe has a song: “friend, lover, sister, brother, wife? (Prince reference! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARSdw7KCFjI&list=RDARSdw7KCFjI&start_radio=1
Credit to the Sun Valley Arts & Crafts Festival for 56 years + of artisans and garniture examples. Look at your house, the gifts you buy, art moves the hand into a true role.
Daily Arts Conversations
When you talk about art and meet someone with wild, sleek, high-fidelity jewelry, you know, as a potential friend, acquaintance or community member (yeah, most of us live here) as friends we tend to see this bounty again and again:
“Whoa! I love that, where’d you find that piece?” < “Oh it, It was a gift!.” >> (People constantly ask about jewelry, which can be fascinating).
This writer’s lion ring for sure is remarked, and I love Gucci and have some of their line but having an ‘heirloom’ from my dad people just love to talk. And that IS the nature of jewelry, to get people talking and laughing and loving!
“Well, this was a gift from my dying father,” I respond.
A beautiful friend, Cindy, apparently has a similar gold Gucci lion ring!
(she has yet to bring it in to see! lol) 😉
KETCHUM ARTS FESTIVAL
This year the Ketchum Arts Festival has more. Gold, silver, stones, paintings, sculptures… what what are you looking for?
Welcome to a smorgasbord of beauty and absolute commitment to the freedom and care of LIFE that art reveals and allows. These are the designs, the devotion to beauty.
Angelic Conscription
We know there were secrets taught to humans by the angel Azazel. METALS, ARTS, WEAPONS, EYE PAINT?
Metalworking, makeup and everything we use to defend ourselves such as talismans or even apotropaic art is on display.
Art is, at best, a wild blend of defense, offense and Love In Action!
Art is a remembrance of self, maybe the best moments of an ex and, most importantly, how even just simple prayers for peace can become daily talismans. This is what we name as apotropaic art (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apotropaic)
And if you’re dimensionally minded, art is everything You’ll find something at the Ketchum Arts Festival but what’s maybe even more interesting, if you don’t find it, ask one of the artists, one who speaks to you, ask them if they’re capable of producing the piece you think would serve you best alongside one of their bespoke pieces.
“With so many exciting artists on display here, there’s no end to what you might want or find, from fabric to ceramic. The Ketchum Art Festival may be where you find your most cherished piece.
With over 100 Idahoan artists, you’re sure to find your charm!
Take the bus and leave parking to the rest:
Festival Meadow is easily found from the Bitterroot stop of the free Mountain Rides Blue Route or the bike path.
For more information check out: https://www.ketchumartsfestival.com/