(Image: Central District Art Walk)

The Capitol Hill Art Walk has been on the move for more than 15 years (Image: CHS)

With First Fridays and Second Thursdays, Central District and Capitol Hill lovers of painting, photography, sculpture, and community now have two nights a month to mark on the calendar.

The Central District Art Walk is now making First Fridays a time for seeing new things and meeting new creators across the neighborhood.

“There’s a lot of really beautiful art and culture and history. I see [the art walk] as a way… of reminding people of the history and the culture of the Central District, and celebrating those. There’s a lot of art and music and beautiful stuff that came out of the Central District that can sometimes get lost when something like gentrification is happening,” Stephanie Morales of Made Space says about the new monthly event. The second ever walk is today.

Meanwhile, the long running Capitol Hill Art Walk walks on every second Thursday.

“We’re currently working alongside the Capitol Hill Arts District to help push public outreach marketing and venue growth, since it’s such a fantastic and vital community-building event,” coordinator Laurie Kearney tells CHS. “Currently, there’s an average of 20 venues that take place on a regular basis, which fluctuates throughout the seasons.” Continue reading →