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Morgan Fink, from Harrisonburg, VA,  is our featured artist this month. You can meet her this Thursday night from 6:30-8 at Tin Top.  Morgan answered some questions for us, letting us in on her background, process and inspiration.  What is your medium of choice? Oil has always been my love. More recently though, I've also been integrating gouache paintings into my body of work.  Why have you chosen your current medium? As cliche as it sounds, I feel like it chose me! Becoming an oil painter was essentially dropped in my lap when I was in high school. My art teacher nominated me to attend a summer workshop series with 3 different artists over the course of several weekends. That was my first real introduction to oil and I completely fell in love.   What has been the most difficult challenge for you as an artist? Last year I had been working almost exclusively on commissioned pieces. I made myself apply for several art shows to present this year in order to push m...

The Opening Reception for Morgan Fink: Oil and Gouache Paintings is this Thursday evening. Be sure to come support this artist from Harrisonburg, VA!

Unfortunately I have to work all weekend but here are some things I would do if I didn't have a business to run.. 1. The Hideaway Divas Drag Show at Hideaway Cafe - Friday 8-11pm What better to start your weekend than with a Drag show! Stephaine Micheals and Alexa Shontelle (my favorite) will share the stage with special guest Max Miss Everything. Dinner specials too!  2. Psychorama at Alamo Draft House - If you haven't heard of Psycho Cinema, love horror movies and live in the area...where have you been? Psychorama is a three day horror/cult film festival. Three -Day Passes are sold out but you can still get tickets for individual screenings. Click here to learn more. 3. Looking for something to do with the kiddos? Shenandoah Valley TasteFest is going on at The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley on Saturday. Lots of family activities including painting in the Carriage House, lots of food to taste, cooking demos, and much more. And it's FREE!  4. Or maybe skip the kids and ...

Lia Mendez will be outside in our "Big Top" tent on Saturday, August 20th from 11:30-3 with a variety of prints, paper maché art, coloring books and more! She will also be doing portrait illustrations and offer pet portraits if you bring a photo! Come support this fantastic local artist!