Green Chalk Presents: The Back Alley by Laurel Farrin

Posted on April 16th, 2015 by Lighthouse District

Was Green Chalk Contemporary once an alley? Located between a restaurant and a dive shop, it is only 12 ft. wide but 65 ft. long with pipes hanging along brick walls. A 1929 picture shows that while it was not an "official" alley, Green Chalk was once a walk-through between Lighthouse Avenue and the old lumber yard near Cannery Row.

May 2 - May 31, the highly imaginative artist Laurel Farrin will transform Green Chalk into The Back Alley. For this provocative exhibit, Ms. Farrin will use assemblages of paint, cardboard, and debris typically found in any alley. All are welcome to the opening reception on Saturday, May 2, 5pm-8pm.

Ms. Farrin says, “This show is about what’s in an alley - where stuff goes that no longer fits or doesn’t fit together - the leftovers, the forgotten, the unwanted, the discards. The back alley is where broken things are left, where weeds grow. The back alley is where kids play. The back alley is where we go to to hide, to abandon and sometimes to find and rescue rare treasures.”

Green Chalk Contemporary art gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday, 1:30pm-6pm and by appointment. For more information, please phone Gail Enns at 831-718-7232.

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