Freret Fest
Apr 6th, 2008 by Nola
Captain Sarcastic and I, along with a sleeping Sun, went to the Freret Street Market yesterday. Expect that in addition to being the monthly art market, it was also the annual Freret Street Fest. So we were treated with live music (two stages), beer and food tents, as well as lots of good art. Plus we saw Stacey.
I bought this necklace (and its cute carrying case) from Melissa Lovell of Random Acts of Craft:
And here’s a picture of Melissa at her table of pretty necklaces and magnets:
Then I saw this piece and had to have it:
It’s a painting of a flambeaux carrier. The artist is Martin Wohlgemuth, and here he is under his tent:
We’ll be seeing him again next week, and you can too. He will be in Pirate’s Alley during French Quarter Fest. We saw much more art, be it textile wares or mosaics, photography or pottery. There were many food vendors, too. And then there was this community art project going on in the center of it all:
For a donation (or for free you could not afford it), you could add your own doodle or name to the several pieces of art.
The Fest and accompanying market were way cool.
Way cool is right. I love these kind of street fairs. You found some wonderful art pieces.
Only in New Orleans!
I can’t wait to see you guys at the FQF on Sat!
What great art! I love New Orleans artists. When I was a kid, my favorite thing to do in the French Quarter was going to the flea market. I can’t wait to get home and do more!
That painting is awesome! I love it! I’ve begun buying bits of NOLA art each time we come down. Have a great time at FQF! I wish I was going to be there!
I signed one of those doors during Spring Break!
I went to the first market of the season, and then to this one…and what a difference! It tripled in size, and I couldn’t be happier for all the artists and food vendors…there was just so much to take in and enjoy! I can’t wait for my first French Quarter Festival…Yipee!!
It was great seeing you guys again!! I didn’t realize you guys were leaving when I saw you the second time!! We will get to chat again soon!!
My best girlfriends in college lived in a pink house on Freret Street…we still reminisce about the amazing days of the pink house, sitting on their porch swing solving the world’s problems.