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Lake Worth Street Painting 2018

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Good Morning …..how fabulous to be back in Lake Worth

Chris Gostling
Monday Blogger

and what a beautiful morning it is, perfect for the start to the week, blue skies and sunshine. And this same weather prevailed over the weekend making the 24th Lake Worth Street Painting Festival a huge success. I love it if I am here for the festival because I think it is by far the most exciting event of the year.

The taste of Lake Worth on Friday evening heralded the start of the festivities with wristbands on sale which entitled you to visit something like 20 different eateries and bars and sample food and drinks at each one. Many people took part, walking from one venue to the next laughing and talking with others about the food. There was music everywhere and the sound of equipment being moved into place here and there along the two roads closed for the weekend. Children made the most of the closed roads and rode scooters and bikes up and down and chased each other and played games, parents safe in the knowledge that no cars would be coming. Some of the artists had already set up and had their work outlined ready to go early on Saturday morning. All the roads were marked in spaces evenly set out, ready for their artist to claim as their working area when the sun rose.

I worked the shuttle buses that drove backwards and forwards to the college outside town where people could leave their cars and travel in on the bus free of charge. The job of all the ambassadors on the buses was to welcome the people to the event, give the background to the Festival, encourage visitors to make the most of the restaurants and other facilities and promote the two charities to which any donations would be given, namely The Carers of people with ALS and Wheels for Children, a scheme to provide children with much needed wheelchairs. On my bus we made $42 dollars for the cause, not bad I thought!!!

The visitors were lovely, very friendly and made from all age groups, all with the same intention of having fun. There were large groups, couples, people on their own, some had visited before, others had never even been to Lake Worth. What I enjoyed were those who rode the bus in and then got on the same bus when returning to the college, they talked with excitement about their experience, discussing which piece they thought was the best, where they had eaten, the one common theme was how much they had all enjoyed the town and the experience of the Festival.

There were artists of all nationalities, both adults and children, artists who had taken part many times, some for the first time, school groups working together each knowing exactly where to make a mark, which colour to use and working in harmony to create fabulous shapes and images, all covered with chalk, some with as much on themselves as on the ground. Some were local, some had traveled from the other side of the country, some worked alone, other in pairs or larger groups……all with the intention of creating something to amaze the audience.

Sunday, of course, saw the artists finishing their work and packing up, leaving these wonderful artworks to be driven over and obliterated when the roads were reopened at 9pm, leaving the faintest marks to show that the Festival had taken place and was not just the figment of the imagination.

I have never been able to bring myself to drive down Lake or Lucerne until all traces have gone!!!

Enjoy the week, see you next Monday!                                                                                    Editors note:  Chris Gostling hails from England and has been a contributor on Mondays prior to her moving back to England’s Southend on Sea, Lake Worth’s sister city.  Photos  by Chris Gostling                             Photos below by Susan Ona  

The Little Train that Could                                                                     photo by Susan Ona

 photo by Susan Ona

The Brightline experience

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Word of mouth was out, Brightline is offering specials. The challenge was on.  I shared with someone who might have difficulty.  My friend in his 80’s with cane, sharp of mind agreed and  at the other end was the arranged meet-up with Miami artist, also interested in seeing the Frank Stella exhibit, at the Ft. Lauderdale Museum.  We were not the first Lake Worthians to do this trip.

Charging stations everywhere plus under the seats.

I carry Lake Worth brochure as a group of friends  will be coming up for the Street Painting Festival.  The station is centrally located in W Palm Beach as well as in Ft. Lauderdale. and the soon to be completed Miami

#gobrightline the locations all centrally located.

Ft. Lauderdale arrival brought us right next door to the  Bus station  on Broward Blvd. and within walking distance to the Concert Hall,  Science Museum, the Art Museum. We took  taxi  $4 .00 To see Frank Stella.  The West Palm Beach location is beautifully located inside just north of City Place and south of Clamatis .   The trip from Lake Worth, Dixie Hwy and Lake Ave. takes exactly 17 minutes to the free parking provided by Brightline.  (for now all parking both places is free.) Taking into consideration traffic and Rosemary going through  City Place where there is a stop on each corner and of course people crossing in the middle of the block.  Seventeen minutes total !, Turn onto Elvernia east and you have arrived.  We got our tickets day before so as not to be rushed.  Get the app on the cell phone and do it all before you get there.

Artist George Taylor known for equestrian art. Yellow shirt was by chance.

Then head up the escalator and through the turn-style .  The Station are identical. On one end is Brightkids who have some amazing space with a TV that continuously plays cartoons.  I witnessed some awesome constructions .

self imposed barricade keeping parents on the other side.

I also did some live stream videos  from the moving train, My first attempt  to share the Brightline experience.  Not sure how  they turned out.  They are on my FB page AnnaMaria Windisch-Hunt. The entire station and train has lemon yellow accents with “a pale shade of gray ” throughout terminal and embroidered seats.  I was on coach and would never have thought so.  Having ridden on the Orient Express and it’s  luxury this was the modern version.  For a mere upgrade of $5  gets you two free drinks.  Coffee service was available for $2.14  on the train.  In the terminals you can self serve coffee or go get it from a barista.  Considering it is a new form of transportation with some resistance.  I know and so should you Brightline is here to stay.  The travelers few but it could have been the time of day I was boarding which changed by late afternoon.

#gobrightline

The few passengers i got to know and  I spoke with were delighted with the service and the ambiance.  One father of two seen in video (grandmother lives in Lake Worth) they spent the entire day at the Science Museum.  One couple from Welling was celebrating her birthday and dined in Ft. Lauderdale.  Now the Evening was an eye opener

#gobrightline just a small group of millenials

in Ft. Lauderdale about 50 some millenials got on the train with the purpose of having fun and spending the evening in City Place. The reverse Las Olas is just a stone throw from Ft. Lauderdale station.   Then I spotted this couple who came dressed bright to celebrate Brightline, on their own just having fun.

-bright to honor @gobrightline

Perfect guest for Diner en Blanc Lake Worth next year.  Lake Worth needs to do some Trolly transport from W Palm Beach to our Beach. The alcohol and many of the other amenities are shown on the 4 large screens.  Last but not least it is an all American made and assembled train . Your  $5 upgrade LOL looks like I did manage to get four videos and they are on my FB page AnnaMaria Windisch-Hunt  They have been viewed and this was my first experience with Brightline.  Not a commercial I do not do those but am sharing a new experience.  While exploring  W Palm Beach found UPTown Art and have been asked to share my talent via teaching how to paint the  beach bags which is seen in the very first image.

editors note:  pm me  via face book if your interested in this  art class.  different images always also do corporate leadership classes.   now that is self promotion. 

unexpected beautiful Mango Festival

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the day started with trepidation, its was a rain or shine event.  So first of all thank you all who came out to support a local event the 2nd Annual Mango Festival.  It has grown from last years event.  Mangos galore were raffled off.  There was something for everyone.  I was in the tent with the Lake Worth Art League and periodically wandered around to capture the flavor of lots of smiles. Just the day before the rain came down in buckets and the Screen on the Green was cancelled and predictions for Saturday was 30% by noon   50% by 2 p.m. and Mother Nature decided not this day for this event.

 

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The weather was balmy, no blistering sun, it was an unexpectedly beautiful Day.

‘Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?’

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The great thing about writing a blog is that DSCN7254you get to think about what has happened during the week you are writing about and relive all the wonderful moments that you may otherwise have tucked away and not thought about again….

And I have had fun doing just that this week. I mentioned last week that The Core Ensemble held at St Andrews was instrumental in bringing us Erika Bleu Cespedes, a young teacher and artist working with the migrant workers families here in Lake Worth. It was wonderful because she came and worked on a picket fence mural at The Gray Mockingbird Garden which enhanced the project hugely and got a lot of youngsters and their families involved in the work at the community garden. So, last Monday and Friday after school they came to the garden and worked with Erika on producing a piece of work which I hope will last for many years to coma and remind them and the community at large of the fun they had at the garden on November 8th 2015.DSCN2137Preparation for The Tom Sawyer Event had been going on for some time and many local artists had been having fun painting the picket fences to create a garden ‘art gallery’ surrounding the raised beds which are for rent to members of the community at only $90 a year. They will look amazing when in situ and I would suggest that everyone goes to see the fabulous work.DSCN2113DSCN2174DSCN2252DSCN2253DSCN2214DSCN2181

Yesterday dawned, a bright sky appearing that had no hint of white whatsoever, a good sign, no rain on the way! The barbecue was fired up and burgers and hot dogs began to sizzle and send their aroma into the air, The Neighbourhood Association was ready with popcorn popping happily and flyers and cards at the ready for new residents who arrive to have fun.DSCN2422 Mel and Vinnie were set up with guitars and drums to entertain, Pedro and Marshall arranged the beautiful pottery that Pedro produces, candy and drinks stood in rows on the garden stand, the library was set with the fishing game, prizes at the ready, pickets were placed and paint poured with brushes set alongside, Rolando was thereDSCN2334 with birds for the installation on pickets along with drawings of the birds to colour and the scavenger hunt was set….all it needed was for the people to arrive…….which they did on the dot of eleven!

Boy did they have fun……..children bobbed apples, minus the water……DSCN2404they ‘fished’ at the library stand throwing the fishing line with a peg attached over the top of the curtain where library staff attached a ‘prize’, it was so much fun for the children to pull the line back to discover a prize, a very popular game….thank you to the lovely Cindy our Children’s Librarian. They took part in the scavenger hunt running around the garden to find the objects in the photos in the sheet, whooping with delight when one was spotted,DSCN2357 running back to Karla and Jessica with the completed sheet to claim a prize of a small wooden picket fence which could be coloured and embellished….brilliant! On ,to the pickets where they could paint freely, some with their parents, some on their own.DSCN2347Of course, it was not only the pickets that ended up being painted…..tee shirts and hands were covered with splashes of colour and in some cases more body parts needed to be scrubbed as in the case of Charlie who painted his tummy bright yellow! And what fabulous work began to emerge, beautiful designs of flowers, plants, abstracts, lines, circles, swirling around the chosen picket and turning it into a work of art.

The children sang and drummed and danced and laughed and won more prizes and ate popcorn and hot dogs and burgers and bought drinks and candy and most of all they had a most fabulous fun day….which had been the intention all along.DSCN2368

All in all, a good day which was worth all the hard work!

Wednesday night is now Peddlars night in order for people to be free to visit The Bean Scene in Boyton on Thursday every couple of weeks and to allow those of the peddlars who are involved with The Bean Scene to still take part in the bike ride. This whole event was set up by a group of inventive people who want to promote and educate about good food, vegetarian and pulses, about aligning your chakras, massage, chiropractic practises and more, all on a small area of ground in Boyton Beach…..it is worth a visit to experiences the tastes, aromas, sounds or simply to feel the atmosphere!

This week I have had dinner with friends, painted with friends, taken part in a breathing course with friends and talked with friends about new projects……..all my favourite things to do and a reminder of just how lucky I am to live this fabulously peaceful and harmonious life.

I hope the coming week will bring you peace and love……enjoy!