4th Avenue Street Fair Musician (Tucson, 12/12/14) — Image by kenne
I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil.
And that no one knows the truth.
— Molly Ivins
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I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil.
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Peña & Kenne — Photo-Artistry by kenne
We met only once
years after buying
a Pena painting
that continues
to transform
our living area —
it doesn’t
get any better
than this
even though
it may often
go unnoticed.
— kenne
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Street Musician at the 4th Avenue Street Fair (March 23, 2019) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
He plays for tips
As people pass by
Living the blues.
— kenne
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4th Avenue Street Fair, Spring 2019 Addition
— Images by kenne
What do you not understand about, “No!”
Lock-On Street Art
Lock-On Street Art
March 2019
Lock-On Street Art
Plenty of Food At the Fair
Fourth Avenue Trash Container
spring festival
people walking
meeting friends
drinking beer
stop for food
display booths
art or junk
you decide
smile and laugh
keep moving
keep moving
keep moving
— kenne
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Hanging Art Work — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Walking by the booth
Colorful spinning artwork
Just walking on by.
— kenne
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What’s The Good Of It? Leave a comment
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WHAT’S THE GOOD OF IT
He had short patience for scientific study:
All they want to know is why frogs croak.
It’s a philosophical opposition,
his believing in things as only themselves
and the intrusiveness of explanations.
I can’t begin to tell you how much he hated ballet.
What’s the good of it?
He liked The Flintstones and wrestling.
Frogs croak.
Otherwise he liked things that could be
lifted and stacked and put into place.
He thought best with his hands.
He built clocks, cradles, worked a lathe.
He took the world’s measure.
He was good and he was of it.
— Lee Upton
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Tucson’s 4th Avenue Street Fair — Spring 2016 Leave a comment
Two Contestants in US Fries Poutine Eating Contest — Images by kenne
More than 400 artists and food venders from across the U.S. in this year’s spring 4th Avenue Street Fair. This semi-annual (Fall and Spring) fair draws crowds of 200,000 to 350,000 and ranks as one of the top visual arts fairs in the country. With the beautiful spring weather this weekend, a record crowd is expected. This year more than 20 percent of them are brand new to the show.
One of the new attractions this spring was a food-eating contest put on by US Fries. Contestants were challenged to eat as many poutine dishes (a Canadian dish that consists of french fries, gravy, and cheese curds) as possible within five minutes.
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Good Or Bad, There’s Plenty To Eat At Street Fairs Leave a comment
What can I say, some people just have a street fair food need. — Images by kenne
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Shopping At The 4th Avenue Street Fair — Image by kenne
Oilcloth can protect
Whatever you might expose —
Should I buy or not?
kenne
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4th Avenue Spring Street Fair — Images by kenne
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Amado Maurilio Peña At The 4th Avenue Street Fair — It’s That Time Of Year Again! 2 comments
Amado Maurilio Peña & kenne at The 4th Avenue Winter Street Fair, 2011
Elegantes - Amado Maurilio Peña.
Again this year, Joy and I spent a nice sunny December day at the Annual 4th Avenue Street Fair. (Click here to see last year’s posting.) And again this year we saw one of our favorite artist, Amado Maurilio Peña. (Love his sweatshirt!) I asked him about the lithograph we have had since the mid-eighties and learn that he did lithographs only for a short time during the eighties. (Our color lithograph was done 30 years ago.) He was not satisfied with the way the process projected his colors. If you have ever seen Peña‘s work, chiselled faces, lot’s of very bright colors on generally a light background. However, the one we fail in love with, Elegantes has a lot of black, with more shuttle use of color, so much so you can barely make out the blanket outline like a mountain coming down from the man.
Since Peña did only a few lithographs, he suggested it might be worth more than some of his other work during the same time period. We always knew this Peña was special in that it’s such a contrast to almost all his work. Now we know he only used the lithograph process for a short time.
kenne
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4th Avenue Street Fair — Spring, 2011 Leave a comment
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A weekend of sundresses and cleavage.
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It’s fair to say we have been festival, street fair, outdoor concert people for years. This weekend, we attended Tucson’s 4th Avenue Street Fair and were truly overwhelmed. Yes, this three-day winder street fair with its over 400 arts and crafts booths and 35 plus food vendors is an impressive event. Stretched out over eight blocks of 4th Avenue, this free event was packed with people looking for
Christmas gifts and a festive atmosphere while walking in the street of the popular 4th Avenue.
To our surprise, one of the artists at the fair was Amado Maurilio Peña. For over twenty years, one of our treasures has been a Peña lithograph, which we purchased at the el taller gallery in Austin.
Born and raised in Texas, Peña, who is recognized as an Artisan of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, currently lives in Santa Fe, NM. His art is known for its bright earth/sky colors depicting the connections between people, earth, and art in the region’s ancient heritage. In our lithograph, the colors are in the people on a dark mountain background, which contrasts to most Peña works where the bold colors are dominant. This darker Peña remains an exception in his work, which we have always appreciated.
— kenne
