Tula Richard Showrooms & Studios

Last night, one of my Most Creative Friends (he actually gets paid Real Money for his work as a very talented photographer) invited me to do something new and different to my usual goings on. We went to Tula.
In addition to the bigger festivities they hold on Friday nights, they’ve recently started to hold what I’d label «Sneak Preview Thursdays.» If Friday nights are the grand opening nights for a new show in the main MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art, housed in Tula) gallery, and there’s generally a bigger crowd and a cash bar, then Thursday eves are the low-​key warm up.
Free admission, free wine and snacks, and gallery owners keep their doors open for you to mosey around and check out their goods. Being with a local artist was awesome as he knew lots of the folks, but I got the definite impression from everyone’s friendliness that it wouldn’t matter if I’d just wandered in alone — they’d have been glad for the audience and still graciously kept offering to refill my glass!
Tonight’s opening is of the impressive Lamar Dodd collection. A prolific artist (he lived from 1901 to 1996 and painted into the 1990s) there are a huge number of his pieces on display at MOCA. Check it out!