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| Vintage Jewelry finds from Sassy's |
While there, I asked him how Stone Mountain Village became a place with so many galleries. He then told me how, the Village suffered greatly from economic decline and the recent upsurge in galleries is part of a project called SMart, Inc., a micro economic program to use the arts for economic revitalization. There are some amazing programs for artsits currently being run out of these varied gallery spaces.
Once I mentioned my Day of the Dead line (obsession?), Jeff also told me about a Day of the Dead exhibit being run very close to me in Virginal Highland at Young Blood Gallery.
Do you have a favorite from my vintage finds from Sassy's?
My daughter and I both love the Day Of The Dead also. I was in Mexico many years ago and that's when I learned about that feast day ... I do think it's from the Indian culture though, at least originally. We love Mexican art in general like Frieda and it is so colorful, but then so is a lot of eastern Europe folk art.
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Yes- it began as an indigenous celebration, but when Catholic missionaries were in Mexico, converting the culture to Catholicism, the Catholic church moved it to coincide with All Saints.
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I love them all Leigh
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