I’m hoping to attract myself to this website more so that I don’t neglect in anymore. So I change the layout again. Hopefully it works.
Anyway, to my life: something I’ve been noticing lately is that the general arts community in Sudbury has been pretty much dead for the past couple of years. Sure, there are artists, and yes, they show off their stuff, but it feels like a lot of the time these “artists” are either rich kids with nice cameras and no artistic talent whatsoever or old ladies making artisan crafts (so quilts and stuff). Which is nice, but very, very boring. However, it seems that in the past year the artists in Sudbury have really been coming together in order to save the artistic community here–the other day in fact, I went to visit my friend Chelsea at her summer job (an arts-related one) and discovered “Le Crac.” For those who don’t live here and/or don’t know, Le Crac is this beautiful little oasis next to the YMCA in downtown Sudbury that a beautiful woman named Dineen made. It used to be just a fenced off alleyway where the inhabitants of 122 Durham could smoke, but after three years of tenacity and green-thumbs, Dineen has turned it into a leafy paradise for those who want to create (or at least that’s where she’s hoping to take it). And this concept of an artist’s oasis (where she’s hoping to eventually hold shows and such) is a wonderful idea, I think. Mainly because it’s something made by an artist for artists, and most of what Sudbury’s had recently has all been things that are put on for the rich who want to pretend they appreciate art, but don’t really care either way.
In any case, I’d just like to say that my discovery of Le Crac and the awesome people who live in that building (all also artists themselves) has really restored my faith in the fact that Sudbury may actually have a vibrant, talented arts community once again.
Thanks, Dineen.
