From Toledo to Toledo Exhibit

Loli Chirón is a talented, prolific artist from Toledo, Spain. Her visit to our area this year will be highlighted by the exhibit and sale of her paintings. Her collection will be available through two fronts. First, her work will be featured at the Old West End Festival on June 5 and 6. Chirón will arrive late on June 5, then be part of the celebration on Sunday, June 6. She is being hosted at that venue by friends and Old West End residents Mercedes Vaquero and Douglas Forsyth.

The second venue for Chirón’s paintings is a gallery exhibit at Inside Angles Custom Framing Gallery opening on June 5 and remaining on display until July ! 8. Located at 909 S. McCord Rd. in Holland, the gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 pm. The exhibit will feature over 50 of Chiron’s paintings. An opening party is planned for Friday, June 11, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

This exhibit and sale hopefully represent the first of many regular artistic exchanges between the two Toledos. Vaquero convinced Inside Angles to take this project on. We are hoping to use this cooperation as a model for other galleries and artists from both cities to create similar projects.

Inside Angles will host a meeting on Wednesday, June 16, at 2 p.m. to discuss a functional network. We are working to assemble galleries in Toledo (Ohio) interested in hosting the exchange artists, and artists interested in cooperating with galleries in Toledo (Spain.)

The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, The Association of Two Toledos, the Toledo Artists’ Club are just a! few of the groups interested in this experiment so far.

Art is a great motivator! We are very excited about this exchange. Chirón’s images are very appealing, and her talent is obvious. IA Owner, Sue Runkle, has lived her whole life here, in the Toledo area; she is interested to discover the similarities and differences with Chirón, a Toledoan from Spain.

Info at www.insideangles.com

[via the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo]