Ceramics in Vina

The woman at the artist in residence program had a piece in a show at the Vina Cultural Center and so Sylvain and I went to the opening last night- there were over a hundred people at this opening, it was overwhelming, like the MoMA on Free Friday's. So we made a round, and went back upstairs for a glass of wine, went outside for some air and talked about the work- I had missed the piece we had been there to see, but Sylvain had seen it, so we went down for one more round, and found it had earned 3rd prize- it was a calm piece- two vases with a rectangular metal insert in the belly of each vase. We both liked only one piece- a head with no nose and crazy teeth and eyes, and found the rest we could overlook- ceramics is a difficult medium anyway- but I felt like I had been to shows in New York where I felt the work was equally unmoving so I wasn't entirely disappointed. Afterwards we decided to get a drink in Vina and make a night out of it. I wanted to go to Cafe Journal- neither of us had been but we had both heard about it -it was a bit like a beer garden pub without the garden aspect, but it was welcoming, familiar and the perfect end to this evening...

Summer weather has peeked it's head in, and although everyday around 4 the winds make sitting outside in the sun cold and annoying, we have found ourselves abandoning Cafe Vinilo and El Desayuno and instead at The Brighton, enjoying the view of the sea and the sun.