al-Falaq visits the Heritage Arts and Soul Festival, 2014: Read Georgia Nutts On Location

Heritage Arts and Soul Festival, 2014

          Saturday, July 26 was a beautiful day:  a blue sky with a few lingering, lazy clouds luminous from a bright afternoon sun.  It created the perfect excuse for a little family adventure, so we trucked on down to the Avondale Marta station and hopped on a train into town.  It was The Bean’s very first time on a train and she was literally glowing from the excitement.  The Mister, in typical teen fashion, seemed nonplussed, though he was eventually coerced into releasing a brief smile or two.  Our destination was the Heritage Arts and Soul Festival at Underground Atlanta.

          We got off the train at Five Points station and climbed up into the daylight, crossing the street to Underground, where the Heritage Arts and Soul Festival was happening.  After some questionable curb-vendor nachos we again descended into the cool cavernous shade that was Underground proper.  It took a while to locate the festival itself, which seemed a little off-path beyond the phone accessories and two dollar earring kiosks but we finally found the corners wherein was tucked the Heritage Arts and Soul Festival and FaceBook friend Shelton Tremble.  A small alcove shop space allowed Shelton to surround himself with some of his beautifully rendered paintings, filling it with vibrant color.  In the center of the floor were tables on which were featured “Regents”, an original board game created by Shelton, a vivid, nationalistic step up from chess.  All in all, a very nice showing.  Shelton’s work can be found online.  The rest of the festival was just out of reach, since Dap and I had a date to make at DooGallery and the kids were close to heat stroke, but Shelton got some nice photos of the surrounding festivities, seen below.  Enjoy!!

Here are some pics from two of our FB friends whom we weren't able to visit: D. Hodges and Sylvia Gbaby Cohen