{"id":798,"date":"2019-06-06T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T16:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/?p=798"},"modified":"2019-06-07T19:53:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T19:53:05","slug":"arts-in-the-sunset-closing-galleries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/behind-the-scenes\/arts-in-the-sunset-closing-galleries\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts in the Sunset Closing Galleries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> In just a few months, a wonderful opportunity for local Amarillo artists and residents will be ending. The Arts in the Sunset that was established by Ann Crouch to give artists reasonably priced places to work &amp; sell art will be closing all individual galleries and ending the First Friday Art Walks that have provided residents of Amarillo &amp; the surrounding areas an art &amp; entertainment filled Friday night each month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/view-of-hello-small-world-gallery-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8410.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/view-of-hello-small-world-gallery-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8410.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/view-of-hello-small-world-gallery-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8410-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/view-of-hello-small-world-gallery-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8410-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/view-of-hello-small-world-gallery-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8410-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/view-of-hello-small-world-gallery-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8410-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, all artists were notified that all galleries must be moved out of after the First Friday in August. The Crouch Foundation, established after founder Ann Crouch\u2019s death in 2017, will only be keeping the Amarillo Art Institute and the Panhandle Art Center. The remainder of the Sunset building that housed Amarillo\u2019s very first mall in 1960, and has been home to many artists for the last 20 years, will likely be demolished and made into a parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/painting-and-hello-small-world-sign-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8401.jpg\" alt=\"painting and hello small world sign\" class=\"wp-image-805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/painting-and-hello-small-world-sign-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8401.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/painting-and-hello-small-world-sign-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8401-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/painting-and-hello-small-world-sign-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8401-768x576.jpg 768w, 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with illustration\" class=\"wp-image-804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/gallery-view-inside-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8414.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/gallery-view-inside-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8414-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/gallery-view-inside-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8414-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/gallery-view-inside-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8414-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/gallery-view-inside-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8414-624x431.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/gallery-door-information-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8412.jpg\" alt=\"contact information on gallery door\" class=\"wp-image-803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/gallery-door-information-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8412.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/gallery-door-information-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8412-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/gallery-door-information-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8412-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/gallery-door-information-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8412-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pizza-pug-and-record-raccoon-prints-on-display-at-gallery-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8416.jpg\" alt=\"framed pizza pug and record raccoon prints at hello small world gallery\" class=\"wp-image-806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pizza-pug-and-record-raccoon-prints-on-display-at-gallery-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8416.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pizza-pug-and-record-raccoon-prints-on-display-at-gallery-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8416-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pizza-pug-and-record-raccoon-prints-on-display-at-gallery-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8416-768x712.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pizza-pug-and-record-raccoon-prints-on-display-at-gallery-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8416-1024x949.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/pizza-pug-and-record-raccoon-prints-on-display-at-gallery-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8416-624x578.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/front-view-of-gallery-from-outside-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8409.jpg\" alt=\"gallery from outside windows\" class=\"wp-image-802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/front-view-of-gallery-from-outside-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8409.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/front-view-of-gallery-from-outside-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8409-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/front-view-of-gallery-from-outside-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8409-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/front-view-of-gallery-from-outside-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8409-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/front-view-of-gallery-from-outside-2019-6-5-sunset-IMG_8409-624x440.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/outside-view-of-stain-glass-window-at-sunset-arts-center-in-amarillo-texas.jpg\" alt=\"outside view of stain glass window at sunset arts center in amarillo texas\" class=\"wp-image-811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/outside-view-of-stain-glass-window-at-sunset-arts-center-in-amarillo-texas.jpg 1200w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sunset-art-center-in-amarillo-texas-interior-view-through-stainglass-window-with-sun-shining-in.jpg\" alt=\"sunset art center in amarillo texas interior view through stainglass window with sun shining in\" class=\"wp-image-812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sunset-art-center-in-amarillo-texas-interior-view-through-stainglass-window-with-sun-shining-in.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sunset-art-center-in-amarillo-texas-interior-view-through-stainglass-window-with-sun-shining-in-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sunset-art-center-in-amarillo-texas-interior-view-through-stainglass-window-with-sun-shining-in-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/sunset-art-center-in-amarillo-texas-interior-view-through-stainglass-window-with-sun-shining-in-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The closing of the Sunset will be a loss for Amarillo\u2019s art community. We\u2019re sad to see it go, but we\u2019re so happy we had an opportunity to be a part of it for a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> P.S. This Friday will be one of the last First Fridays. We\u2019ll be open in 83H and so will many other galleries! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>xo -Reese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just a few months, a wonderful opportunity for local Amarillo artists and residents will be ending. The Arts in the Sunset that was established by Ann Crouch to give artists reasonably priced places to work &amp; sell art will be closing all individual galleries and ending the First Friday Art Walks that have provided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,64,73],"tags":[72,70,71],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behind-the-scenes","category-business","category-gallery","tag-amarillo","tag-gallery","tag-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=798"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":813,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellosmallworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}