253 Collective is open from noon-8pm to celebrate Art Mingle on August 21st. We are also a stop on the Art Bus Tour this month. Please purchase tickets in advanced online: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/811115 Our featured artist for this month is EarthSigns Art Glass Etching. Butch and Marily Renick have been hand etching beautiful art glass pieces for some time. Almost all of the pieces that Butch and Marily hand etch are rescued from local thrift shops. They feel a great satisfaction rescuing beautiful used glassware and adding their personal touch. Marily enjoys etching more conventional art onto her glassware creations, while Butch has attempted to recreate some of the beautiful designs that are found yearly in the crop fields mainly in the United Kingdom. Yearly in the summer months there are scores of new crop formations, some as large as 900 feet in size laid out in fields of wheat, rye, canola and other types of crop. These formations are usually found in fields of young crop in the vacinity of Stonehenge and the surrounding countryside. Website: EarthSigns.vpweb.com <http://www.earthsigns.vpweb.com/> Also along with the opening of the feature artists works we will have live music. Stacey Eliason on French horn will be joined by Richard Zachary Zydek on String bass for some jazz and latin duets. Music will be at 7pm. 253 C is also proud to announce two new artists to our gallery. Kerry Duvent website: www.fyredance.wix.com/kerrylaureenphotography Lauren Redding website: *www.omenartwork.etsy.com <http://www.omenartwork.etsy.com/>* *Please stop by and enjoy the art and live music.* *www.253Collective.com <http://www.253Collective.com>* *253 Collective* *A Cooperative Space for Local Artists!* *[image: stage-image]*