Are you interested in art?
This is the question I posed, out of the blue, to my barista recently at Slate Coffee Roasters. The cafe is on Second Avenue, right next to two galleries, James Harris and Mariane Ibrahim.
“Yes,” he said, giving me a curious look. “Why?”
Had he ever been next door?
Well, sort of. He didn’t much like the art at James Harris. He loved Mariane Ibrahim, though. So, he told me, he made it a point to attend Mariane Ibrahim on the evening of every first Thursday of the month—during Pioneer Square Art Walk.
I paused.
Art Walk is the one night when throngs of people do go to art galleries. Whether they actually look at the art is an open question. It’s a social event…
