‘Spring Guide 1 & Whats UP!


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State Of The Arts Gallery Lives Up To It’s Name As Well As The People Who Run It: Great Gallery, Great Hospitality!


The Punitentiary #1


Stealing someone’s coffee is called ‘mugging’.


Coffee has bean the grounds of many a heated and strong discussion.


Paulsitive coversations are good for the mind. ~ p.a.d.


When he spilled coffee on her shirt she showed him dis-stain.


and Sun-


day 10:30 to 5-ish. They stay open late on most theater


per-


Olympia, WA. ~ I love art gal- leries. Usually, there is a lot to be offered such as beautiful art, mini art trinkets and imagina- tive perspectives that keep an active artist like myself very intertested


in creating new


pieces of work. Sometimes, I’ve walked into a gallery and found it to be very stuffy, and almost pre- tentious.


But not


art gallery owner Jeff Barrett,


he’s the real deal. He’s ex- cited about his artists. Only just


last year he bought this exist- ing gallery. It was always his dream. Some of the art had in- credible colors, others, whim- sical and light. But when my wife, my daughter(an ArtQuest student


at Santa Rosa High


School) and myself walked into Jeff’s store he immediate- ly greeted us with a big smile. Being from Sonoma County, we are happy when someone


is glad we walked through the door.


On the cover of the March 2017 issue of Upbeat Times we featured 1/2 of


Jennifer Bow-


mans art piece and told you we would have the rest of the art! Here it is right in Jeffs gallery! State of the Arts Gallery has


been around


since 1992. They’re located the


on corner


of 5th and Washing- ton St. in downtown Olympia,


WA, which seemed


very similar to down- town Santa


Rosa in an offhand way. OH WOW, is


commonly


heard as people first enter the gallery says owner Jeff. The di- versity and quality of over 200 artist’s amazes them. A visit to Olympia just isn’t complete without a stop by the gallery to ohhhh and ahhh over local as well as Northwest talent. Gal- lery hours are Monday through Friday 10:30 to 6:00, Saturday


I watch a lot of baseball on radio. ~ Gerald Ford UPBEAT TIMES, INC. • APRIL 2017 • 23


formance nights. They would love to hear


from folks and send out emails with pictures of their most re- cent additions.


Make sure that if your ever in the neighborhood and in downtown Olympia, you say hi to Jeff, and let him know you heard about him in the Upbeat Times! ~ Paul Andrew Doyle


To join their email list: gr8art@thestateofthearts.com Contact: Jeff Barrett, 500


Washington St. SE, Olympia, WA, 98501~ 360-705-0317 See great art on his website: www.TheStateOfTheArts.com.


Snakes don’t drink coffee because it makes them viperactive.


Ice cold coffee? Cool beans!


Does a coffee shop have the grounds to operate in the black?


I drink coffee because it makes me feel hot. ~ p.a.d.


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