![Artist and author Linda Bowlby stands amongst her work at ART123 during the Jan. 9. Arts Crawl.](/images/resized/images/news/2016/41_jan15/12_100_100.jpg)
Despite temperatures below freezing, downtown Gallup warmed up Saturday night for the “Heat Wave” Arts Crawl event.
There was live music, hot food, coffee sampling, hula hooping, and enough art on display to occupy the eyes for the whole evening. ART123 featured an artist retrospective that included old and new works from local artists that gave a nice sense of history and progression.
Steve Marti, generally renowned as a potter, had a solid maple flute box that he made back in 1979 on display.
“This was really the first time I had the experience of a piece making itself,” he said as he thought fondly back to carving the box. It was interesting to hear this account of...