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MAY 2012
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WEB INQUIRIES
and ORDERS call
DAILY 12 - 8 EDT
1-800-627-8223
or e-mail us
Williamsburg
May
SHOWROOM HOURS
Friday 11 - 5
Saturday 11 - 3
AND
By Appointment
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(757) 565-7424
1-800-627-8223
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Williamsburg, Virginia
Home of the Art-cade Gallery
Our Williamsburg area was named the 2010 “Best Family Destination” by the Budget
Travel Readers Choice poll.
Visit the “Historic Triangle” and stop to see the gallery
too!
If you’re coming to town, may we suggest two planning sources:
• Monthly Visitors’ Guide
• Lodging
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Among the joys of childhood are fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and fantasy stories
that stir one’s imagination. The Art-cade features the most-beloved childhood
stories brought to life by America’s top artists – including Dr. Seuss
-- in affordable prints for the child in all of us.
Storytelling art is art for the ages. Ever since man drew images on cave walls the
idea was to communicate a story to others. Whether the narrative with its accompanying
lessons of good and evil is one of childhood fairytales or one of a present-day
child being transported forward or backward in time, the illustrations which accompany
the words usually leave a much longer lasting impression than the story itself.
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Storytelling art takes us back to childhood. The storyline expressed as art often
is as much in what the viewer reads into the painting as in the artist’s brushstrokes
– “wonder what this or that means?” Whether the work of art is a
fantasy piece about myths and magical realms, a childhood fairy tale, or of enchantment
and adventure they draw viewers into the image. James Christensen, one of our featured
artists, suggests “Life is a journey – use your imagination to travel
through it.” Walt Disney went even further. He observed that while there is
very little adult in a child, there is a lot of child in every adult!
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