ABV Creative Agency and Gallery

In January, I attended my first Drink + Doodle event at ABV Gallery. My pals at Cathead Vodka were sponsoring cocktails for the event, so the prospect of sipping a honeysuckle vodka plus checking out some local art sounded like a great way to spend a weeknight.
Parking was a bit unnerving because I was worried about getting towed. The security guard finally saw me and made me move down a few spaces, but my pal just parked on the street (I suggest you do the same).
For Drink + Doodle, a long table was set up in the middle of the room where tattooed artists drew some of the craziest and coolest graphic images I’d ever seen. It was a barrage of colored pencils, charcoal, oils, etc. surrounded by up-​and-​coming photographers snapping pictures of the event. I should have bought something to commemorate my first Drink + Doodle as all of the artwork from that night is for sale… maybe I will next time.
This is one of the coolest spaces I’ve seen in the Old Fourth Ward. If you’re heading over there, I suggest dining at Serpas first. At least then you won’t have to worry about getting towed!

I’ve attended a couple Drink + Doodle events at the ABV Gallery to support local artist Michael Carpenter. He’s extremely gifted and earnest, and I’m glad that small galleries such as ABV promote and support local artists whose work otherwise wouldn’t have a platform.
The Drink + Doodle is cool because you get to drink while hovering around a long picnic table filled with people also imbibing and sketching. At the end of the night, their pieces are hung and offered for sale.
I made an ass of myself trying to purchase a piece from the first Drink + Doodle I attended, so I made a mental note to chill last night. I would rather sip a gin and juice than cry over not being the first to claim a drawing of neon snakes with cat heads.

Last night I attended my first Drink + Doodle event at ABV Gallery to lend my support to my friend Jeff MacDonald who’d been invited to participate for the first time. It was a very cool little gallery and I thoroughly enjoyed the evening there.
ABV’s a small local art gallery that focuses heavily on promoting local artists and their work — whatever their medium may be. And for Drink + Doodle, a long table was set up in the middle of the room for about 20 invited artists to sit at and just let their creativity flow. During the night, people could talk, drink (gin was the alcohol of choice last night), watch the artists at work and purchase pieces made that night or made previously and displayed for sale that night. What a cool concept!
So I mingled, watched some off the wall art appear from thin air, caught up with old friends and made new ones, and generally enjoyed myself in this laid back, chill atmosphere. While the prices for the art were a little rich for my blood, they had lots of cool pieces I would love to go back to see more of.
If Jeff participates in another, I’d be happy to go back and lend my support again in the future. It’s located in a hip part of town too near the Old Fourth Ward.