An Art Engagement

You miss quite a bit if you miss First Friday at the Art Bank. Lots of new art, fun artists, and wonderful art appreciators and...
This:

Bryan and Jennifer came to the Art Bank last October, for First Friday. It was their third date. It was also the night that he looked at her and knew he was going to marry her.  So he waited until June. He had his brother help him out, taking photos of Bryan holding up signs, asking Jen to marry him. They put the pictures together into one piece, Bryan painted on it a bit to give it a more artsy look, they added a frame and he rented a wall at the Art Bank, just for the night.

He then asked Jen to come with him on another date nite. They wandered the downstairs part of the gallery and eventually made their way to the upstairs. He had it all planned out: "What do you think of this one, Jen? What do you think of that one? What do you think of THIS ONE?"  And....

I happened to be on call, had my camera ready and positioned it in the far corner of the gallery room, for the best vantage point.  A downstairs artist agreed to give me the head's up when they arrived. Bryan gets down on one knee, and I start rolling. Next thing they know, I'm sticking a microphone in their face to get all the lovely details, while fellow artist Luis Medina is pointing out that Bryan successfully ruined it for all romantically-inclined men in the entire city: The bar has now been raised.

So yeah. First Friday at the Art Bank is a pretty hoppin' place.  Who knows? Next time, you might wander into an art wedding, on a night when you thought you'd just go check out some local art!