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Pinot´s Palette gets festival-goers painting
By BarbaraWerner/ MicroMemphis reporter

September 16, 2012

At the Cooper-Young Festival many artists were selling and displaying their paintings. At first sight Kristi Bauer’s booth “Pinot’s Palette” looked just like one of those, but there was one difference: The visitors could paint their own pictures!

The painting studio, which is located on Sanderlin Road in East Memphis, usually offers classes during which people can come by, bring a bottle of wine and food, and learn how to draw step by step.

“Every child is an artist, but they forget when they grow up, so we help the people to 
remember that they are artists,” said founder Kristi Bauer. 


This rough quote by Picasso describes the basic idea of their painting studio.

For ten years Kristi has been selling her own
paintings at the Cooper-Young Festival. This was her first year displaying and selling pictures with Pinot’s Palette.

“It’s the best festival and a good way to introduce people to us.”

Team members ChristyFord (left) and Anna Brown (right) doing live-painting (photo by Barbara Werner)

Kristi Bauer, founder of Pinot´s Palette (photo by Barbara Werner)

Visitors of the festival could watch live painting by the Pinot’s Palette team members and then paint their own pictures afterwards...with professional assistance.

“I love this booth, I like the colors” said visitor Té Moore, while watching the live painting, "Cool, they are still painting on this piece of art.”

So maybe the next visitor who passed by and started drawing discovered a new talent. 


Then the Cooper-Young Festival could have one more artist stand, next year.

Barbara Werner

Barbara Werner covers Arts & Culture for MicroMemphis.
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