district 117 gallery

this new gallery above baja betty's on university in hillcrest opened thursday to 300+ people and lots of good abstract art. we stopped in this afternoon and met one of the artists, jose fuentes, whose work i really like. i ended up buying an interesting piece (pictured above) from the other "main" artist, isabel fueyo, in part due to the more affordable price. but all of the art is reasonable compared to the elevated prices most local art (deservedly) fetches. check out their website for lots of great pieces. they'll be featuring other artists and adding more of their own work too, all at prices that are hopefully within reach.