Figtee's Cafe features Barbara Mastej in the Venice Art Crawl September 15, 2011

The Venice Art Crawl happens every 3rd Thursday in Venice with events and pop-up galleries featuring known and upcoming artists. VAC celebrated its first anniversary last month and gets better all the time.

This Thursday, Sept. 15th, Figtree’s Café presents Venice painter, Barbara Mastej in a solo exhibition from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Enjoy complimentary wine and appetizers, and live music. If you want to have dinner, you’ll receive 10% off (on food only) from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

Long time Venice Canals resident, Barbara Mastej has documented some of the more colorful Venetians in a series of portraits called, Vestiges of Venice. Although she works in a variety of styles from abstract to figurative, the paintings shown at Figtree’s Café will include some from the Venice series, some still life studies and a satirical portrait of South Park creator, Trey Parker. For more info on Barbara Mastej, see her website at www.barbaraofvenice.com

Stop by Figtree’s Café for the Venice At Crawl, this Thursday, September 15th from 5:00 pm till 9:00 pm. Figtree’s Café is known for their healthy delicious food, located right on the Venice boardwalk at 429 Ocean Front Walk Venice, at Paloma Ave, two blocks south of Rose. Figtree’s has been voted the best restaurant on the boardwalk since 1978. Figtree’s has a wonderful happy hour, Monday thru Friday and also has FREE delivery. 310 392-4937; www.figtreescafe.com.