Have you ever been to a place that overwhelms all of the senses and leaves you feeling giggly and and literally drunk off of art and the actual experience?
Well, if that sounds like something you would like to feel, my dear, i encourage you to head to Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico!!!
Being the social media fan that i am, i heard about this place, this upcoming artsy thing, via Facebook in late Feb, early March of this year. i wasn't sure what it was exactly. A venue? i saw that Amanda Palmer was performing there opening night, i was that Dear Tic was on the roster for late march. Hmmm... but all of the images that were showing up made it look like some sort of psychedelic museum.
Well, twice this year i missed out on seeing Amanda Palmer. Shoot! Her opening night performance at Meow Wolf sold out! (also when she and Neil were there supporting Bernie Sanders)Damn it!
When my sister and her kids were in town from Portland for my grandmother's funeral. They decided to road trip it one day with her best friend, and ended up at Meow Wolf. All she told me was that i HAD to check it out! That she and her teenage children, who grew up in the weird and artsy city of Portland, had come out of there having had quite a mind altering experience. Well, being the me that i am, i knew i had to make it there ASAP.
Finally, the kids were out of school for the summer and i had an extra day off of work. We hopped in a friend's car and a group of us drove the quick 45 minutes up the hill from Albuquerque to Santa Fe.
We were not disappointed.
Let me back up a bit and explain, to the best of my knowledge just what Meow Wolf is.
Meow Wolf itself is an art collective. A group of artists came together a few years ago to create something phenomenal. They had an open door policy to their studio and many people used that "radically inclusive" policy to show up, no questions asked, and create.
i mean, really, how cool is that?
These artists and creative types collaborated on pieces of art, both one and 2 dimensional using color, texture and recycled pieces and things began to come together, and then, come life.
When this collective decided to expand and had the opportunity to move into a large space, i.e. the old bowling alley, they needed, as was put in their TedX, a fairy godfather of sorts. Enter, George R. R. Martin. Santa Fe resident and famed author of Game of Thrones. He was able to help out with the funds necessary to bring this artistic wonderland to life.
Ok, fast forward to this past Monday.
When you enter the parking lot, you know you're in for a treat~ A "ginormeous" spider, a metal wolf, a giant robot...
I won't give too much away because, one, you just have to go there and see it for yourself, and 2, you experience, along with everyone you're with will be completely different!
I was there with my 15 year old daughter, my 7 year old son, two girlfriends and their 2 teenage daughters. We entered and were immediately transported into a fantasy of psychedelic and thought provoking phenomena~
Every window and door leads to something extraordinary. Even the refrigerator lead into another room! Yes, you can walk through the refrigerator! I mention it because it was my son's fave. There are tree houses and black and white rooms and florescent rooms and even a siting of some sort of giant, abominable snow owl! The lights, the sounds, the 100s of things to touch and pick up and open... It goes on and on and on~
We even took a break in the 1980s game room! Unfortunately, Ms. Pacman was out of order, but, my kids tinkered with a few games while my girlfriends battled it out on Galatica!
There is a stage in one room of Meow Wolf where they bring in acts of all sorts. That's next on my list, hitting up a night of music there! (It would be fun with a date! Anyone interested?)
I want to share a few pics from out adventurous day at Meow Wolf and i encourage you to head over there as soon as humanly possible! i for one can NOT wait to go back!
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