Editing First Friday (public event) (section)

==Art gallery openings==
Some cities hold "gallery hops" and "art walks", in which a number of the town's [[art gallery|art galleries]], museums, or artists' studios, both commercial and [[non-profit]] [[501c3]] organizations, will open their doors on Friday evening. The idea is that galleries will attract people to the downtown and enrich the art community by pooling their openings together, sometimes, as in the case of art6 and Artspace in Richmond, Virginia (when in [[Jackson Ward]] at 6 East Broad Street) into one monthly evening in a historically located designated [[arts district]] .

Among the cities with art-oriented First Friday events are: [[Albany, New York|Albany]], [[Anchorage, Alaska|Anchorage]], [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]], [[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]], [[Binghamton, New York|Binghamton]], [[Boston]],<ref>{{cite web|title=First Fridays {{!}} icaboston.org|url=https://www.icaboston.org/calendar/first-fridays|website=www.icaboston.org|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref>  [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]], [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia (Missouri)]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.como.gov/citychannel/2017/04/11/things-to-do-in-columbia-first-fridays/|title=Things to Do in Columbia: First Fridays|work=City of Columbia|access-date=July 22, 2019}}</ref> [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]],<ref>{{cite web| url = http://denverartwalk.squarespace.com/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091111125426/http://denverartwalk.squarespace.com/| archive-date = 2009-11-11| title = Tennyson Street - First Friday Art Walk and Stroll}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=First First Friday, 2016|url=http://www.westword.com/event/first-first-friday-2016-7461289|website=Westword|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> [[Fort Collins, Colorado|Fort Collins]], [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]], [[Hood River, Oregon|Hood River]], [[Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]], [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]], [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], [[Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo]], [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]],<ref>{{cite news|title=2017's First Friday means new art|url=http://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/arts/2017/01/05/2017s-first-friday-means-new-art/96157550/|access-date=6 January 2017|work=Knoxville News Sentinel}}</ref> [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Jay|title=Turn your 2017 New Year wishes into art at First Friday Las Vegas|url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-tr-las-vegas-first-friday-20170102-story.html|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=3 January 2017 |access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> [[Lubbock, Texas|Lubbock]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=First Friday Art Trail – The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts |url=https://lhuca.org/ffat/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Miami]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Saati|first1=Briana|title=First Friday Art Walk Guide: All the Culture on Display at Downtown's Inaugural Event|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/first-friday-art-walk-guide-all-the-culture-on-display-at-downtowns-inaugural-event-6499202|website=Miami New Times|access-date=6 January 2017|date=4 April 2013}}</ref> [[Missoula, Montana|Missoula]], [[Peoria (Illinois)]], [[Scranton]], [[Art Murmur|Oakland]], [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Paseo Art Walk|url= https://www.thepaseo.org/paseo-first-friday-gallery-walk|access-date=22 September 2022|date=22 September 2022}}</ref> [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]], [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]],<ref>{{cite web|title=What To Do For First Friday In Philly This January|url=http://www.uwishunu.com/2017/01/celebrate-first-friday-philly-january-6/#sm.000nnbzwxvrrcxq114e2340gzulvn|website=Uwishunu - Philadelphia Blog About Things to Do, Events, Restaurants, Food, Nightlife and More|access-date=6 January 2017|date=5 January 2017}}</ref> [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], [[Portland, Maine|Portland]] (Maine), [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]],<ref>{{cite web|title=First Friday {{!}} Artspace|url=http://artspacenc.org/events/first-friday/|website=artspacenc.org|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Art Galleries on First Fridays in Richmond, VA|url=https://www.visitrichmondva.com/things-to-do/arts-culture/galleries-first-fridays/|website=www.visitrichmondva.com|access-date=6 January 2017|language=en-us}}</ref> [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]], [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]], [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]], [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]], [[Tulsa]], [[York, Pennsylvania|York (PA)]], [[Marietta, Ohio]], and [[Ypsilanti]].

[[Richmond, Virginia]] is among the largest First Fridays art walks in the nation. It draws nearly 20,000 people from all over the state of Virginia and nation, showcasing its artistic side and opening restaurants and art galleries all over [[Broad Street (Richmond, Virginia)|Broad Street]], [[Manchester, Virginia|Manchester area]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Art Galleries on First Fridays in Richmond, VA|url=https://www.visitrichmondva.com/things-to-do/arts-culture/galleries-first-fridays/|website=www.visitrichmondva.com|access-date=7 October 2017|language=en-us}}</ref> and [[Downtown Richmond]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bass|first1=Scott|title=Broad Street Revivalists:The galleries and businesses of First Fridays Art Walk are the 2009 Richmonders of the Year|url=http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/broad-street-revivalists/Content?oid=1367342|access-date=7 January 2016|issue=January 06, 2010|publisher=Style Weekly|date=January 6, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/collection_2cfb6e12-9e7a-11e2-8b91-0019bb30f31a.html | title=First Fridays Art Walk}}</ref> Artspace<ref>{{cite web|last1=Frostick|first1=Dana|title=artspacegallery.org|url=http://www.artspacegallery.org/outreach.htm|website=www.artspacegallery.org|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> and Art6 Gallery<ref>{{cite web|title=Artists Collect, Too, II Art6 Gallery Richmond|url=http://1995-2015.undo.net/it/mostra/18322|website=1995-2015.undo.net|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> were two of the first anchor galleries for First Fridays on Broad Street in Richmond.

One of the oldest First Friday's is located in Boston's [[SoWa|SoWa Arts District]] where more than 80 artists open their studios to the public every First Friday. The [[SoWa]] Arts District is located at Harrison Ave and Thayer Street in Boston's South End.  In 2015, [http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-art-district/ USA Today's 10BEST] readers poll voted the [[SoWa]] as the second best arts district in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-art-district/|title=Best Art District Winners: 2015 10Best Readers' Choice Travel Awards|website=10Best|access-date=2016-04-09}}</ref>