Stutz Open House

Last night we went to the Stutz Artists Open House, which was lots of fun. The Stutz building is the factory where the Stutz automobile was made for a few years starting in 1911. They still have some cars on display and huge elevators big enough that cars could fit on them.I enjoyed visiting the different studios and looking at artwork. My favorite was this guy: William Denton Ray. I'd love to see his work on book covers. It's weird in a good way with lots of whimsical and colorful human and semi-human characters.They had a few booths of food from local restaurants in addition to wine and snacks served in the different studios. I had a small plate of meatloaf and fried mac and cheese from Zest Cafe. Hmmm. Fried mac and cheese is a little weird. It filled the hole in my stomach and allowed me to concentrate on the art, though!There was also live music in various locations. While we ate, we watched some guys sing and play mandolin, cello, and drums, sometimes accompanied by a belly dancer. The belly dancer was ok, the musicians were excellent. They had quite a nice variety of repertoire, including one song I recognized as an Israeli folk song. I think I've seen these guys before and enjoyed their music, but unfortunately, the program book doesn't list the musicians anywhere. That's a mistake! If I find out what they were called, I'll update this post.ETA: Found the musicians: Il Troubadore. I remembered that I had seen one of their members on a local social networking site.