{"id":544,"date":"2014-06-17T04:06:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T04:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/?p=544"},"modified":"2014-06-17T04:11:33","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T04:11:33","slug":"rick-steves-europe-hosts-passport-to-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/544\/rick-steves-europe-hosts-passport-to-inspiration","title":{"rendered":"Rick Steves Europe hosts: Passport to Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #404040;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Rick_Steves_store-345x216-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-545\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Rick_Steves_store-345x216-cropped-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Rick_Steves_store-345x216 cropped\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Rick_Steves_store-345x216-cropped-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Rick_Steves_store-345x216-cropped.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ma<\/span>ny Americans are not exposed to figurative sculpture much until they travel to Europe. \u00a0Once they have, they grow to appreciate how the Europeans celebrate the human form in their public art; it is the centerpiece of most of their squares and piazzas.<br style=\"color: #404040;\" \/><br style=\"color: #404040;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While traveling, have you found your gaze fixed on a sculpture, marveling at it? \u00a0Join me and others who have felt the same\u2014at my Artist\u2019s Reception, in a setting where\u00a0that travel experience is celebrated! \u00a0I am excited<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0810+++.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-546 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0810+++-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0810+++\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0810+++-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davidvarnau.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC_0810+++-1024x759.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>about exhibiting at Rick Steves Europe because I believe travelers, many who use his services, will enjoy my body of work, which is inspired by classical sculpture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Passport to Inspiration&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>24 leaded glass and bronze figurative sculptures on display in this solo show<br style=\"color: #404040;\" \/>June 13th though July 9th<br style=\"color: #404040;\" \/><br style=\"color: #404040;\" \/>Artist&#8217;s Reception \u00a0Thursday, June 19 th<\/p>\n<p>JOIN OTHERS WHO ENJOY THE DISCOVERY OF FINE ART \u00a0IN THEIR TRAVELS AS WELL AS THE INSPIRATION THAT IT BRING<\/p>\n<p>#travel \u00a0#sculpture #art<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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