It was a perfect day for it: frigidly cold and windy with sunshine and blue skies.
My favorite art shanty was the Art Shanty Confessional. Sure, I was raised Catholic, but I've only been to confession once. This confession shanty was more fun than the confessional of my childhood.
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People wrote their confessions on slips of paper that read: "Welcome. It's our pleasure to save you. Remember, two things: 1) Good penmanship is next to Godliness, 2) No last names, please. Confess something here: " The shanty folks then stapled the written confessions to the outer wall of the shanty. I grabbed a few snapshots of some of the confessions that made me laugh (No one told me to stop, so I don't think I broke any rules. If I did, let me know please):
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The shanties are open to the public every Saturday and Sunday on Medicine Lake, 11am - 4pm, through February 14.
You can check out our whole set of photos from the Art Shanty Project 2009 here.
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