Greensboro artist Leanne Pizio and local writer/llama owner, Katy Torney, have teamed up to produce a lovely hardback book about llamas. Leanne's illustrations capture perfectly Inca's llama adventures in the book. Last night was the opening reception and book signing at Irving Park Art & Frame. Today, the dynamic duo (photographed above) will be on hand for a book signing. The first reading will be at 11:30 am and the second one will be held at 12:30. They are promising to bring Inca to the event. It has been said that llamas are prone to attention deficit and Inca just may not be able to endure the second reading. Katy will try her best to keep Inca interested. As you may already know from reading the book, llamas need to "POOP," so they won't be able to trust Inca until she has had a bathroom break.
Several local artists and supporters of the arts came out for the reception last night. Greensboro is really lucky to have so many talented people in the arts. We are also lucky to have businesses like Irving Park & Frame that support local artists. If you have framing needs, please consider Irving Park & Frame on Cornwallis at Battleground- or any locally owned frame shop, for that matter. You may get lured to big box stores by coupons, but, in the long run, you get so much more for your money when you support local frame shops.
We predict that "What Do Llamas Do? will be a success well beyond the borders of our great city. Stop by and pick up your copy today, see Inca, enjoy the original artwork from the book, and meet some great people. Hope to see you there. Since you will already be close to town, you can head on in to the National Folk Festival.
Congratulations to them! Kids will love that.
Posted by: William Kendall | Saturday, September 09, 2017 at 11:46 AM
I don't know what llamas do except provide excellent wool for a variety of products. We don't have many llamas around Ocala but we do have some alpacas and they also provide beautiful soft wool.
Posted by: Lowell | Saturday, September 09, 2017 at 01:33 PM