Art free-for-all

 
You're walking down the street Friday and notice a painting in some random spot — perhaps a canvas leaning on a lightpole or nestled between bushes. If there's a note attached mentioning "Free Art Fridays," then scoop it up and take it home!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That piece of art is part of impromptu, social media-led scavenger hunt that is spreading throughout South Florida.
 
As part of Free Art Fridays, or FAF, artists have been dropping off works every week at random places throughout Broward and Miami-Dade counties, typically near recognizable landmarks such as Jaxson's Ice Cream Parlor in Dania Beach or AmericanAirlines Arena in downtown Miami. Then they take to their Facebook group pages to provide clues, posting photos of the object and its location.
 
"There are good artists dropping good stuff, but you really have to fight for it," said Irma Garcia, 52, an art collector and owner of the gallery, Arte Venezolano en Miami, in the Bird Road Art District. "Sometimes you see three or four of us [hunters] running like crazy."
 
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