Sunday, November 18, 2007

goals - presentations and a statement

Thanks Deborah-well I am looking at what you said - I felt pretty good about the presentations in November and hope we can have 5-8 more people go in December - hoping that more peoples work will draw a bigger visual arc so we can step back and try to see how our work all can fit together objectively for this maiden voyage

- it is a personal bugaboo for me to always want the curatorial work drawing a bigger picture than just the the art on the wall, it's a personal stance, but in a lot of ways it is a big part of the contempory direction of art so I guess I'd like to know what people think about making the effort to include bigger ideas-then just the work hanging on the wall. Just throwing up art takes a big effort, but adding more layers to the exhibition part is even more effort - but I've found to be lightyears more rewarding

- I think I'd couch the direction we are going in when it comes to professional goals is to put together an exhibition proposal - A short written statement about what is drawing us all together should be worked out, then a strategy for an exhibition - does that make sense? If anyone thinks I'm blowing smoke out my earhole they should tell me. Cheers & happy turkey day! - Karen
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