Momentous day as contracts were finalized yesterday with Kendall College of Art & design (www.kcad.edu) for the exhibition of TAKE CARE!
TAKE CARE: The Art, Science & Bioethics of Motherhood (www.n-cap.org/take_care.html) will be on display in Gallery 114 at KCAD from September 23 - October 8, 2009.
Artprize will provide a $250,00 grand prize to the artwork which receives the most public votes (visitors text their votes). The top ten favorites will receive cash awards.
So far, artists from around the world have entered and we are very encouraged to be in the first group of selections.
Now we are rushing to update ourinformation for an up-to-date catalog which will be available during the event. After Artprize, TAKE CARE will travel through 2013. We are still scheduling venues, please contact us if you have any ideas about venues or curators who might be interested in exhibiting TAKE CARE.
Please visit all the artists' websites, linked at the n-cap site, above.
This process, from beginning to fruition has been one of persistence and commitment. The first ideas of this exhibition were verbalized in 2006, artists were selected in 2007, and finally in 2008 some of the work was realized. Marketing the exhibition has been a huge time commitment for Adrienne Outlaw (www.adrienneoutlaw.com) and myself . . . but as the reviews began coming in (see March/April archives), we started see the results of our ideas and confirmation of our groundbreaking viewpoints.
So last night, Don and I celebrated with our friends and neighbors, Chad and Jennifer, by enjoying a gorgeous and delicious bottle of Primitivo Italian wine and some imported Sorrento Limoncello. It was divine.
Salute!
Read MoreFear of the Studio
I have suffered the most devastating loss . . . my recently finished, yet to be acclaimed, masterpiece "My Vintage Soul" was destroyed last week.
Thursday night, as I dealt with my insomnia by blogging and shopping on eBay, at 1:00 a.m. an unearthly crash shook the house - and lying on the hardwood floor in front of the fireplace was the face-down remnants of "MY VINTAGE SOUL". As my husband lifted and turned it face-up, we discovered that not only were all the ceramic, vintage figurines crushed, but many of the rolled fabric forms crushed. Apparently the 150 lb (supposedly) picture hooks I used were inadequate.
I am thoroughly crushed and cannot even face going into the studio right now.
This is a complete wash. I can re-install some other figurines and re-work it - but this was the seminal piece of my new series and will never be able to re-capture the joy I felt as I created it - as it formed beneath my hands and revealed itself to me.
It is a memory - a figment of my imagination.
I am considering a burial or a cremation. This was to be the highlight of my new exhibition.
In deep mourning,
For Art's Sake,
Sher
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