Wow – I had an idea for an art show and posted it on my blog. 40 days later the show is hung – Over 70 artists are in the show.
Here is the press release for the show, the opening reception is Saturday, July 12 from 7 – 10 PM.
L I N K -to- P R E S S – R E L E A S E
The show started out as a necessity to fill the gallery over the summer. Artist Michael Hornyak had participated in our Autumn Juried show and the prize for that exhibit was winning a solo show at the i-5 gallery. Well, I explained that the foot traffic can be notoriously low for that sort of thing in alternative spaces Downtown and that a big group show to accompany his solo show might be in his best interests of people seeing his exhibit. He wisely agreed.
So I was hit with this inspiration for the $2 Bill show when I found this stack of $2 bills I had gotten at my bank a year or so ago. I posted the parameters for the show in my blog and a lot of people responded. A few artists turned their bills back in to me and just said they could not produce an artwork for the deadline. A few other people owe me $2, by the way. But we hung both shows – Hornyak’s and Jefferson’s – this afternoon and they looks great.