“A dreaded sunny, so let’s go where we’re happy, I will meet you at the cemet’ry gates…”
I juried a show with three other art world powerbrokers for the Laguna College of Art and Design. The drive down to Laguna was a breeze – so few cars on the road – I guess a recession has its upsides.
So the college is all figurative art, rigorous, realistic, definitely a conservative tilt for me to be involved with but the show itself is just so bizarre as a concept that I had to be involved – the artworks will be show in in a giant, walk-in and walk-around marble crypt at a cemetery and lit by candlelight. Seriously, this is something i want to see live.
The other jurors were Richard MacDonald, Jr. of Dawson Cole Fine Arts, Joshua Rose, the editor of American Art Collector and Peter Frank (does he even need an introduction or litany of prestigious titles and associations?)
We picked three artists to win the top cash prizes – the top one was voted the highest by all 4 of us, and the other two respectively gathered the most approval. The exhibit is at Fairhaven Memorial Park on November 13. Thankfully, it is THURSDAY, November 13 and not Friday… yikes!