Monday, February 4, 2013

Still here

There has been a bunch of art-related stuff going on over the last several months, and I should catch you up!  I have participated in three group shows: the Utica Camera Club show at the Barrett Gallery at Utica College, the inaugural Utica Marsh art show at the Utica Public Library, and a members' show for the Utica Art Association also at the Utica Public Library. 

The Utica Camera Club show was great.  The library was recently renovated and  looks fantastic.  The club members submitted some fabulous pieces and it looked really well done. Very sharp.  A tip of the hat and many thanks to all the members that submitted pieces, and to the staff at the gallery that worked so hard to get it done! Thanks!

The inaugural Utica Marsh art show at the Utica Public Library was a great learning experience for me.  I took on much of the responsibility of organizing the show, and I learned a great deal about what it takes to do that. It is one thing to enter a piece in a competition or members' show.  It is quite another thing to work with a gallery for a solo show, where they do much of the grunt work.  It is a whole different ballgame when you put the thing together from the ground up!!  Fortunately we were able to pull it off and put together a very nice show to raise community awareness regarding the Utica Marsh.  Again, many thanks to the library staff (especially Joyce!!) and all that contributed pieces.  A quick shot of the gallery during the show.

Lastly, there was a show for members of the Utica Art Association, which was also held in the same space at the library.  Another round of thanks for everyone involved.


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