some blue
inspiration: joan snyder
detail: moth, oil, fabric & encaustic on board
if you are in the nyc area, i urge you to see
Joan Snyder: a painting survey 1969-2005 at The Jewish Museum (thru 10/23)
New York review
New York Times review
aid for artists
i received this today from susan schwab, an artist i met through theARTproject:
"Since the hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans and Gulf coast areas (besides donating to a major charity to help in a general way) I began to think about the artists like ourselves and how we would feel if we had lost everything. I began emailing to see if there was a way to help our own community. I was sent the attached press release and learned that the CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM HOUSTON has launched an art trust to help artists effected by the storm. The museum will absorb all the administrative costs and all monies raised will go to the artists!
This is the direct link to the area of the museum site to learn about the project, to receive help or make a contribution: http://www.camh.org/kat.html. I spoke yesterday to the director of the museum, Marti Mayo, and after reading the material on the site it seems the best way to help those who lost studios, art supplies, art, even documentation and slides etc.
I am writing to you my artist friends far and wide to ask you to help raise funds for the artists in this region and to help contact artists you may know who need the monies and generally spread the word on this project. Just think if each of us gave only $10.00 and everyone on our email list gave that amount or more what could happen!"
9.16.2005
the same blue sky
this is the sky and the wall outside my window right now,
it is the same time,
i am sitting in the same place,
i can hear planes flying overhead,
i live a mile from the site.
i don't watch tv, so i have not been inundated with remembrances
i think i will turn it on now, just to be a part of something bigger
but i don't need it to get that awful, awful feeling of shock and horror
i don't need it to cry
this was my response 4 years ago
this is my response now: reach out to the victims of katrina
i find it unfathomable that we have learned nothing in 4 years about dealing with major disasters
what happened to all the $$$ that were poured into "homeland security"?
they certainly didn't go towards creating effective evacuation plans for our major cities...
it makes me angry
9.11.2005
