tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924705577830208404.post1839271615286429325..comments2023-10-05T08:32:27.461-07:00Comments on Bay Area Art Quake: A Reason to DrinkAnna L. Contihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01636304182118944226noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924705577830208404.post-68206071893211297692008-07-16T10:30:00.000-07:002008-07-16T10:30:00.000-07:00Interesting and difficult questions indeed. I just...Interesting and difficult questions indeed. I just wish that arts education could start earlier so that people wouldn't be so intimidated by galleries or so fearful of anything that's outside the narrow range of recycled 19th century landscape art. I have tried to volunteer to teach art at SF schools but the Dept of (un)education is not interested. But I think that a lot of people who love art, can't afford to buy it and a lot of people who can afford to buy it would rather buy expensive clothes or electronic toys. I'm looking into volunteering at the Lighthouse for the Blind as they have a lot of enthusiasm for art - but no money to buy it! But then, when has art really ever been accessible to the majority of people? I guess when I was part of the religion, from Ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages but the situation of art and artists now is so different that there's really no point of reference. <BR/>Man - I sure talk a lot, don't I?Nancy Ewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12116290968007398337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924705577830208404.post-25681434964485372232008-07-15T18:31:00.000-07:002008-07-15T18:31:00.000-07:00Yes, that would be nice. I believe it does happen ...Yes, that would be nice. I believe it does happen now and then. Just not often enough to suit me. <BR/><BR/>The big puzzle for galleries (and artists) that aim for the emerging collector is: how do you encourage someone to educate himself? What does it take to convince that person to walk into a gallery or a museum or an open studio, to look around, and to ask questions?Anna L. Contihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636304182118944226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924705577830208404.post-71004569160139174232008-07-15T15:56:00.000-07:002008-07-15T15:56:00.000-07:00Thanks. I hope I don't cause problems with my litt...Thanks. I hope I don't cause problems with my little opinions.<BR/><BR/>This made me think about the conversation I had with Bridget Henry. I'd told her I thought I didn't like woodcuts, because I'd only ever seen those Art & Wine Festival woodcuts, the ones she very charitably described as "very accessible." But then I saw her woodcuts.<BR/><BR/>Which then made me think, <I>Well, maybe art can be like wine.</I> It's wonderful that you can get a $3 bottle of wine at Trader Joe's. And some of the people who start out with box wine get inspired to try the $3 wine, and then maybe on a special occasion, they will buy a $10 bottle for a birthday, and then they might like it and experiment with other wines, and a wine-lover is born.<BR/><BR/>So maybe it's possible something like that could occur with how a person responds to art. Someone who perhaps never got much exposure to art and feels unsure of himself and his opinions, but then goes to an art festival and sees the frog and thinks, <I>I don't know Art, but I like this.</I> And then maybe going to a museum would be more interesting, and then maybe this person might find himself educating himself about this new and interesting thing in his life.<BR/><BR/>That would be nice.lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265675056413880664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924705577830208404.post-90107551849938128182008-07-14T18:44:00.000-07:002008-07-14T18:44:00.000-07:00Good for you for posting an honest opinion. I've p...Good for you for posting an honest opinion. I've posted a few here and it's caused problems for the blog so I try to pull back and save my more stringent critiques for my own blog. But somebody has to say "The emperor has no clothes."Nancy Ewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12116290968007398337noreply@blogger.com