Thank you to everyone who came out to our space this past Saturday. For those of you who did not attend can listen. In advance I would like to apologize for the Market-Frankford El, which is conveniently located near our space, Berks stop. Overall, what happened on Saturday, for those of you who weren’t there, is we, artists, curators, critics, art viewers got together, had a discussion. The discussion covered juried exhibits in the Philadelphia area. This audio is rated R for mature listening, like really.
My review of the meeting is this; we did not answer many questions or address solid solutions. I realized that we actually had to clarify a lot of things, mis-communications. This community meeting was the first at Little Berlin. What I did get from our talk was that we should have more. An artist’s survival is not reliant entirely on the individual. Together we are stronger and the artwork will get better. A question that was asked was, why did I decide to organize “Works on Paper Rejects”, which really was not entirely directed at me, but as an organizer for “Works on Paper Rejects” I’m obliged to discuss. As a member of Little Berlin my task is to be of service to the artists and art viewers around me. Scandal arose with “Works on Paper”. A scandal that could have blew up a number of times with varying types of juried shows in Philadelphia. Whispers you hear each time winners are announced. Instead of joining the gossip I decided to do something constructive, offer our space and have a talk face to face. I could not be happier that it happened to be Arcadia University this year and Little Berlin to accept the rejected work. We are similar. One space is smaller than the other, but the architecture of the spaces are comparable. We both exhibit with the sentiment of bettering the art community directly around us, working with local artists, as well as, artists from other worlds to collaborate/interact with us. Again, one space is smaller than the other, cough, little berlin. Our space is a lot younger than the Arcadia, just entering the boundries of the art world and maybe even ignoring them at times, which makes us different. “Works on Paper” could not happen at Little Berlin and “Works on Paper Rejects” could not happen at Arcadia University…..for now. Never say never.
