About a year ago, we joined the Gloucester County Art League, although we have been limited in participation by a variety of good and bad excuses... Aside from occassionally attending a meeting, we have each shown two pieces in a gallery show at Gloucester County College in the summer... Below are the photos I selected:
In early February, we joined the Greater Woodbury Arts Council (http://www.greaterwoodburyartscouncil.org/Home.html)... After having been to only one meeting, we have already been invited to be the subjects of a "Meet the Artist" event on March 12 (10 a.m.- noon) in the basement of the Woodbury Mews, whose charm is like that of a filing cabinet for geriatrics (I've heard it said that a culture can be judged by how it treats its elderly-- what is to be said then about our culture where medical technology perpetually raises life expectancies while quality of life during those extended years is largely ignored, a consideration only within a specialized and formal environment in which the elderly are tucked away like documents that will likely never be read again?.. Do we respect our elderly or are we trying to move them out of the way while we fulfill our ultra-important business as thriving products of capitalist culture?)..... We will bring a few examples and offer some insights into our work.. I don't know if it will be like the debutante's ball, but it will be something of a coming-out event for me in my hometown where I haven't been widely regarded as an artist since my elementary school classmates gave me such distinction....
More recently, I have joined the Photographic Society of Philadelphia (http://www.phillyphotosociety.com/About.html), through whom I have already displayed a photo for the first time in Philadelphia (My only other public art activity in Philly was in the realm of movie production-- I cowrote and acted in a short film for the 48 Hour Film Festival in 2005 -- I made a short movie which was shown during a public gallery event at the art studio on the Saint Joe's campus in 2004 -- I acted in and helped produce a film by Deron Albright called The Legend of Black Tom in 2005)... The photo was hung on the northern wall of Bonté's Waffleria & Café between 9 and 10 on Spruce... It has recently been annointed "Web Within Weeds" and was also displayed for the Fuel House show in October... There may soon be plans for a solo show in the city.... There is much to be excited for here and gratuity extended toward the ambitious and helpful leaders Morris Klein (this guy is great-- real character) and Eileen Eckstein..
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