Why? you may ask would you even there. Boredom? Desperation? Running out of time?
Nah, the shows are local. One is prestigious and one, the more local of the two, hasn’t had an open call since the last time I didn’t get in.
From the Harwood Museum of Art, the Taos museum that’s part of the University of New Mexico came the call Contemporary Art/Taos 2020 which invites artists living and working in Taos or those have moved away but have deep roots here. I delivered some paintings here in 1963. Does that mean I have deep roots even if I didn’t ever live here? Anyway, it said Contemporary so I chose three images that are both contemporaneous and may even be contemporary.
For the Albuquerque Museum call, formerly called Miniatures and More now called Art Thrive, I went modern, as well. Since Peggy has been in the show, I’ve attended opening night for the last several years and have watched show become more modern. To that end I’m visualizing a new no glass no frame presentation. But lest I get ahead of myself, here and up top are the four I submitted.
The Albuquerque Museum will hang three images which needn't be from the ones I submitted but have to be in the spirit and style they represent. The Harwood will hang one of the three you see here.
2 comments:
A nice grouping from which the Albuquerque Museum and the Harwood can choose, and we hope both feature your work in some form or another. The top three are great, and of course, trees always tug at my heartstrings, so hey, I'm pretty sure you will succeed in being featured this time! Thanks for sharing your possibilities with us!
Thanks, Daryl. It would be a treat to be included but I have no real expectations. The Harwood claims 300 submissions so it will be competitive to say the least.
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