The Seasons Change

A Call for Change
The Alexander County Library in Taylorsville, NC is hosting an art exhibit for photographic artists. They are looking for artists to examine and portray the changing seasons. In their words:

"Hopefulness? Gratitude? Openness? Whatever it is, it's welcome.”

“A Promised Change” is open to photography submissions that explore the changing beauty of the natural world as well as images that explore the more expansive theme. The exhibit provides a space for photographers to tell unique stories that resonate. We welcome your diverse artistic interpretations inspired by the broader themes, as literal as landscape photography, as experimental as abstracts, or as personal as photographs that speak to you of seasonal change."

Real artists wishing to submit works should contact:

Main Library Exhibiting Artist Series Curator, Miranda Burgin, to ask questions, discuss ideas, or to confirm your participation in the exhibit: mirandaburgin@gmail.com<mailto:mirandaburgin@gmail.com> or (828) 632-2256.

You may also contact the Alexander Library Director, Laura Crooks at lcrooks@alexandercountync.gov<mailto:lcrooks@alexandercountync.gov> or (828) 632-4058.

Their planned exhibition will run from November 7th through the end of December. As a local pseudo-artist, I appreciate their call for serious artistic interpretations of the seasonal nature of our world. Although I would not presume to submit work for this serious show, I exhibit below my own modest interpretations of the changing face of nature as we proceed through the seasonal shifts in color, temperature and Mother Nature's endless variations in artsy displays. So, here they are and may I wish the real artists a wonderful showing of their works.

August Art Non-Event

Well, it would seem it is now official. Our local Arts Council no longer wishes to sponsor local art walks. Oh there will be an event in August labeled an Art Walk, but it will be confined to the Old Courthouse galleries (where real artists' works appear), the lawn, and maybe other local galleries such as the Art Guild.  When I decry the absence of an Art Walk venue, I of course am talking about the space that used to be provided by the Arts Council, courtesy of the Piedmont Renaissance Center (old bank) Building. That lovely indoor space was made available to those of us pretend artists who loved displaying their work, but who would prefer not standing out in the rain to do so. We used to have 20-30 artists (some real, some like me) displaying their creations at the Old Bank Building. It was fun, we could chat each other up, admire our artsy creations and then await the several hundred folks who would inevitably come by to see our works. As I say, it was great fun.
But many/most good things eventually come to an end (sort of like America), so this particular fun probably had to end eventually.
So, in the best tradition of "Let's Pretend", here are the pieces I might have printed and displayed, had there been an actual Art Walk in August.

June Art

I am posting these pictures as my selection for a June Art event, although at this point, I have no idea what such an event might be. Ordinarily, the June event would be an Art Walk, and I would be displaying at the old bank building across from the Old Courthouse galleries. But the Piedmont Renaissance Center seems unavailable these days and the Arts Council has no useful venue for we pseudo-artists, other than setting up shop outside the Courthouse on their lawn, an idea I reject out of hand.  So, this "June Art Event" may be a fiction of my imagination. And it may well be the case that I no longer have a useful art venue for displaying my pseudo-art.  I was rejected by the great Jenny Tomlin at the Art Guild for a membership there, cuz my art didn't cut it by Jenny standards.  Just not good enough, I guess.  But we knew that, didn't we?
So, this venue may be my last best hope for a display space.
So . . . here they are folks. My June Art display. Enjoy it here, cuz this may be my last best hope. As you will see, it is an eclectic bunch. The first three are selections from my New York City collection, two near the Jackie O Lake, and one, well, just because I like Brooklyn.  The last bunch are all sun themes, one from Greece, the others more local in origin. And the three I just added are pieces I created based on some pics I crafted from Boston, Bethesda and Concord.
So, enjoy, I hope.