So…
Feeling a bit like Winnie the Pooh.
I kept thinking. Think think think…that I’ll just think about what I feel like writing about this trip in a day or two…just a little longer and I’ll get around to posting it…just need to clarify my thoughts…and then WordPress sent me my annual stats and I’d somehow only posted once this year…ugh. Time is flying. So I better do my best to get this done and maybe post a recap of the art I didn’t show anyone.
NYC is just too big for a quick trip, especially when you have commitments while there. I think we’ll have to go back at some point just as tourists.
And another week passed since I wrote that. Grrr…
The Salmagundi Club is a wonderful place I’m very glad my art was included in the show. There were so many great artists to meet and talk to.
A special thank you to Omar Columbus, one of the curators) who reached out to me to see if I was interested in the show. He is a wonderful person and hearing his spoken work poetry was amazing. It was very powerful and moving. If you have a chance check him out. https://www.poetictheater.com/omar-columbus/. He is on IG @omarcphotography.
Surreal
It feels surreal that my art was shown in a curated exhibition on 5th avenue in NYC. The Salmagundi Club is one of the oldest art organizations in the US having been founded in 1871. I have struggled with imposter syndrome my entire art career and battle with myself to offer up my art for sale or just put it out there. Doing this reinforced my belief that I am an artist and should share what I create so I am truly grateful for the experience.
We went to check out the exhibition before the reception so I would have time to absorb it all. Throughout that time and during the reception it felt strange to me to see people stopping in front of my pieces and stand there taking it in. Looking at all the details and then read my descriptions and artist statement. I fully expected people to just glance at them and move past but no, they actually would take the time to ponder and think. It was very moving as an artist to see people take in my art and interact with them to see how it made them feel.
But all too soon the evening was over. A week later my art was back home having not sold but is hanging on my walls until I put them up for sale or decide that I want to keep them forever.