Once said, it can never be taken back…
Thursday, June 18th saw my first professional outing as an artist speaking publicly about their work.
Programmed by Cannery Works (a not-for-profit based in NY) and sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council the event was a success with a turn-out beyond the 70 seats we had hoped to fill. Though dark and stormy, art lovers turned out for a riveting discussion of photography as an art form and what we artists thought of the trend towards ever larger prints (hint: we all LOVE big prints).
The night was personally a pleasure for me: I’ve long felt comfortable in front of a crowd, and even more so when talking about something I know as well as my own work. My favorite moment of the evening came when someone asked “what makes us [the artists] think that our work was art?!?” I love questions like that – it gets the blood flowing and gets the audience interested!
The other artists, whom I am lucky enough to consider good friends, both discussed aspects of their ongoing projects (Timothy Briner and Matt Stacey).
I can’t wait to do it again… I hope to have some audio or video in the next few weeks.
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