About a year and a half ago I responded to a "call to artists" ad from Art Space in Hartford. I thought I would be participating in some low maintenance group show. You know, drop off my work, go to the opening, mingle, then pick everything up in a month. Little did I know that they were looking for a group show proposal... for 18 months in the future. That was last winter. I've assembled ten friends with very different styles and attitudes about art. Now we have a show, I think. And I'm the curator, sort of.
Saturday, I will have most of them over my house to figure out how we're going to orchestrate all of this. It's an entirely a DIY affair. The gallery is giving us a big ol' room to hang art and that's it. No promotion, no gallery sitting, no support for the opening. On the flip side, they won't charge us anything for use of the space (provided we don't trash the place). It's my first time taking such a large role in organizing an event of this magnitude. Fortunately, I have a bunch of friends with lots of experience to help me.
Now what to we call this conglomeration of misfits and their creations?
