Warning: This is a HUGE post. But that seems right because art consumed my life for much of the summer and sooo many hours of August. I spent countless hours putting together art boards for the show and of course, all the other planning that went into it. I don't say this out of annoyance. It was really fun to host and I thought it turned out amazing, but it lead to a plethora of pictures.
Also, some people were not able to come to the art show. Hopefully this will be a good overview, but I'll put links to the previous art posts and that should cover most of it.
Let's quickly talk about the Art Show from last year and what changed. Originally, it was just our family...doing art. We had random judges come in each week and give awards to certain pieces. The Hulse's came and judged mid summer and then asked at the end if they could join in. We thought that was fantastic, so we included them in the last theme. For the big show, we had Mr. Anderson (a school art teacher) come judge the show and he gave awards in each theme, plus a first, second, and third overall. We also had the show at our house and people came and voted for their favorites...the people's choice awards.
Well, this year many things changed. First, we tried to include more people from the very beginning and we added all along the way; anyone who wanted to participate. We also started much earlier than last year. It is technically a Summer art thing, but when Covid hit, we had extra time on our hands, so we began at the end of March. That meant a lot more themes and weeks of art. Add to that the expansion to 25 artists participating and we had a LOT of art. Around 350 pieces.
We skipped the weekly judging. Instead, we would get together on a Zoom meeting and share what we made that week. It was really fun to see what people came up with. Not everyone could make the Zoom meetings and that was fine. They could still do the art to be included later. And realistically, you could do the art at any time. Annalise came in six weeks after we started, but she went back and did an art piece for every theme. Dedication.
There was much too much art to do the show at our house. Bethany was so kind (seriously, thanks a million) to offer her studio and it was a perfect location. I asked Cass Barney (a local artist) to come judge the show for us. I'm not sure she knew what she was getting into, but I think she had a lot of fun walking around and seeing all the stuff we had created. Here is a view of the two rooms where we put up the art at Beth's studio.
As usual, the art was grouped by theme. We gathered themes from many of the participants and then drew randomly. We ended up with 19 weeks of really interesting topics. There were themes on there that I would never have contemplated and some of them ended up being my favorite. The easiest way to show the art show is by theme. I took pictures of the boards so nothing is close up, but you can click on the theme and it will take you to the original post when we were doing the art during the summer and most of the art should be included there.
Before we get going, I should mention Brinnley. She works with Tyler and it quite an exceptional artist. She heard about the art show and she brought a piece over to display. It was stunning. We put it up with Post Mortem because I liked the angel in it.
Here is a picture of her walking around the show talking to Robyn.
Okay, let's take a tour.
Wow, can you believe all that art? Because it was at the studio, someone had to be there all the time. I set up a schedule and the girls took shifts. Their job was to welcome people, answer questions about the art and encourage people to vote for their favorite at the end. When no one was there, we would hang out in a side room talking and playing games.
Unless we were really hot. For some reason, Studio R was the coldest place to be. Sometimes we would just sit in there to cool down.
We had around 100 visitors. Here is a special visitor with Robyn. I believe Pip was our only quadruped guest.
Cass did a great job judging. She said it was very hard, especially picking a best of show. She enjoyed pieces with a story behind them. In case you didn't see the large ribbons, you can take a look at them again.
Third place went to Jane for her Threads of Time. This was in the category of History. She made them herself and they are different lengths. It is true that none of us know how long our thread is. Just live life to the fullest.
Second and First were both in Dante's Inferno (which was such an interesting theme). Second was Rebecca's Journey Below. This is exquisite, done in ink. She shows a depiction of each layer of Hell. It is amazing!
First went to a group effort. Ivory was the photographer, Pearl the subject, and Tyler the photoshop expert. The finished product was a picture of a modern interpretation of the seven deadly sins. Can you see them all? Gluttony, Lust, Sloth, Greed, Wrath, Pride, and Envy. Good job you three.
There is great honor for getting a ribbon of any sort, but I think the people's choice awards are even more coveted. It is hard to win the people's choice because you can imagine it is REALLY hard to pick a favorite piece out of a large art show. If even one person votes for your piece, you should feel proud. We had four pieces that got the most votes. Good job ladies.
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| Rolling in the Deep by Tricia Kinsey |
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| Mandala Rooster by June Cazier |
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| Sprocket by June Cazier |
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| Rainbow Bath by Ivory Cazier |
I gave a bookmark to everyone who got a vote so they could remember. I wrote the name of their artwork on the back. Yes, some people ended up with quite a few bookmarks, but I like to encourage reading as much as art. ;) My kids had quite the haul at the end of the day, but they also put in a lot of effort. I'm so proud of them.
Guys! What an experience. We had a sign up sheet and got more people to sign up for next year. I am glad for the break, but part of me is always excited to anticipate the great art that will be created. Taking down the show was still a process. The kids helped a little more with this part than the creating of boards. I like that they used their bodies to hold the tape and numbers as they took them off.
One of the coolest thing was having Annie, a friend who was only 11 at the time, put together a video for me. Thanks Annie. That was such a sweet gift to me.
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