Wow! Resonance: Speaking for the Arts seemed to be a big hit last night. At 5PM when the exhibit opened, the panels were empty, but by 10PM when we closed the gallery, there were more ideas written on those panels than we had time to read.
A few are full. Many are half full. There were messages from kids and adults, artists and non-artists. It was wonderful.
Visitors seemed to enjoy finishing the sentences on the following panels--these were full by the end of the night:
There is a quote that I love; It goes. . .(Panel 3)
Blank is an art, Few people realize this but it is (10.
When I dance. . .(Panel 9)
Asked what my favorite piece of visual art is and why, I would say. . .(Panel 14)
I haven't had a chance to read all of the responses. The ones I did read ranged from heavy to light--with a good mix of other tones as well. I'll be stopping at the gallery on Monday to read them all.
Another exciting observation? Many visitors took liberties with how they wove their responses into the panels. The panel that talks about visual arts is full of different lengths of paper using different colors. It's not at all what we expected visually, but it's a beautiful accident.
Congratulations to Angela for making art out of a public conversation about the arts. Thanks to our sponsors, A.D. Moyer Lumber, Citadel Credit Union, Penn Valley Construction Co. Inc., Everything Postal and Printing, E.G. Landis Jewelers, and Studio B.
And, a great big thank you to everyone who visited the gallery last night and contributed to the panels.
I would have to say that I was most pleased by the fun everyone seemed to be having responding the prompts on the panels. To be frank, discussing the arts can sometimes be a dull activity. It wasn't last night. I spent most of the evening catching up with old friends and family and talking to local artists. When we locked the doors and closed the gallery last night, I finally realized how much work the prompts were doing to facilitate the conversation. Angela and I didn't need to explain things. That's what the exhibit aimed for. Last night it hit the target.
What next? Well, there's still room on several of the panels for people who want to participate in this exhibit.
If you were there, what was it like for you? Feel free to reply to this entry and let others know your reactions to the exhibit.
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