I am back, now body and soul, from attending my first SAQA conference and seeing the Quilt National 2005 exhibit opening in Athens, Ohio. What an experience! I learned so much about the business of being a professional artist but the best part is, (and here comes the CHUTZPAH), that after talking with the artists, gallery owners and collectors and seeing the art up close and personal, I know I can run with the Big Dogs too. Jeez, I hope nobody reads this anytime soon...I gotta a lot of work to do. Then again, right across the street from the entrance to the Dairy Barn is this marvelous stone gate and a wooden staircase that leads up to the insane asylum cemetery. Go crazy or die trying!
3 comments:
Speaking as one who has never been in Quilt National...you can sell lots 'o quilts and have a decent career and somehow never make it into the show. Hold that thought and do what your heart leads you to do....go for both.
totally agree Gabrielle!
And Deb - I feel - I can't even begin to tell you how good I feel - knowing about that path and stairs right across the street from QN. Yes indeedy. The universe has a plan.
Here's the view from the other side of the stairs....consider this:
http://www.lacativa.com/DB2005/CrazyCemetary.jpg
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