Gallery Directors

Corrections is an exhibit that will take place in San Francisco, California, USA on March 5-25, 2009.

There are no borders in art. Via the realm of the internet, artists the world over have been able to come together in mutual support. This show and its theme was birthed to allow artists to make a statement/take a stand about the current state of the Earth.

The list of artists who will be showing in San Francisco will not be finalized until August, 2008. Please note that the sample images presented here are not the works that have been chosen for the exhibit. Selection of works adhering to our theme will not occur until August.

The response to our early invitations have been overwhelmingly positive and enthusiastic. Many of our artists have suggested that the event be held in other locations around the globe. To that end, we are currently in the process of procuring two additional venues for the Corrections theme. The list of artists on this page have been invited early to the San Francisco event to give potential venues a sampling of the high caliber of work to be shown.

Please contact Harriette Lawler by email or phone 575-829-4567, if you are interested in hosting a Corrections exhibit .

Corrections Theme

As artists, we often express our feelings and thoughts concerning injustices, abuses of power, good and evil, or just the way we would like the Earth to be. Even if it’s only our own little corner of the world or in our own heart and soul. Making corrections, righting wrongs. This exhibit is dedicated to that theme. An example of a “wrong” could be a polluted landscape, political or governmental abuses, ignorance and lies, war scene or a disaster. An example of a “right” (a correction) could represent or express any situation that has been corrected. The work can be of any style or media: representational, abstract or conceptual.

Corrections Exhibit

The exhibit will also include visitor participation. Attendees can write down something that they feel needs correcting. Such as: abuses of any kind, overpopulation, corporate greed, political corruption, or whatever one wishes - global, national, local, or personal. They could then feed this Wrong into a paper shredder that would be set up in the gallery – consecrated in a ceremony during the opening reception. (Something will be posted stating that only Wrongs that are NOT motivated by anger, hatred, bigotry/intolerance, or jealousy/envy should be fed into this shredder.)

We will also have a secondary unconsecrated shredder to receive petty or selfish corrections – just so people can get these things “off their chest” or just to get rid of the negative emotions that they are causing a person to harbor. At the end of the exhibit, we will hold a closing reception where all the bags of shredded Wrongs from the show will be emptied into one of those large steel trash drums outside the gallery (or somewhere). Then in a celebratory ritual/ceremony, it would be set on fire. This can be carefully controlled and done safely. Before this ritual, our "court jester" will read aloud some of the unshredded Wrongs to be righted. In olden days, the king's court jester was the only one who could present truths in public before the king - without losing his head.

Summary

As artists, we can’t raise money the way musicians can, but we can raise awareness and focus. This one exhibit won't change the world, but at least we artists can stand together and hopefully get some attention paid to what we'd like to see corrected. There are many musicians/bands that are very socially aware and concerned, doing what they can to help out in certain situations in the world. We hope to interest some of these musicians in participating in our event.

The state of the world these days often seems so grim and hopeless, terribly out of balance, in desperate need of some "magic."

Some Magic . . .   and some Truth.

Copyright/2007/Harriette Lawler.

Blue Marble 2000 Credit: R. Stockli, A. Nelson, F. Hasler, NASA/ GSFC/ NOAA/ USGS