2011 JUNE BLOG
I'll be brief because I am having technical trouble with blogging. It is either the Google Blog's problem or my computer's recent bout with a Trojan virus. Hope that never happens to you!
The big news continues to be AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART (AMOA) and ARTHOUSE. Front page news on the Austin American Statesman's Friday, May 27th issue was entitled "ARTHOUSE, AMOA TO BEGIN MERGER TALKS". I recommend you go the the Statesman's website for details. Look either on the Friday front page or in the Thursday 360 section. It appeared in both places.
Although I have been contacted by "insiders" from both organizations, there is very little to know at this time except what appeared in the article by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin. Because each group has what the other needs and does not have, I am hopeful the merger will work. One has money but soon will give up their Congress Ave. location. The other has a fine, remodeled building on Congress Ave. and the debt that goes along with that.
I think it is fair to say that ARTHOUSE generally focuses on "edgey" art by yet to be established artists and AMOA's exhibitions usually represent work by more recognized contemporary artists.
There is the question of what it would be called. To give up a name as defining as Austin Museum of Art would be a shame, yet Arthouse is a great destination name, descriptive as well. Because we have AMOA-Laguna Gloria, maybe we can have AMOA-Arthouse. The two boards are full of creative and practical members (yes, both can appear in the same persons) who are capable of tackling this and a mulitude of other issues. We all can follow this with great interest.
The big news continues to be AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART (AMOA) and ARTHOUSE. Front page news on the Austin American Statesman's Friday, May 27th issue was entitled "ARTHOUSE, AMOA TO BEGIN MERGER TALKS". I recommend you go the the Statesman's website for details. Look either on the Friday front page or in the Thursday 360 section. It appeared in both places.
Although I have been contacted by "insiders" from both organizations, there is very little to know at this time except what appeared in the article by Jeanne Claire van Ryzin. Because each group has what the other needs and does not have, I am hopeful the merger will work. One has money but soon will give up their Congress Ave. location. The other has a fine, remodeled building on Congress Ave. and the debt that goes along with that.
I think it is fair to say that ARTHOUSE generally focuses on "edgey" art by yet to be established artists and AMOA's exhibitions usually represent work by more recognized contemporary artists.
There is the question of what it would be called. To give up a name as defining as Austin Museum of Art would be a shame, yet Arthouse is a great destination name, descriptive as well. Because we have AMOA-Laguna Gloria, maybe we can have AMOA-Arthouse. The two boards are full of creative and practical members (yes, both can appear in the same persons) who are capable of tackling this and a mulitude of other issues. We all can follow this with great interest.
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