Let’s Explore Galleries Together @ Soho/Canal St

A small, personal guided conversation about looking, feeling, thinking, and wondering.
Lets ask weird questions! Notice strange things! See what art does to us.

I have a list of 6 shows in within walking distance of each other. We will meet up, visit a gallery full of weird and provocative things, stay as long as we like, and then move on to the next one and the next. We will look at what we want, it won’t be everything, lets keep our eyes fresh!
As we go, I hope you’ll join me in an open low pressure, no pretense conversation about what we see, and how it affects us. I will tell you what I know and what I intuit, and also what I don't know. And I’ll ask you to tell our group what you see, and ask the questions that pop into your head.

The shows of contemporary art include:

• a group show about UFO’s.
• two with weird colorful clay sculptures that range between goofy and exquisite.
• a cat in a box portrait. How can we say no?

We may discuss:

• Why do people make the art they do?
• Does it matter if you like the work? Why should we look at it?
• What do you do when it is freaky or rude? If it provokes a response (including boredom, anger, confusion) maybe thats an experience in itself?
• What do you see that I don’t?
• The gallery press release tells us why they are showing this work, do we find it helpful or irrelevant?
• What happens when we leave the exhibit?

Who am I?
I am a visual artist and set designer, with a strong interest in collaboration and engagement with intentional and
accidental audiences. I find the NYC art world fascinating, complicated, welcoming and forbidding all at once. It is best done with friends like you.

Please Note #1: This is a tour for art newbies to art devotees. I welcome all. I will ask you to share your thoughts and experiences, I am not lecturing you, I am not the expert here. You are welcome to love what you see, hate it or not get it. We do this together.
Please Note #2: Covid conscious masking is welcome. I might wear one myself...