Three Person Show Proposal

A few nights ago I met with Lad, Pi, Kimberly, Mike and Jenna before the regular board meeting. The purpose of the pre-meeting was to get everyone on the same page. Jenna and Kimberly proposed having an agenda for the board meetings. They proposed creating a punch list of things that the LCVA would like to do. Kimberly has somebody working on our website. The big news was that Pi suggested cutting back the number of nonmember shows and creating one more member show.....which would probably be a members "three person show". Here are some of the discussion topics concerning a "three person show".

1. There was some debate concerning who would curate the show? It could be the three members or it could be the members committee.

2. There was some debate concerning which members would get to have a three person show? It would have to be people who have enough work on hand. It would have to be people whose work goes well together. The combination of artists would have to be made up of 3d and 2d to maximize the space in the gallery.

3. There was a discussion of logistics. If we have 50 exhibiting members and only one 3 person show a year. If you do the math, some members may not get their own show for 17 years.

4. There was a suggestion to have the three person show back to back with a members show. There was some concern that having these shows back to back would reduce the participation in the regular members shows. But, it was brought up that people who have enough work for their own show should have enough work to participate in the regular shows.

I think it would be best if we got more input on this from members. My thoughts are that this is a great opportunity for members. I think we may be able to ask artists for 5 or 6 pieces for regular shows instead of the usual 4-5. And, I agree with Pi who said artists will need to communicate with other artists in order to curate their own shows. This kind of communication is good for the artist and the organization. There will be some debate concerning who gets to be a part of the three person show each year. We don't want to upset anyone. So, if you have some suggestions or comments we would like to hear them.

Here is what Cathie had to say.... "This probably won't be much of a problem for awhile at least, but if several groups of 3 propose shows, who decides who goes this year? Perhaps we could use a nonmember artist (say, the box show juror as we did last year with the TFAS show) to select the group and curate the works from their CDs or slides. Some might be willing to make studio visits if the 3 folks got their work together in one place nearby.

Or, we could have a committee of the whole meet to select and curate--maybe some active artists who don't have regular committee assignments but might be interested in a one-shot commitment........... I worry a bit about the group dynamics of members selecting members in a small organization such as ours. We don't need to tick people off and lose members. We could try a different method of selection each year until we find one that works for us . . . .Cathie"

Thanks Cathie! Those are exactly the kind of comments were looking for. Please feel free to let us know how you feel. If you don't feel comfortable putting them here please feel free to email me, Kimberly, Pi, Mike or Lad.