We drove to Auburn yesterday for the Artist’s Reception for the “Made In NY 2009” show at the Shweinfurth Art Center. One of my favorite Crime Faces was accepted in this show and it was given a prime spot in the center room. They have good taste in Auburn or maybe it’s just that they have the maximum security State Correctional Facility here and they recognized one of their own.
Sarah Palin was there yesterday with the first dude celebrating William Seward’s decision to purchase Alaska. Seward, radical opponent of slavery, practiced law in Auburn, became governor of New York and then Secretary of State under Lincoln before returning to Auburn. He made the decision to purchase Alaska from the Russians, a call that was ridiculed as “Seward’s Folly”.
We were delighted to see our friends, Alice and Julio, at the opening and the four of us darted around the room picking our favorites. We were the last ones to leave. Peggi, Alice and Julio can be seen studying Scott McCarney’s piece in the background of the blowup of this photo. Auburn, like so many small cities in New York, saw it’s heyday about a century ago and has settled in as a beautiful town.
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At 6×6 I got into a faceoff with three other people over a set of eight paintings. It was good natured. Then one of the women’s raffle ticket got called and she bought four of the paintings including all of my first choices. I got one that was fine and bought a photo too. The artists were from Georgia and Texas.
This thing is fun but I would like to see the kid art in a separate area of the gallery.
BTW, the painting in Auburn was my favorite from the Little show.