The Great and Terrible Manifesto
Drafted by Bailey Goldenbaum, Courtney Mendenhall, Dana M Osburn, Lisa Murphy and Rachael Ocelus on April 5th, 2010.
We the people of The Great and Terrible Artists' Collective hold these truths to be self-evident:
Our public gallery shall promote young artists in the region by providing exhibition and event space, and it shall provide an informal, comfortable space for people to experience art that is accessible and enjoyable and thereby foster a sense of community.
Our artistic and curatorial decisions shall push the limits of the art and technology relationship without abandoning what traditional practices have to offer.
It's ok for people to lick plates at our openings. Just don't lick your fingers, Bailey doesn't like that.
Our group shall use humor and absurdity to instill a feeling of goodness while still making perceptive, insightful works that are conscious of the current world situation.
Our efforts aim to provide a meaningful contribution to the local arts community.
By remaining a not-for-profit organization, we can remain outside of the constraints of the art market, but by allowing artists to sell their work in our space, we will not deny artists the opportunity to support themselves and their practice.
Made up of five emerging artists, the Great and Terrible membership works in varied media and with even more varied ideas, but comes together under a sense of camaraderie and shared social problems. Thunderclese. Clap clap. Goodbye.
(visit our FB page to see our work: http://www.facebook.com/greatandterrible )
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