The community of visual art is a womb of sorts. Inside, it’s comfortable. We believe in what we are about, what we do, what our challenges are and why what we do is meaningful and valuable. We get support and recognition. But suppose we leave the womb.
Policemen and firemen risk their lives to serve the community. How do artists serve the community? Doctors and teachers live by recognizable professional codes? What are the professional codes of artists? What athletes is do newsworthy. What do artists do that’s newsworthy? Legislators and CEOs move society. Do artists move society? There are all kinds of celebrities. How many artists are celebrities?
These are fair and important questions that the larger community generally isn’t concerned with and couldn’t answer. So it becomes the task of artists to be out in the community with answers that convince.
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