Seven Days In Counting

Hello Everyone! We would like to welcome you all back to the Clothesline Art Show blog. After our show in September we blogged and updated and met and now we have sent out invitations to artists to have them apply. We hope if you have expressed interest in participating that you got an invitation. And we look forward to getting your application on March 1st and then finally seeing what you created on March 7th.

We are terribly excited about Clotheslines upcoming show, May 9, 10, and 11. Our relationships are really important and the relationship we have with you is just as important. If you are a newcomer who received your application and are seriously wondering if all of this is a good idea or you are unsure about your ability, or the form of art you create, please know that is how we all feel. We are all women who have jobs, families, children, husbands, lives that fill our time in wonderful, exciting ways but, we are committed to making art. We also all have to come up with three artworks to be juried. We decided to put everyone on the same playing field and we hope it works. We believe this process takes courage and grace and we hope if you have questions or concerns that you can feel free to let us know. We never want to exclude your ideas or thoughts and it is important that you create art and are filled with the power that it gives you through God.

That power may seem obscure to you as you comfort your children, or wait tables or eat in chaos with your family, or rush to get to work everyday on time. We would like to encourage and lift you up at this time, as you decide to fill out your application and "bust out" three new pieces of art. You may not even feel God or know God in your art and we have talked a lot about why we incorporate God into Our Clothesline Art Show. We feel like God lives in our hearts and He will drive us to do this "art show thing" when we never thought we could. We believe because of our previous experiences that God blesses us as we create and show our art.

Please do not let fear get in your way as you make the decision to apply. We are not a clique of women who get together and gossip or compete with one another, we simply are passionate about making art. Is it not a true delight? To create and share your creations.

You might be concerned about how we will jury your work. We would like to assure you that our process in new but one we think will work. We decided to use a "decision tree" process that will give the jurers a way to decipher between those who have shown previously and those who have not. It will include a series of questions that allow for the variety, quality and depth or growth of art created. We have invited 25 artists but only 15 will be chosen to show. If you are a student or someone who has not previously shown before we really want to see what you have been creating. There is no excuse for any of us to let this opportunity to go by without trying and we are open to you, if you think you can do it. Which we think you can!

If you have questions please email us at ourclothesline@gmail.com. And remember applications are due March 1st. We need to get a count on how many artists will be dropping off their art and so timeliness is important, it will help you as well. Thank you.

Good Bye & Happy Art Making!