ARTRUMPS: sending a message

Which would you rather do: send a message, or collect a work of art?

Trick question. You can do both at ARTRUMPS: Resistance and Action, which opens (on purpose) on April Fool's Day. Work by artists around the world is up for sale, including the work of Roz Chast, cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine.

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I hope one or both of my collages compel someone to donate.

And if they do, I suspect I'll use my fee to turn around and purchase someone else's art from the exhibit. Does that count as reinvesting in the arts?

Work-in-progress: fragile

Good thing Easter is coming up, because I've got eggs on the brain. Thinking about how to use faux eggs in the next few pieces I make.

These eggs are already coated with chalkboard paint. Some of them I'm going to repaint, but I may leave one or two as-is to write something on them.

They're for a piece I'll show in a two-person exhibit this fall. We're exploring the idea of fragile barriers or containers, and eggs embody some points I'd like to make. I'm also collecting eggs online.

Who knows: I might even look for eggs and candy to put in the kids' Easter baskets. Is it too early to have them get their own?

ARTRUMPS: under attack, pushing back

A fellow artist recently echoed a sentiment I've expressed to others privately: "It's a paralyzing feeling when everything you value is under attack." Fortunately, I know some people pushing back against the paralysis, and they've invited me to help.

I'm honored and grateful to contribute to an invitational art exhibit: "ARTRUMPS: Resistance and Action." In two weeks, BONFIRE Gallery hosts a show that supports artists as well as activism.

Here's how it works. Half of the artwork sale price goes to the artists. The other half will be donated to organizations working for justice, equality, resistance, legal support and change. If you purchase one or both of my collages, you and I will help the Equal Justice Initiative keep children from dying in prison.

Watch my Facebook Page next week: I've got the list of other artists contributing work to ARTRUMPS. I hope our contributions will help in some way. Otherwise, we're reduced to counting the minutes until the current administration leaves office.