EFA Open Sudios

Ok, let’s get back to that EFA open studios. I wasn’t feeling well and for some reason feel like that’s a good enough excuse for not having lots of pictures (I think there were over 80 artists involved). Definitely a well-attended event, due partly to the fact that it is held over 3 days, which must be kind of hard on the artists. My immediate studio neighbor, Salli Taylor (hopefully I will get a pic sometime) is a Buddhist and gave me an idea with her “Mandala” paintings, which look a little like circles that contain an area in relief that is burned out, but there are these sort of germinations budding out of these voids. I also met Noah Klerfeld, another floor-mate, who hasn’t been to Savannah, but showed his vid.s at SCAD and knows Michael Scoggins from Skowhegan! Small world sometimes. The pictures I do have are from another floor-mate’s side project, called “Little Switzerland.” Dan Levenson has noticed that a lot of European artists have a lot of promotional materials, including entire books of their work, due to the more readily available sponsorship of their governments. He started a group called “Little Switzerland,” where he represents non-existent Swiss artists down to the exhibition invitations. I asked Dan how quickly he came clean when visitors inquired. He said right away, because he doesn’t want to just upset people.