ART on a PEDESTAL opens this Friday March 28, from 6-9 in Springfield. The show will feature art from all over the country: Virginia, Missouri, New York, California, Oregon and Florida. This show will feature every artistic medium, including electronic. To be in the show the art had to go through a selection process of being shipped to New York and jugded.

Juror, Ethan Karp of the OK Harris Gallery in NYC selected each of the works that will be featured. In a press release issue by PIE, Karp says “If there is an overriding theme to this exhibition, beyond the initial concept of Art on a Pedestal, it would have to be Merit.”.

It is a great thing for Jacksonville that shows like this happen and a great thing for the Springfield community an exhibition of this quality, with participants from all over the country, can happen in an area that historically has been referred to as “blighted” in our city.

Urban Jacksonville prognosis for the show
People in suits, little old ladies, wine drinkers, high-brow art. I’m basing this on my past experiences of events and shows at Draper’s gallery. They have never been my thing. I’m friends with Jim, so I hate to say this, but I don’t think I will like this show very much.

I’ll walk up there for a bit to prove myself wrong, but I expect it to be much like the other shows. Don’t take this as me recommending not to go to the show, you should go. I just want you to know what to expect when you get there.

More about PIE Studio
Last fall, PIE studio grew out of a conversation with Jay Shoots and Karen Sadler and Jim Draper. The name comes from the concept of PROCESS INTENT EXHIBITION. This collaboration was started with no particular agenda and not really any idea other than an intent to let an organic artistic venue develop on its own.

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1827 N. Pearl St.
Jacksonville, Florida 32206