Art Endures
Call this the era of The Next Big Thing. From cell-phone gadgetry to biomedical discoveries, big-screen TVs to big-industry bailouts, lots of today’s energy, enterprise and attention are focused on what’s going to make tomorrow’s headlines. Which made Red Dot Project wonder: What about the value of what endures?
So next week RED DOT Project launches Endure, our first theme-based curated online collection featuring art by Robert L. Stockham, Qandle Qadir and Chris Zielski. We chose Endure for its importance to the work of our featured artists, both in terms of technique and materials. Canvas, metal and stone – they’re all time-tested. All evoke art and artists that have come before. All depend on the enduring gifts of nature. We also chose Endure for what it means to art and the art-loving community at large. What does it mean to endure in a changing world and a shaky economy? What are the practices that keep our heads above water? Who are the people we count on, the pleasures that matter? Where do we go for sustenance and succor? What are the values that have sustained us in the past, and promise to do so in the future? These questions (and maybe some answers) are hinted at in the works of our featured artists. And as we enter our fifth year, RED DOT Project will continue to explore new ways to help the artists of Northeast Ohio prosper and endure.
