I spent some time yesterday unpacking the prints for the 2009 CPA Juried Exhibition. Many people brought their prints to the Center, so they weren’t hard to unwrap. The prints that were shipped were a different story. Everyone packed their prints well enough to survive the rigors of UPS; there was no damage. Some of… [Read More]

I saw this quote in an ad for a guitar, attributed to St Francis of Assisi. Ignoring the fact that I first encountered it in the service of crass commercialism, and asking you to forgive the 13th-century gender viewpoint, I pass it along in the hope that it may mean something to you. He who… [Read More]

The CPA recently completed the judging process for our upcoming juried exhibition. There were 696 photographs submitted by 165 artists. Huntington Witherill and I ran Lightroom while Al Weber picked 77 images by 70 photographers for the show. There were submittals from many famous photographers as well as people with more modest recognition, and, perhaps,… [Read More]

I was watching Patty Griffin on Austin City Limits a while back. At the end of the hour, they ran an interview as they rolled the credits. She said something that hit home: “Song writing is listening, not participation. You need to wait for the song to show up. You wait around, hoping that the… [Read More]