I meant to post this back in February but things have been hectic. You may know I run a Free Little Art Gallery called Gallery 69 where we (surprise!) give away art for free. Well, it’s mostly been my art because I’ve made a lot and have it on hand. If you scroll through old posts though you will find other artists who have contributed.
But here’s the thing… now more than ever, we need more diversity.
I’d like to help curate a gallery that includes artists who may currently be underrepresented. Listen, I’m an old, white, straight man. I want to help share art from those who are not old, white, straight because face it, we’ve had it pretty good for nearly, well… forever.
It’s not much, but we’ve all gotta do whatever we can. I will write blog post about the art and artist, put the art in the gallery, and try to pay some cash to artists.
Thanks to a (small) budget from a few friends I have a little bit of money to do this, and I started talking to one artist but they never got around to sending me any art. I had offered money and even offered to make physical prints of their digital work, but hey, sometimes email go unanswered, people get busy… I get it.
So I’m about to email a friend, and I’ve written this post to help hold me accountable.
Finger crossed this works… I’d like to help where I can, and this seems like a simple thing, so let’s do it!
(And if you want to help support this effort, get in touch with me!)