Laurie Zuckerman & Memory Jugs
I got a chance to have lunch on Friday with Laurie Zuckerman. She is an artist, teacher, photographer and amazing shrine maker. If you have perused my website (www.venitahawkins.com) you will have seen her photography. She took the majority of the photos on both my website and blog. Next year, 2009, she will be doing a show at the Loveland Museum. Her last one in 2006, was just amazing. Laurie did a shrine that stood at least 8 – 10 feet high; it was in memoriam to her mother. She also had 2 smaller shrines, photography and at least 3 memory jugs.
I had the stroke of good fortune to take her memory jug class in 2006 that is the piece pictured here. There were 4-5 of us in class. And every one had such an amazing jug that they created with immense family history and composition. Laurie is going to be teaching the class again the first weekend in August, here in Northern Colorado. If you have time and are local, go take the class.
We visited at lunch for a while. As she has been through many juried art shows, I shared the results of my recent submissions. Her perspective is that the event of being juried is very subjective and that you should continue to submit work whenever feasible. Because an art work that may be rejected in one show, may win first prize in another show.
For me this was great council, because it helps keep perspective on the rejection notices I received from FCMOCA. And with that said, I will be entering the Santa Fe Recycling show later this year, just to see how it goes. As I have said before, if you don’t submit, you can’t possibly win or loose….
June 30th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Thanks for the dandy plug!! I still can’t get over people writing about me on their own blogs. What an honor! Your blog is great. Will be a regular visitor so that I can see what you are up to in between visits. Hope to see you soon!