Live Events Enhance Art Experiences!
When I first think about going to a museum or an art gallery, the first picture that comes to my mind is of myself standing in front of the piece of art. It is a “solo” experience in which I gaze at the piece and get “a feeling” from it. I may attempt to extrapolate what the artist is trying to convey to me, the beholder, or how the artist was feeling during its creation. I would not generally consider it a social experience.
As I am a very social person I am not regularly drawn to going to galleries and museums even though I spend my time in two cities with excellent museums and galleries, San Francisco and Ashland, Oregon. However, as of late, the first Friday art walks that occur on the first Friday of every month have been getting me out to the galleries because I look forward to connecting to members of my community while appreciating the art. It also helps that the galleries also often supply music and snacks. It changes the nature of how I view my art experience.
This is also true of Friday nights at The deYoung Museum in San Francisco where there is a different them each Friday night, represented by different styles of live music, dance, poetry, film, and interdisciplinary art programs. The museum stays open until 8:45 p.m. and includes a cafe and a no host bar as well as hands on programs for children and adults.
These methodologies of incorporating a live experience with art appreciation both assist in the exposure of art and artists to community and to bringing community together to support and celebrate what may often be perceived of as cultural differences. It is in this endeavor that I am most interested as a methodology for real social change. When people from varying socio economic, political, ethnic, and religious backgrounds come together in a social atmosphere and are face to face with each other real change occurs.
It is much more difficult to “hate” when you’ve been together to celebrate.
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