Art and Business

(The following is a presentation I gave to the Rotary Club on November 1, 2011.)

There is an uncanny connection between the arts and a particular society.  Some how there is a bond between art and whatever progression or retrogression society is making.  Be it militaristic, political, social or even scientific art always seems to be avant-garde to significant shifts in society.  5^th century Greece gave rise to Pericles as well as to Phidias.  15^th century Italy gave rise to Lorenzo de' Medici and to Leonardo da Vinic.  16^th century England gave rise to Queen Elizabeth and to William Shakespeare.  The Psychological Age of 20^th century gave rise to Sigmund Fruad and Salvador Dali.  So this begs the question, "What is the connection?"  How is art, which is so often relegated to the second story of melancholy emotionalists, connected to so many things that we as a society deem much "more important."  I propose that the link, the connection between art and society is a worldview.  I think this is the case because art paradoxically speaks both to and about a worldview.  It speaks to a society's worldview (either in support or in opposition of it) while simulations speaking about the artist's worldview (either in expression or in communication of it).

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SuperFancy

I am thrilled (nae honored) to be a sponsor for the first official exhibition for the D'town Arts Coalition.  I've had the privilege of meeting many of these talent artist at the Nights @D'town Deck of Arts.  For quite some time I have been impressed that there is a connection between art and society.  Despite the historical evidence supporting this assertion, too few seem to grasp it until it's too late.  Well, let me tell you, these guys get it!

SuperFancy will be held November 5, 2011 from 6pm - 10pm at Cafe' 230 on Pine Ave. in Downtown Albany, GA.

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