tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post8938318630483633080..comments2024-03-03T15:01:00.402-05:00Comments on Joanne Mattera Art Blog: Marketing Mondays: Standing Up for YourselfUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-52516156541659428732010-10-15T12:50:04.776-04:002010-10-15T12:50:04.776-04:00Thanks for your kind and supportive words, Suzanne...Thanks for your kind and supportive words, Suzanne. I am sorry to know that you went through something similar. <br /><br />The silver lining for the conference is that the new venue has much better facilities--and a spectacular view--along with a setting that offers art viewing, good food and opportunity for great fun.Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-13355208615591798232010-10-15T12:19:51.952-04:002010-10-15T12:19:51.952-04:00Joanne, you have my full support. I cant believe t...Joanne, you have my full support. I cant believe this is still happening. I had so many fatal experiences with academia - most of it because I was older, female, and hired as adjunct or administration to teach art, museum studies and run college art galleries as director/curator. The fact is I did it too well and roused jealousy because my programs got more publicity than did the art classes andskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12477283549206516708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-49771584567824154302010-08-26T10:42:02.102-04:002010-08-26T10:42:02.102-04:00I participated in a group show of a well known and...I participated in a group show of a well known and respected local institution (not a vanity gallery). The gallery director/curator was promising a lot of things to the artists, which were actually put in writing and a fee was charged. When I went to the opening, NONE of the items spelled out in the contract (space allotment, invitations, publicity etc.) had been honored. In fact, the total Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-24739658901330432022010-08-20T23:38:36.045-04:002010-08-20T23:38:36.045-04:00My wife noticed my last gallery snafu before I did...My wife noticed my last gallery snafu before I did (name omited from web invite) and politely yet firmly got the dealer to make corrections quickly. A supportive spouse is good!!marchttp://www.russmarks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-44244214754876791392010-08-20T11:21:54.426-04:002010-08-20T11:21:54.426-04:00Anon,
Now where did I say that posting an opinion...Anon,<br /><br />Now where did I say that posting an opinion on the blog or on FB was the only way to show support? <br /><br />If you supported me, thank you. Now let me know who you are! Many, many people sent me copies of the letters they wrote to the college. I didn't solicit them, but I appreciated receiving them because they allowed me to see the tone and tenor of the discourse. A few Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-40424917299447818602010-08-20T10:47:39.898-04:002010-08-20T10:47:39.898-04:00Joanne,
Question:
If someone expressed an opinion...Joanne,<br /><br />Question:<br />If someone expressed an opinion to either or both of the institutions involved in this incident, but didn't announce it on FB or in a blog, does that mean you weren't defended??<br /><br />My last comment was simply meant to point out it is tricky business questioning the moral fortitude of<br />people whose actions do not identically mirror one's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-57751562954305111112010-08-18T23:47:14.379-04:002010-08-18T23:47:14.379-04:00Joanne, good post. I believe an artist also has to...Joanne, good post. I believe an artist also has to stand up for their aesthetic convictions as well as proprietary issues. I have a body of work on paper that I don't want to sell, and I do not want to take the route of printing reproductions and framing them (which has been suggested) because that would completely negate the seductive ink marks meticulously scratched into the surface of the Diane McGregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02909595687636606365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-49552714134114043362010-08-17T19:47:48.981-04:002010-08-17T19:47:48.981-04:00Joanne, good way to put it. Sooner or later the sh...Joanne, good way to put it. Sooner or later the shit is going to hit your fan. If everyone else has been knocked out already by their own shit (that you didn't get involved with because it wasn't your shit) there won't be anyone left to help you through it.<br /><br />I didn't speak out on the conference thing mostly because I didn't know about it while it was happening, but IOriane Stenderhttp://orianestender.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-26263119030511412722010-08-17T13:53:43.506-04:002010-08-17T13:53:43.506-04:00Anonymous,
Speaking generally here, I'd say t...Anonymous,<br /><br />Speaking generally here, I'd say that remaining silent, or acting quietly on your own, is certainly your right. <br /><br />Speaking politically, I'd say that remaining is silent is a luxury, since there are so many situations that can be changed simply by a large number of people speaking up--and a few of them taking action. I like what Nancy Natale has to say Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-70479797116024503122010-08-17T10:19:18.820-04:002010-08-17T10:19:18.820-04:00With regard to the last comment:
Not everyone is c...With regard to the last comment:<br />Not everyone is comfortable taking a stand in a public<br />arena. Sometimes the best one can do is raise a voice of protest/support in the place it most needs to be heard, without attendant fanfare. Because you didn't hear/see it, doesn't mean it wasn't spoken...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-20880284119219273052010-08-16T22:26:58.982-04:002010-08-16T22:26:58.982-04:00Fortunately I have not had any of the experiences ...Fortunately I have not had any of the experiences you list to which artists may be subject. But, as you know, I did want to be counted as one who stood up to protest the injustice of your not being acknowledged in the local television coverage of encaustic so that credit for your vision, creativity, organizational abilities and very hard work were made to seem the property of the college.<br /><Nancy Natalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325421420384484035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-56540066461499630552010-08-16T12:21:46.997-04:002010-08-16T12:21:46.997-04:00Thanks Joanne for speaking the truth...for sharing...Thanks Joanne for speaking the truth...for sharing from you heart and giving us all things to think about in terms of living an ethical and authentic life....we need our stories to be shared, heard and remembered....That is the 'power' within...I have first hand experienced the wonders of the encaustic conference that you have directed, curated, and coordinated..it has been a great Supria Karmakarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303827828471411775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-21014073370258736182010-08-16T11:40:27.704-04:002010-08-16T11:40:27.704-04:00Good for you Joanne. What is wrong with people? ...Good for you Joanne. What is wrong with people? Did they seriously think they could pull crap like that and not get called on it? Who is it they think they're fooling?WILLIAM CHESAPEAKEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00322453956147968540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-2818634932825126532010-08-16T11:00:34.992-04:002010-08-16T11:00:34.992-04:00Good post, Joanne, thank you. I've experience...Good post, Joanne, thank you. I've experienced several of the situations you describe, and the determining factor in getting such things resolved is definitely one's degree of assertiveness. Artists are too often viewed as the cash cows in the art world, milked by all kinds arts organizations and institutions that are thinking more about their bottom line than an individual artist'sUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488301057684468409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-79102544717697843022010-08-16T10:49:30.038-04:002010-08-16T10:49:30.038-04:00My stories are too long and complicated to write r...My stories are too long and complicated to write right now, but I will think about condensing them into the important parts. I agree with all your points, but have found that it's rare to get the satisfaction of a printed retraction. Sometimes one doesn't even get an acknowledgement or apology.Oriane Stenderhttp://orianestender.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-34985233182395757822010-08-16T10:12:57.130-04:002010-08-16T10:12:57.130-04:00great post Joanne.great post Joanne.Ian MacLeodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12156358530437628328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-3850475036742251532010-08-16T09:16:50.790-04:002010-08-16T09:16:50.790-04:00Thank your for the post. You have named many awfu...Thank your for the post. You have named many awful things that can and do happen, and have given good solutions.annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.com