Colette Copeland

"We love this work and are trying to figure out how to manifest more hours in the day." 

"BASEBALL IS BORING BUT SO IS ART."

After checking in at the lobby, we were asked how many Instagram followers we had, and were given name tags with that number as our identifying labels.

"My goal was to pick an orchestra of works that provide an international, intergenerational, and intersectional exchange of artists who are working to redefine the constructs of performance art and identity." 

"For me, beauty has the potential to give you a strong existential feeling that makes you wonder what it can mean to be alive and conscious."

The CU's functional design allows for individual autonomy with some degree of privacy, as well as plenty of common areas for interaction, camaraderie and collaboration.

"An ongoing goal of the project has been to introduce the local audience to work that they are not likely to see in other venues."

"Someone asked me during the opening if the fur was real, and I told them that it was real fake fur."

Both shows on view at The MAC spur a dialogue about legacy and misuse of power. 

"I have come to realize that my ideas are lodged in my body and the more I move the more my ideas present themselves to me."

"If people can have meaningful discussions with others, rather than drawing lines and fighting, then I am glad that the work can be a catalyst."

"One can fit a tremendous amount of emotional content in a screenplay just by typing: 'Enter Ghost.'" 

My friend summed it up succinctly by stating: “There’s no Vegas here.” 

"An artist's life is about continually challenging oneself... . It’s the complete antithesis of emotional and economic security. It’s about challenging people NOT to like what you do."

"The art world needs to become more accessible and affordable or it risks becoming irrelevant."

"Our ideas and imaginings of AI are clouded by the people and industries who develop the technology. This is why it is important that creative people — artists of all kinds — engage critically and imaginatively with emerging technology."

Sometimes the technology seduces the viewer, providing a stimulating “eye candy” visual and immersive experience, but one that's conceptually vacuous. The 'Array' artists exceeded my expectations.

"I believe artists need stop falling victim to 'progress' and make investments in ourselves, which means purchasing property and educating ourselves in civics."

Going forward, what if Vignette moved away from the regionalized survey, and curators worked together on a conceptual theme, and artists proposed site-specific projects? We need to go a lot more rogue.

This may have been the rock-star artist panel of the year in Texas.