Saturday, January 16, 2010

Salon Night




Harkrader gave a studio tour today to guest, German. Fibers were preset onto the unfinished-untitled abstract floral canvas now in progress.

Tonight is Salon Night, hosted by writer, artist and cultural critic - Suzi Gablik. Gablik, who has written several books, received a B.A. from Hunter College where she studied with Robert Motherwell and worked briefly at Black Mountain College in the early ‘50s. A devotee of John Cage and friends with Greenwich Village artists Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, Gablik moved permanently to Blacksburg, Virginia (‘Black Virgin’) in the early ‘90s.

Harkrader and those salonistas from the Roanoke Valley region have the benefit of driving to and fro Deer Run via the lovely Catawba and Ellett Valley. Salonistas’ respectfully tackle hot-topic issues like war, religion, environment, politics, movies, art, life, peace, future, history, etc. Open-minded discussion and debate come to life from participating writers, artists, educators, students, philosophizers, psychologists, scientist, collectors, curators, and guests. A one hour social of drink and potluck precede the two hour dialogue and deliberation.

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