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It was a brilliant idea to have Peter Ryan embedded in the Collingwood Football club during the 2009 season to chronical the year.
From time to time we commission Jamie Cooper to paint ...
And there are many many art treasures we hold dear ...
I think it'd be a great idea to establish the tradition of engaging an annual 'artist in residence' at the club. That person would be tasked with chronicling the year.
Not suggesting that we have somebody set up with an easel, canvas and paints on the boundary line. Could you imagine? ...
Bruce McAveney: "And Cyril goes back with the flight ... And he's taken a delicious chest mark as he runs over the boundary ... And oh no, he' bowled over Collingwood's artist in residence, paint goes flying everywhere! .... Cyril gets up ... he's looking like a rainbow man ... now that's an improvement to the power ranger jersey!! ... Ho ho ho <snort>"
... The artist in residence would be somebody who is behind the scenes. They'd work in mixed media (possibly paint, possibly photography, possibly performance art even ...
... Imagine them running a season of David Williamson's "The Club" at our new members' centre!
The artist in residence can produce art themselves, and they can also manage/direct the commissioning of other artists to contribute.
In addition to chronicling the year, they can run 'colouring in competitions' for the kids. They can run 'photography competitions' for the adults. They can run art classes for the players. They can manage the commissioning of an indigenous jersey design, etc, etc. They can work with the historians to file away keepsakes and records of the year.
It'd be an annual posting so that a different artist comes in each year.
Imagine if we'd had an artist in residence every year over the last 10, 20, 50, 123 years. Imagine what richness that would have brought to our history?
I'm an economic rationalist at heart - how would it be paid for? Poster sales, take a little out of the marketing budget, take a little out of the media budget. Heck, you might even convince a sponsor or coterie group to fund it.
Thoughts?
From time to time we commission Jamie Cooper to paint ...
And there are many many art treasures we hold dear ...
I think it'd be a great idea to establish the tradition of engaging an annual 'artist in residence' at the club. That person would be tasked with chronicling the year.
Not suggesting that we have somebody set up with an easel, canvas and paints on the boundary line. Could you imagine? ...
Bruce McAveney: "And Cyril goes back with the flight ... And he's taken a delicious chest mark as he runs over the boundary ... And oh no, he' bowled over Collingwood's artist in residence, paint goes flying everywhere! .... Cyril gets up ... he's looking like a rainbow man ... now that's an improvement to the power ranger jersey!! ... Ho ho ho <snort>"
... The artist in residence would be somebody who is behind the scenes. They'd work in mixed media (possibly paint, possibly photography, possibly performance art even ...
... Imagine them running a season of David Williamson's "The Club" at our new members' centre!
The artist in residence can produce art themselves, and they can also manage/direct the commissioning of other artists to contribute.
In addition to chronicling the year, they can run 'colouring in competitions' for the kids. They can run 'photography competitions' for the adults. They can run art classes for the players. They can manage the commissioning of an indigenous jersey design, etc, etc. They can work with the historians to file away keepsakes and records of the year.
It'd be an annual posting so that a different artist comes in each year.
Imagine if we'd had an artist in residence every year over the last 10, 20, 50, 123 years. Imagine what richness that would have brought to our history?
I'm an economic rationalist at heart - how would it be paid for? Poster sales, take a little out of the marketing budget, take a little out of the media budget. Heck, you might even convince a sponsor or coterie group to fund it.
Thoughts?
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