tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480777122984305387.post2310891257341456254..comments2024-03-03T01:00:33.312-08:00Comments on Picked RAW Peeled: Anna Stump: The Artist Considers the Art CriticKevin Freitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02900228510168448833noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480777122984305387.post-27128914905949819462013-09-13T17:53:53.684-07:002013-09-13T17:53:53.684-07:00Thanks so much to Anna Stump (SDVAN's New Cont...Thanks so much to Anna Stump (SDVAN's New Contemporaries at Sparks Gallery in July, 2013) for sharing her views. We are excited about her show in LA and hope that she can bring it or the same idea to show in San Diego. And thanks to Joe Nalven for livening up the blog for us with so many interesting articles. Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09466326752758836872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5480777122984305387.post-54463962030849573962013-09-13T15:47:55.232-07:002013-09-13T15:47:55.232-07:00Anna makes some good points about San Diego not re...Anna makes some good points about San Diego not really being a "solid art scene/market" (for lack of a better phrase) because there is no qualified art critic writing, or broadcasting, in any major media here. <br /><br />It is sad that Papa Doug, in his wisdom to develop his vision for the community, apparently does not understand the real economics of amenities, particularly as they relate to visual arts. Papa Doug could go a long way to help buoy the arts community if he could give it ink, space, and time on UT-TV. Perhaps the arts community does not represent a valued customer-base?<br /><br />Remember, that it is advertising revenue paying for the pages and that needs to be considered when you give voice to anything. So it is easy to see, that if the hometown paper is being run by a "Financial Group" that is making the decisions regarding running the media(s) you can see that the value of delving into the arts community may not fit in with the profile of their customer-base. Plus, why pay a columnist if people will write for your paper for free?<br /><br />I dunno, I'm one of the ones who cancelled my subscription some time ago. I was particularly disappointed with how the paper cut out some of the great photographers' work and the terrible print job of the images that run - very poor quality. These days, I do believe, you will see the pages filled with a lot more people at parties - like the neighborhood papers and magazines.<br /><br />San Diego is still not clear if we are a big small town or a major city. And the newspaper, I guess it does whatever Papa thinks is best.MartiKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450410039468050958noreply@blogger.com