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| Entry to show with sample work of artists, magic bandana, artist statement |
“Behold the Magical Bandana”
(The
Dot to Dot Collective goes to camp).
In summertime, hoards of scouts,
campers, and wilderness adventurists pack neat rucksacks with canteens,
sleeping rolls, and trail mix.
With compass and map in hand they navigate a world unknown creating
temporary homes, blazing trails, and crossing uncharted waters. In this journey of discovery only the
necessary accoutrements are packed, and so the Scout Master declared, “Behold
the Magical Bandana! For there is great value in objects which possess multiple
functions! It's an apron. It's a sit-upon. It's a bandage or a sling. It's a
cap, a blindfold, and a potholder. It's a flag, a scarf, and a pack. It's as
mask, a puppet, and a washcloth.
And now I ask you campers, what can you do with it?” Without hesitation the scouts dutifully
tied their bandanas around their necks and began to explore its magical
possibilities.
The Dot to
Dot scouts pay homage to the spirit of camp and magical bandanas in their debut
show. By presenting both fine and
functional art they explore the multi-dimensionality of creativity, and its
role in our everyday lives. The
content harkens to the child-like innocence of campers (particularly of a
bygone era) who rose to the challenges of surviving in nature with newly
achieved skills and earthy finesse.
So, too, do the Dots cut their teeth on their first attempt to wrangle
the wild world of art and carve out a home in its wilderness. Their creations are only made possible
with the help of neatly packed tools of friendship, vision, and
resourcefulness.
In
the words of Ernest Thompson Seton:
[""Ho Wayseeker, " she called "I have watched your
struggle to find the pathway, and I know that you will love the things that
belong to it. Therefore, I will show you the trail, and this is what it
will lead you to: a thousand pleasant friendships that will offer honey in
little thorny cups, the twelve secrets of the underbrush, the health of the
sunlight, suppleness of body, the unafraidness of the night, the delight of
deep water, the goodness of rain, the story of the trail, the knowledge of the
swamp, the aloofness of knowing, -- yea, more, a crown and a little kingdom
measured to your power and all your own.
"But there is a condition attached. When you have found
a trail you are thereby ordained a guide. When you have won a kingdom you
must give it to the world or lose it. For those who have got the power must
with it bear responsibility; evade the one, the other fades away."
This is the pledge I am trying to keep, I want to be your Guide.
I am offering you my little kingdom."]
Campers,
Ready your bandanas!
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| Kaela Voss print, Anna Lentz Print |
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| Lisa Manning Grasshopper, Lisa Callahan deer print, Anna Lentz postcard block print |
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| Mad Plaid quilt--Anna Lentz |
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| Lisa Manning Totes, Kaela Voss Photo |
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| Camp Paintings--Anna Lentz |
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| Camp Paintings, Prints, Garlands, Totes, Socks, |
