{"id":1041,"date":"2017-07-13T21:27:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T04:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trowzersakimbo.com\/blog\/?p=1041"},"modified":"2017-07-13T21:27:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T04:27:57","slug":"if-a-tree-falls-in-the-forest-no-one-is-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trowzersakimbo.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/13\/if-a-tree-falls-in-the-forest-no-one-is-around\/","title":{"rendered":"If a Tree Falls in the Forest & No One is Around…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A landscape by Dixie Salazar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last Saturday night, July 8th, local gallery, Gallery 5<\/em>, hosted an artist’s reception for master painter, poet, novelist and activist, Dixie Salazar<\/em>, as introduction\u00a0to her stunning one woman show there this month. The show is a milestone event, one, gallery curator, Jon Bock<\/em>, has been attempting to procure for many years. Ms. Salazar embodies\u00a0a major\u00a0presence\u00a0in\u00a0the Central California\u00a0art scene and securing\u00a0a retrospective exhibit of her work for our\u00a0small town,\u00a0up\u00a0here in the Sierra Nevada foothills, is quite a coup\u00a0for the local creative community.<\/p>\n

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Poetry read during artists reception \u00a9 2017 Jonathan Bock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Which is why I was puzzled by the poor turnout last Saturday night. In addition to gallery personnel, the guests were myself and my wife, two personal friends of Dixie and two other local residents. What gives? The show was well publicized. In addition to all the online marketing Gallery 5 did, on behalf of the reception, I know I personally, spread the word to\u00a0local artists I ran into at art organization gatherings, in the final days leading\u00a0up to the opening. There was live music, barbecue, drink and personal readings by Dixie of some of her exceptional contemporary poetry.<\/p>\n

Was it the heat? The voluntary $5 donation to cover the cost of the barbecue? Dixie’s\u00a0work suggests\u00a0story, like Chagall, contains the color harmonies of Matisse, the\u00a0liveliness\u00a0present in the works of VanGogh and Gauguin, all uniquely\u00a0synthesized through her personal\u00a0brush.\u00a0Did they not like her work?<\/p>\n

Whatever the reason, while it’s too late to meet and pick the brain of\u00a0this petite giant, too late to hear her read her poetry, the show will still be there until July 30th. I’ve seen it twice already and plan to return multiple times, before it’s gone. I urge anyone in the area with even a fleeting interest in art to not\u00a0miss this museum quality show!<\/p>\n

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Last Saturday night, July 8th, local gallery, Gallery 5, hosted an artist’s reception for master painter, poet, novelist and activist, Dixie Salazar, as introduction\u00a0to her stunning one woman show there this month. The show is a milestone event, one, gallery curator, Jon Bock, has been attempting to procure for many years. Ms. Salazar embodies\u00a0a major\u00a0presence\u00a0in\u00a0the … Continue reading “If a Tree Falls in the Forest & No One is Around…”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[4,5,7,83,15,8],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trowzersakimbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trowzersakimbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trowzersakimbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trowzersakimbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trowzersakimbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/trowzersakimbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1048,"href":"http:\/\/trowzersakimbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions\/1048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trowzersakimbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trowzersakimbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trowzersakimbo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}