Shout
© Natalie Schorr 2021
By any chance, have you been receiving some art postcards? Lucky you!
I decided to try something new. After all, I can’t expect anyone to just jump up and find me, so I need to be proactive and put myself - and my work - out there. This thought used to terrify me, but I’m 60 now, my children are grown, and my husband has left me, so I really have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Besides, I believe in my work.
I spent some time with Google, being the researcher I was in my earlier life, looking for museums and galleries and curators and advisors I liked, and I compiled a big spread sheet of names and addresses. I love a good spread sheet; it’s oddly comforting.
Then I decided to go old school, and hand wrote a postcard to each person on the list. And then I wrote another. And another. Not asking for anything yet, just sharing my work at this point.
My intention is to find a champion; someone who believes in my work enough to represent me. Someone who is interested in the stories my work tells. But along the way, I’d also really like to have some conversations about art, and feedback. As Tyler Perry says, a hunter only shoots a deer he can see, and I really want to be seen. So… postcards.
My work is different, as my mother frequently points out in that special way only she has. Whether you love it or hate it or don’t understand it, write to me. Let’s have a conversation.