Hello Judith,
I found your site on the web while I was making a search to see what
was happening in the WA artscene and was quite impressed. One clearly sees
your passion for art and it's quite comendable that you've made the effort
to make such a high level site. One suggestion would be to add a photo
gallery to accompany the reviews, however, I realise how much additional
work you would have to do and it's not as if you are being paid to do this!
One criticism I have is your review of the grad student exhibition
at Edith Cowen Uni. Yes, I cringe when I imagine the level of the work
that was shown by these poor students but I think you could have directed
even more negative remarks towards the institution itself and less towards
the
unfortunate students. Remember that these are very young artists
and I am sure many of them are ernest and serious about their work so you
could
perhaps try to be a little more supportive of their situation. You
could have done without your last remark, "As for all other participants
in this
exhibition, here's wishing you good luck. " It was said as if there
is absolutely no hope for them, and quite possibly there isn't but they
would
have got the idea of what you thought of their work if you'd said
nothing at all. They instead need encouragement as I'm sure some of them
are victims of a crappy art school. It's the lecturerers and head of department
at the institution that you should make an effort to deride as this really
could eventually make a difference in the quality of young WA art.
Thanks for your site,
Regards,
Jebila