Time to move it along...
Readers All,
A fellow aviator friend sent me the name Rick Broome recently and asked if I knew him? I didn't but I followed it up with an e-mail to Rick. Lo and behold I found out that Rick was one of the original charter members of the ASAA. One question led to another and I finally had to ask why he no longer participated? I have asked quite a few former members why they choose not to continue their memberships. Invariably the short answer is pretty much along the same lines; the ASAA has failed to meet their needs. As simple as that.
If you want to know more about Rick and how he has prospered in this genre please pay him a visit at his website http://www.rickbroome.com/ and leave him a message. He is a very prolific artist and I'm sure would love to hear from you. I have enjoyed my e-mail exchanges with him and I'm sure you will too.
As for me personally, I have put the ASAA in my own special place. I will continue to participate along with those that see the ASAA as a traditional artists society. It bothered me for awhile that the group wasn't a little more open minded. But I am now over it.
My intention is to stay involved and hopefully persuade the membership by example. Unfortunately to further my own needs as an artist I will need to also look elsewhere for the satisfaction. Along the way I'm hoping to keep people involved with the success of the ASAA as well as the success of our sister aviation artists societies.
I am currently involved with a group of like minded individuals of various persuasions. Our intent as best I can read is to promote the Aviation Arts in all of its forms while at the same time promote the methods of the traditional artists. I'm not talking about yet another society, what we need are fewer societies and more artists that share the same love of subject in whatever way they choose to make it visible.
The ASAA's Founders have done a great job of bringing the aviation art genre to where it is today. I have the greatest of respect for all of them and I consider them good friends. While the art and artists are deserving of all they have earned, the aviation arts are in need of a new vision. The commercial world's methods have moved on. Our group would like to open the eyes of the world to some great art by the 'whole host of artists' and their methods.
It's time to move beyond the divisive dialogue.
The following is a forward of a message exchange I received between two artist's that truly love the Aviation Arts. Joe Smith works at the MET in New York and Rick Broome has worked in the industry from his studio in Colorado Springs. You can visit his Boeing 727 which I think must have crash landed right in his studio. It appears that way to me. He then built his art studio around said 727. Enjoy! www.rickbroome.com
Hi Rick,
Thanks for your chunk of history, brings to life things that I only get to read about or hear second hand, if at all. I don't understand all of the rhymes or reasons for people leaving the ASAA as I'm only a newbiecompared to most in this conversation, nowhere near the artist most of youguys are. I'm more of a jack of all trades master of not a lot. I was verylucky to fall into my profession of the past 34 years as a Museum labelmaker. I enjoy what I do and have spent a lot of time at it.
It took me a long time to get outside of the Museum world and finallylook at all of the aviation artists I had only read about. I feel very blessed that I got to meet a few of my "Heroes" ( for want of a betterdescription) before they all have "Gone West". I have learned much and am most grateful for that. I have met some fellow artists whom I'm proud tosay I know them and some are even friends! I have tried to return to ASAAa bit of what has been given to me and hopefully I have succeeded at times.
I also found that I do not agree with the views of my elders of ASAA.Having worked in the Museum world for way to long, I have found that artis based upon change. It will always change. All I have to do is walkthrough the galleries and go from whatever time we have our earliest bitsof work to the latest. Some are great and others I could live without. I dohave my own personal tastes of art as we all do. Jackson Pollack I couldlive without, my own view, the Horse Fair one of my all time favorites. Myall time favorite show that I worked on was one of my 1st the Gold Show. Iwon't give a least favorite, a few fall into that category.
We will open an Egyptian Art show next week ( I can't spell the PharaohQueens name correctly ) with art from 5000 years ago and a modern showbringing in a live artist last week. A nice young lady named Kara Walkerand her take on things. ( Normally we can't stand live artists, they areusually not to bad but their staffs yuk!) Boy, how's that for a jump oftime! So for me it's a no brainier just my wondering of why so hard onchange?
The other point I want to make is how many digital artists are there?And out of that group how many are as good as say Ryan Church? And fromthat how many are airplane nuts? I figure after you have distilled it alldown and if 5 or 10 show up on our doorstep in the next few years it willbe a lot.
I don't think they will take over and run or even change ASAA. Afterall there are somewhere of 290 members right now. Even if they were allowed to join, become an artist member, run for office and win next yearit would be how many years to get to be el President? Not to mention thewonderful politics that they would have face all the way to the top and inoffice. So by the time all the smoke clears who will be left to argue allof this HS in 10 or 12 years. By that time something new might even take itplace to start a whole new argument. Makes me think about how theImpressionists got through it all with the experts at the Salon, guess whohad the last laugh. Of course to become famous you have to be what?
I do know I would love to meet and learn from these artists, hopefullywe will never stop learning, After all we are suppose to be a teaching Society. We need to also be students.
May I say I'm Glad to meet you,
Best,
Joe
A fellow aviator friend sent me the name Rick Broome recently and asked if I knew him? I didn't but I followed it up with an e-mail to Rick. Lo and behold I found out that Rick was one of the original charter members of the ASAA. One question led to another and I finally had to ask why he no longer participated? I have asked quite a few former members why they choose not to continue their memberships. Invariably the short answer is pretty much along the same lines; the ASAA has failed to meet their needs. As simple as that.
If you want to know more about Rick and how he has prospered in this genre please pay him a visit at his website http://www.rickbroome.com/ and leave him a message. He is a very prolific artist and I'm sure would love to hear from you. I have enjoyed my e-mail exchanges with him and I'm sure you will too.
As for me personally, I have put the ASAA in my own special place. I will continue to participate along with those that see the ASAA as a traditional artists society. It bothered me for awhile that the group wasn't a little more open minded. But I am now over it.
My intention is to stay involved and hopefully persuade the membership by example. Unfortunately to further my own needs as an artist I will need to also look elsewhere for the satisfaction. Along the way I'm hoping to keep people involved with the success of the ASAA as well as the success of our sister aviation artists societies.
I am currently involved with a group of like minded individuals of various persuasions. Our intent as best I can read is to promote the Aviation Arts in all of its forms while at the same time promote the methods of the traditional artists. I'm not talking about yet another society, what we need are fewer societies and more artists that share the same love of subject in whatever way they choose to make it visible.
The ASAA's Founders have done a great job of bringing the aviation art genre to where it is today. I have the greatest of respect for all of them and I consider them good friends. While the art and artists are deserving of all they have earned, the aviation arts are in need of a new vision. The commercial world's methods have moved on. Our group would like to open the eyes of the world to some great art by the 'whole host of artists' and their methods.
It's time to move beyond the divisive dialogue.
The following is a forward of a message exchange I received between two artist's that truly love the Aviation Arts. Joe Smith works at the MET in New York and Rick Broome has worked in the industry from his studio in Colorado Springs. You can visit his Boeing 727 which I think must have crash landed right in his studio. It appears that way to me. He then built his art studio around said 727. Enjoy! www.rickbroome.com
Hi Rick,
Thanks for your chunk of history, brings to life things that I only get to read about or hear second hand, if at all. I don't understand all of the rhymes or reasons for people leaving the ASAA as I'm only a newbiecompared to most in this conversation, nowhere near the artist most of youguys are. I'm more of a jack of all trades master of not a lot. I was verylucky to fall into my profession of the past 34 years as a Museum labelmaker. I enjoy what I do and have spent a lot of time at it.
It took me a long time to get outside of the Museum world and finallylook at all of the aviation artists I had only read about. I feel very blessed that I got to meet a few of my "Heroes" ( for want of a betterdescription) before they all have "Gone West". I have learned much and am most grateful for that. I have met some fellow artists whom I'm proud tosay I know them and some are even friends! I have tried to return to ASAAa bit of what has been given to me and hopefully I have succeeded at times.
I also found that I do not agree with the views of my elders of ASAA.Having worked in the Museum world for way to long, I have found that artis based upon change. It will always change. All I have to do is walkthrough the galleries and go from whatever time we have our earliest bitsof work to the latest. Some are great and others I could live without. I dohave my own personal tastes of art as we all do. Jackson Pollack I couldlive without, my own view, the Horse Fair one of my all time favorites. Myall time favorite show that I worked on was one of my 1st the Gold Show. Iwon't give a least favorite, a few fall into that category.
We will open an Egyptian Art show next week ( I can't spell the PharaohQueens name correctly ) with art from 5000 years ago and a modern showbringing in a live artist last week. A nice young lady named Kara Walkerand her take on things. ( Normally we can't stand live artists, they areusually not to bad but their staffs yuk!) Boy, how's that for a jump oftime! So for me it's a no brainier just my wondering of why so hard onchange?
The other point I want to make is how many digital artists are there?And out of that group how many are as good as say Ryan Church? And fromthat how many are airplane nuts? I figure after you have distilled it alldown and if 5 or 10 show up on our doorstep in the next few years it willbe a lot.
I don't think they will take over and run or even change ASAA. Afterall there are somewhere of 290 members right now. Even if they were allowed to join, become an artist member, run for office and win next yearit would be how many years to get to be el President? Not to mention thewonderful politics that they would have face all the way to the top and inoffice. So by the time all the smoke clears who will be left to argue allof this HS in 10 or 12 years. By that time something new might even take itplace to start a whole new argument. Makes me think about how theImpressionists got through it all with the experts at the Salon, guess whohad the last laugh. Of course to become famous you have to be what?
I do know I would love to meet and learn from these artists, hopefullywe will never stop learning, After all we are suppose to be a teaching Society. We need to also be students.
May I say I'm Glad to meet you,
Best,
Joe
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