Corcoran anonymous Follow-up

This is a followup to our project, Corcoran Anonymous. I've been asking around about participation, and I'm receiving mixed feedback. I 've had many tell me what a good idea it is, and when I press to ask if anyone has sent one or filled one out, some actually say they have. Yet, I've not seen but three. I also noticed that one of the boxes we are using had been cut open and retaped. There was nothing in it, so I don't know if anyone has attempted to drop one off or not. I have also attempted to reach out to Siobahn Riggs at GW about including the GW community. I sent her our statement, a copy of the flyer and asked if she could assist in reccomending where we could place drop off boxes. As of today, I've not received any reply.

I was recently in a late night class where the discussion of students actively displaying art, outside of assignments and projects that are a must, is non-existent. The instructor went on to point out that he'd never been in a place where no one had a voice through their art like he's seen at the Corcoran. The reply from the students in the class was that they have all but been told they have no say so, no voice. In essence, the student body has been scared into speaking out in any way. This is discouraging, because it shouldn't be that we no longer have any means to say what's on our mind. The Corcoran community had been doing that far longer than anyone currently attending a class there. Art is about saying something, in one form or another. Corcoran Anonymous is based on the premise of an outlet for those to voice what they want to voice without fear. Maybe, as it seems now, we don't have a voice, verbally or through our art. If that's the case, then truly, the Corcoran is no more.

The project continues as planned, hopefully we'll hear from a brave few.

For 145 years, the Corcoran fostered a community of arts and artists in Washington, D.C. Last August the body of that community passed, but the spirit remains in those who remember and still participate in the name of the Corcoran.

Oct.1, 2014, CORCORAN ANONYMOUS was launched, a social practice art project directed at the Corcoran Community and those who've visited or at one time worked for the Corcoran Museum of Art or the Corcoran College of  Art + Design before it's assimilation into the George Washington University and National Gallery of Art. This project is designed to keep the spirit of the Corcoran, past and present, alive by anonymously submitting a postcard to the project with their thoughts, memories, secrets, ideas, hopes, dreams and criticisms. These will be shared via social media and publicly on a space within the school at the 17th street building. While this project will run through December, depending on its success, could potentially run as long as there is someone to manage and curate it. 

Visiting SPA Practitioners

Natalie Campbell's Art History 1: Art Now section is hosting visiting social practice artists Doug Paulson and Yatsuk/Rancourt on Monday October 6th. Below are links on their work. Prof. Campbell has invited us to sit in on their class from 10:45-11:45 am.

They will be doing an informal presentation to her class which meets in 14A (old RCR) - they may move next door to 14B if that room is available.

The SPA practitioners are: 

Douglas Paulson: http://www.douglaspaulson.com/cleandesk/

Rancourt/Yatsuk:

http://katewerblegallery.com/index.php?/artists/rancourt--yatsuk/ 

Action Club (collaboration of all 3 + others): http://www.action-club.org/