I am honored to participate in the 4th  annual exhibition We Are Doing It All Wrong, presented at the Edward A. Dixon Gallery, Dayton, OH.

We’re Doing It ALL Wrong open sas a two month long exhibition beginning August 2, 2024. Planned by the Edward A. Dixon Gallery, the it is a challenge to artists and viewers to recognize, react and learn about the many ways humanity continually fails itself.  These issues are not always mainstream and sometimes are hidden.  Artwork from the prior exhibitions touched on topics such as sky high drug prices, the environment & climate change, dependence on technology, social injustice, Native American women disappearances, homelessness, gaslighting and the suffering caused by avocado farming in Mexico.  Artists are encouraged to submit work that captures or is a comment on a tradition, a system, a practice, an institution or anything they see that needs to be changed for the betterment of humanity or our planet.  View the online version of the previous exhibitions at weredoingitallwrong.com.

Another ambitious goal of the exhibition is to find a signature artwork, that while keeping to the exhibition’s theme, defines our current period in history from the artist’s point of view.  One art piece can tell so many stories and the goal is to find a piece that will speak to future generations and tell a story about our time. —Ed Dixon, owner and curator of the Edward A. Dixon Gallery.  Mr. Dixon is a long-time patron of the Arts, former record company executive, blogger and owner of the Downtown Dayton gallery for over 6 years.

Entries were also judged by judged by two other industry professionals Photographer Stacy Kranitz and Professor Judith L. Huacuja, PhD.  Prior year’s jurors included sculptor Erin McCarthy (Boston, MA), artist & gallery owner, Amanda Wirig (Minneapolis, MN), artist Jamaal Durr (Dayton, OH), art professor & artist Ann Kim (Dayton, OH), artist Toby Gotesman Schneier (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and Dayton Art Institute Chief Curator, Jerry N. Smith (Dayton, OH).

I am thrilled to be showing MAXIMUM SECURITY 15 x 18 x 10.25″, book board, wood, mulberry paper, paint, ink, canvas, watercolor paper and hemp cord

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