The Duchy of Jerald

and arts Commons are taking the usual bully route of saying their free speech is under attack as
cover to censure the programming in its windows which doesn’t comply with its Catholic
agenda.
I hope this upheaval provides opportunity for new exciting venues for the artists but I am not
hopeful for the traditional brick and mortar. There is an old European adage, taught to me by a
German dance teacher I once had, “whoever controls the money, controls the art”, meaning that
the money controls the message.
For me, personally and professionally, I embrace the internet as a way to circumvent the
gatekeepers of the conservative gallery system who aspire to control even my very non
confrontational art.
As a white straight male, a new senior, and a former lover of painting flowers, and currently
street photo, I see no place for my work in the conversation of inclusion which is the
battleground of the artist run centre.
But that doesn’t mean I can’t lend my voice in support, especially in support against fascism.
I invite them to join me on the net and take their work global in some manner that they will
create for themselves, and control their own art, and message.