tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25722245.post116420549262333657..comments2023-08-02T09:31:56.827-04:00Comments on oranje: 96th Annual @ Carnegie Museum updateSusan Constansehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12020412045368974973noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25722245.post-1164641103071494392006-11-27T10:25:00.000-05:002006-11-27T10:25:00.000-05:00There are a lot of reasons, I think. There are due...There are a lot of reasons, I think. There are dues, but only about $30/year, which gives you membership in the individual guild as well as the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.<BR/><BR/>Most of the younger folks don't seem to be aware of the guilds. Also, the Center is perceived as a Sunday-painter refuge, irrelevant to the youth scene. It's weird, isn't it? When I got out of college in 1980, young artists couldn't sell a thing and the art scene was closed to them. Wisdom was that you had to pay your dues and get some experience before you could even hope to get shown. Now, anyone over thirty may as well store all of their materials in the attic, because there is no avenue open to them.Susan Constansehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12020412045368974973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25722245.post-1164603156617806532006-11-26T23:52:00.000-05:002006-11-26T23:52:00.000-05:00That's really interesting about the young artists ...That's really interesting about the young artists not joining the guilds. Was it always that way? i.e. did the mid career artists in the guild join after, say 30?<BR/><BR/>If there are dues, that could explain the problem, too.Lisa Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273391238820872246noreply@blogger.com