Niebrugge Presentation a Smash Hit!

Now for a bit of shameless self promotion as my son, photographer Ron Niebrugge, would call it.  I was scheduled and planned for a presentation at the end of the day at the Alaska Arts and Culture Conference, in Anchorage, at the Captain Cook Hotel.  The room was small, downstairs, and I was told to prepare for an audience of about 20.  I had 20 handouts, so to be safe I printed 30 more.  For an intimate crowd I planned to use my digital picture frame to show my work as I talked about the “Business of Art and the Artist”.  I have a nice power point presentation but I didn’t bring my equipment because the venue was so small.  Well, the time came and people started showing up, the seats were soon full and folks stood outside.  I requested extra chairs.  Within a few moments it was clear that that plan failed, and my lovely friend, artist Kes Woodward, came to the rescue.   He arranged for my presentation to be moved upstairs to the main meeting room.  In the photo you can see me standing at the podium (knees shaking) with my little digital photo frame and blank power point screen overhead, giving my talk to over 75 people!  It was totally awsome, and a very humbling experience indeed.

Earlier I was privileged to watch the presentation and meet creative genius Jack Lew.  Learning how important artists are to the new video game technology was exciting and enlightening.  The best part was seeing his power point presentation of some of the new games that involved his creative development such as the Sims games.  My grandchildren love these games, and to think that I was able to meet one of the developers.  Awesome!  Learning how important some of these games such as the Wii are to future generations and how they are being employed in rehab is exciting!  But, knowing the the basis for developing this technology still relies on well trained artists in the traditional school is comforting.  Such is the business of art and the artist .

More tomorrow,

Gail Niebrugge, landscape art