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I was really excited to read this, but I think the methodology is lacking. True art scenes are not defined by galleries, or fine art institutions, but people wh

I was really excited to read this, but I think the methodology is lacking. True art scenes are not defined by galleries, or fine art institutions, but people who occupy a space who do art. Which is totally different. it’s the low income individual who is a starving artist. It’s graffiti on the walls (wynwood Miami). I once lived in a shoddily converted warehouse with a bunch of artists, there were no galleries near us, there was a granite mill though.

sinkasapa 2y ago
I feel like the art scene is where the artists go to get a drink, meet one another, and then go back to their places to collaborate. It seems like a lot of the most accessible venues are places that are not explicitly arts venues. I've seen a number of cases where artistically inclined bar tenders at dives, who have their friends come in to hang out, thus creating a scene, work to convince the artistically indifferent owners that allowing them to have shows, open mics or something more interesting than a photo of some used up sports star on the walls will draw customers. What begins as a quirky place to sing karaoke and pay bargain prices for beers are where people who build careers often begin communicating and collaborating.