Not for the first time, I’m going to let Art Fag City do the heavy lifting on this post while I try to get some real work done. They’ve been a bit busy this week too, but made up for reduced content with a lovely smorgasbord of links today, including a dip into the SFMOMA blog archive for a report on the economic crisis threatening New Langton Arts, an artist-run centre in San Francisco whose age and history is not unlike that of Hamilton Artists Inc.

Renny Pritikin, “Prescription…” reproduced from Proximity Magazine’s layout (source: blog.sfmoma.org)

While a quick look at New Langton’s blog appeal is depressingly void of any positive developments for the struggling artist-run centre, a further look at the SFMOMA article is worthwhile for Renny Pritikin’s Presription [sic] for a Healthy Art Scene, reprinted from its appearance in Proximity Magazine. It’s an ambitious list that gradually made my heart sink further on Hamilton’s behalf the further along I read - the grimness really kicked in after 08: Sophisticated writers to document, discuss and promote new ideas/continuing regional development was chased down with 09: Publications for them to write for. Yet I still find it strangely uplifting to know that of the entire list, Hamilton at least excels at the last point: 23: Events that bring people together scheduled multi-gallery opening nights for example.

My impression of the list is one of priority order first, insofar as I think 01: A large pool of artists comes before all else, but what else does one suppose Hamilton already has? Of our shortcomings, which need to be prioritized?

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