ABSTRACT: In an effort to make the Art Collection of the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea more accessible to its owners, the citizens of Carmel-by-the-Sea, a new blog entitled “Art and Artists in the Art Collection of Carmel-by-the-Sea” has been created. The Art Collection consists of 911 eclectic artworks by about 176 artists/designers, including two National Academicians. One post presents artists/designers and artworks by Artist/Designer, “Title”/Description, Date, Medium for all 911 artworks. Another post presents significant artists and artworks of the Art Collection. Other posts present individual artists/designers and their respective artworks (see labels at right of text on new blog). Photographic images of artworks pending city cooperation. Links to “Art and Artists in the Art Collection of Carmel-by-the-Sea” and two posts on the new blog are presented. The Art Collection was appraised for $2,911,595 in 2007, according to the City.
Art and Artists in the Art Collection of Carmel-by-the-Sea
Significant Artists & Artworks of the Art Collection
Artists/Designers & Artworks of the Art Collection
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All of these art pieces cry out for the rebirth of the Carmel Art Board and possibly the hiring of a full-time art curator. These works should be exhibited on a rotating basis. The Flanders Mansion would be a perfect venue for the display of art pieces and it looks as if many of these pieces would compliment the Native Plant Garden species and history of Carmel's early artists.
The art inventory was completed in 2007. Any reasonable mayor concerned about Carmel's artistic past would have abandoned her plans of selling Flanders Mansion in 2007 and seen to it that Flanders Mansion was leased and used as an art gallery for these art pieces. Instead she has sold Carmelites on the constant drain of Flanders Mansion when the Mansion could be the city's art gallery and the city could use it as a draw for visitors and tourists and allow residents to view these numerous works on a weekly or monthly basis.
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