Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Oregon art gallery hosts Bush shoe toss.


Rawstory.com

As bad as his presidency was, America will get over Bush. Consider this part of the healing process.An art gallery in Ashland, Oregon threw a Bush shoe toss to celebrate its opening, reported the
Ashland Daily Tidings.


City Councilman Eric Navickas and partner Amy Godard christened the MAda Shell Gallery on Jan. 2, and gave everyone who attended a chance to launch shoes dipped in red paint at a large portrait of outgoing President Bush.


"Navickas and Godard, who are both mixed-media artists, decided to open the art space after the avant-guard Nuwandart Gallery closed last summer," Navicks told the Tidings


"We felt that too much of the art in Ashland had just became an embellishment for a wealthy class," he said. "We're trying to bring art into the dialogue for political and social interaction."

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