The show went well. It wasn’t as highly visited as the MET or MoMA by any means, but we did have over 160 people come through during the four day run of the show, about half of them came on opening night which is awesome because all of the artists were there and able to talk about their work.
One person in particular was Yura. Yura is a student Desiree and I did Soularium with at Columbia University. That conversation alone was one of the best I had all summer. Although he was not a Christian by any means, nor did he express much concern over it, he was very willing to dialogue about his beliefs and upbringing in the Russian Orthodox Church. As we walked away we prayed for him (especially that he meet up with Kevin C – who will be part of the NYC stint team this year) but that was the end of it.
Yura took the night off from work to come to the show. He came in almost as soon as it started and stayed until we were kicking people out (over two hours). He talked with nearly half of the artists about their work and as he left he said that he had many things to think about now. It was exciting.
For me personally nothing else was as exciting as that, but I know there are many other stories of the people who came to see the art and talk about it.
After the show came down (and we figured out how to get our vast variety of pieces home) the only thing left to do really was say our goodbyes. It was a hard time, but it was made sweeter by several opportunities to really love on each other by speaking of the beautiful things we have seen in each other this summer and challenging each other to grow. I feel like we reserve such times for trips like this, and it is such a lifegiving experience – I wonder what it would be like to be more intentional about incorporating such things into our daily grind?
Tribeca Arts Track (photo by Alicia Hansen)
Yura talking with Brian Dang
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