in the City Hall lobby on Wednesday, December 7th from 6:00 PM - 7:30PM.
Or come by anytime in December to add to the sculpture.
Help us collect plenty of food this year for Brisbane residents and seniors in need. ART TO SOUP! Brisbane Food Drive Sculpture
From soup to nuts, please bringcanned and packaged foods to the Brisbane City Hall lobby during December. Add your artistic flavor by arranging your food contributions into a daily evolving sculpture. Please add your food donations to the existing sculpture or go ahead and release your inner MICHAELCANGELO and rearrange the whole collection.
Our donations will be given to the Brisbane Police annual Holiday Food Drive
and distributed to Brisbane residents in need.
(No glass, perishables, expired foods or bulk grains please.)
Brisbane City Hall, 50 Park Place, Brisbane, CA 94005
Washing the Charging Bull on Wall Street with the Golden Rule
I wonder if the Golden Rule has any place on Wall Street. I began washing the iconic Charging Bull with a cloth that said LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. As I was scrubbing the bull clean, a group of Japanese tourists started rubbing the bull along with me. Maybe they thought it was for good luck and prosperity.
All the rest is commentary... presents the Golden Rule from 12 world religions as a core vision of global human relations. This series of printed linen table cloths typographically unifies these translated versions of the Golden Rule as authoritative messages. My exploration of this universal tenet magnifies inherent meaning and searches for new content and questions.
I hosted two Table talks in the gallery open to public participation. The first Table Talk was on the relationship of the Golden Rule to our free market system. The second one was on a different perspective on investing; considering the Golden Rule as a guiding principle as we invest in our future: children, education and health care. Everyone was truly thoughtful, self-reflective, resourceful and did not try to blame "Wall Street." I was moved as I listened to everyone struggle with the ethical issues of how hard it is to walk the talk. As we talked, we wrote and drew notes directly on a white table cloth. The Table Talk conversations were recorded, photographed and filmed by Keith Moreau.
I asked financial industry insiders to do a self-evaluation of how effectively current financial practices fulfill the needs of the community and to consider the feasibility of the Golden Rule as a new code of conduct on Wall Street. This Table Talk was a soul searching and sincerely personal conversation.
While I was looking for financial experts to participate, we decided to take my art down to Wall Street. Angelisse Karol, Storrs Hoen, and Keith Moreau and I carried the table cloths with the Golden Rules down to the Stock Exchange. We stood with them on Wall Street as we talked with the public about the financial meltdown and the potential role of the Golden Rule in financial reform.
At one point, I began washing the bronze bull with a cloth that said LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. As I was scrubbing the bull clean, a group of Japanese tourists started scrubbing the bull with me. I think they thought it was an act for good luck and prosperity.
I wish to say a special thank you to all of my friends and family who came out to New York to assist participate in this Golden Rule Project. Thank you for your gifts of time and support.
Art Exhibit on the Golden Rule and Table Talk Performance Art Events
with Artist Beth Grossman at The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan
May 25th – July 30th, 2010
This series of table cloths created for the JCC in Manhattan presents versions of the Golden Rule from twelve world religions,
honoring cultural differences while underscoring a shared sensibility.
Opening reception Wednesday, May 26th
with an artist talk from 6PM – 7PM and a wine reception from 7PM – 8PM
Table Talk Performance Art Events Financial Table Talk – Thursday, May 27 at 7:00 PM Beth Grossman will host an unusual Table Talk discussion with financial experts on the topic of the Golden Rule and its relevance
to today’s free market system. The public is welcome to observe and listen in the conference room at the JCC in Manhattan.
Public Open Table Talks – Tuesday, May 25, 4:30 – 6:00PM and on Tuesday, June 1st from 1:30 – 3:00PM As we consider social issues from within the context of the Golden Rule, our struggles for personal and social moral actions
will be visually documented on a tablecloth and audio recorded.
The Laurie M. Tisch Gallery at The JCC in Manhattan
