Reach Out And Touch Me

SANTA FE REPORTER: There is one cardinal rule in galleries: Don’t touch anything. So when I heard about the nature of Sketchbook, opening tomorrow night at Beals & Co. Showroom (830 Canyon Road, 357-0441), I thought, "No way." Eight artists—most local, with one from LA and another from Arizona—show one complete work next to their sketchbook, inviting you to see the work in a new way as you thumb through the creative process. This breaks a tactile barrier, but it also gives the viewer access to the buildup and planning behind a work of art.

Carly Jones, project manager at Santa Fe Exports, wants to enhance the experience you have when you come and see this exhibit. “Working in galleries, you get to see the background by going to the artist’s studios,” she says, “I really wanted to have the public get the same opportunity we get as art dealers.”

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