Covid Jell-O has not been easy and the group of us has been floundering just a bit. Some of us, so eager to resume the good things in life, scheduled vacations at the time of or just before the show. It's pretty hard to put together a performance or an event with an ever-shrinking group of less-than-enthusiastic participants. And some of us are just getting old and losing our momentum. So we named the show Jell-O Mojo. We're hoping to get ours back. I actually believe we will.
I will not give in to that ennui! I can't, because being the Queen of Jell-O Art is a monster that I don't control. I don't get to give up, or even be very lazy. It's only a few months of my life, and really only a big part during February and March, when everything is supposed to be rolling. I would say it is drifting toward the goal, and I have *high hopes* that we can pick up some speed. Picture those ants with that rubber tree. Bigger goals have been accomplished than a pandemic art show.
Because we are still not sure what kind of a performance we can pull off, that might be a hasty miracle of some kind, though it should still be plenty of fun no matter how it turns out. I tried to watch our zoom show from last year, and it wasn't terrible. There were giggles and even a guffaw now and then. I'll see if I can find a way to add it at the bottom of the post. Oh wait, here's a youtube.
This year, I have a whole new idea. I'm going to have a workshop! On zoom, of course, but this will be special. I took my whole collection of dried gelatin pieces, which was divided by color into a dozen plastic tubs, and re-divided it into twelve to fifteen boxes which I am calling Jell-O Box O’ Fun. I'll include some plain gelatin and instructions and a few surprises, and people can make Jell-O Art with me on the zoom March 12, from 1-3 pm, or work on their own. It's a good assortment of colors, shapes and sizes and some sticks (because everything is always better on a stick).
You will have to donate to MKAC to get one, and they are limited to what I will have when I'm finished putting them together (by next week?), and I'm hoping they will encourage some buzz. It's THE QUEEN'S Jell-O! Who doesn't want a chance at that?
I mean, there ought to be some dedicated or curious Jell-O artists who will want some. I really hope so. Maybe you?
I have not practiced this zoom yet but I will this weekend, and it may be awkward and limited because I expect I will go off camera frequently and drop things and have some technical failures. I'll have to be dressed up and in a silly mood, but I think this might succeed in Bringing the Silly Back which is our tag line.
And we have a brand new Slug Queen, Galaxia Cosmos, who is very intriguing and who will undoubtedly have a new take on the Benediction. They're always new and different, but we don't get many from outer space so I'm up for the ride. Queen Galaxia blew the crowd away at the coronation last August and had the perfect pandemic wisdom so add Jell-O to that and you know it will be good. Go like their Facebook page and check out their good works and fantastic personality. Plus we should have some of those Old Queens at the gallery. You know they like to go to all the happening events.
So stay tuned. The show is Saturday March 26, not the Opening Day of Saturday Market, so you can all come and you can all make some Jell-O sculpture too, right?
Sadly, you will have to wait until next year for the return of the Tacky Food Buffet, but you can always put edible Jell-O on the pedestal and call it art, especially if it has celery in it. Or capers. All foods are better with capers. And olives. And mandarin oranges...that sounds good, doesn't it? Better than chocolate-covered brussels sprouts anyway. See you soon!
