One day, we are going to play a new conversational game with art pieces. Three artists are participating with their works, two of my friends. I will introduce them to you with invitations, but please do not look at our published art before the game!

The game's objective is to find joy in discovering differences and similarities in our perceptions and interpretations of art pieces. In the future, I would like to extend the game to other types of creations, but we will have only pictural works for the first test run.

We will play by these rules, seven for each type of participants:

Art Game Rules

1. Artist(s):
   1. Prepare several of your original works to display;
   2. Pick them by prioritizing those that:
      1. would spark a variety of interpretations,
      2. entail multiple meanings and can be a subject of conversation,
      3. or unusual perspectives and depictions;
   3. Organize them in order of priority, from first (surely will be shown) to last (might not be shown due to time restrictions);
   4. Present each of their works to the participants, so that each person has a good look close enough, and then set it on an easel in a central place - artists will go in a circle, presenting their first priority works in the first round, second in the second, and so on.
   5. Listen to the feelings expressed by the audience and gracefully react in rather emotional than explanatory manner, not revealing any facts or own concepts before every viewer has voiced their perceptions;
   6. Explain their perspective on their artwork and the process of its creation;
   7. Answer all questions as much as possible or desirable.
2. Participants:
   1. Evaluate quietly each piece presented, observe it thoughtfully, possibly from various distances and angles;
   2. Formulate your emotions the artwork evokes in you and form ideas and opinions in your mind, try not to be distracted by the words of others;
   3. Express your feelings in your turn and tell everyone what you see and understand;
   4. Listen to other evaluations;
   5. Comment on other people's thoughts, if you like;
   6. Ask any questions at the end of each presentation;
   7. Give your general reflections and suggestions by the end of the game.

The rules will be refined as we move forward, of course. Please note, that every person can play both roles. Every artist / presenter becomes a participant when it is someone else's turn.

I hope you like the idea of such game - provoked by a few of my friends a few months ago. After the game we will stay for a party.

Suggested Dates

Please comment below or contact me for your preferences.

• January 16 (Sunday) - the new Californian mask mandate, requiring masks to be worn in all indoor public settings, regardless of vaccine status, should end by then;
• February 12 (Saturday);
• February 13 (Sunday);
• (Most likely end of February - March).

• Goals: fun, conversation, communication, play, evaluation
• Properties: private, informal, recurrent
• Why: Art is exciting.
• Who: friends, artists, interesting people, people who we like, a person who you would like to accompany you
• Place: Oceanside, California, Airport neighborhood, North of 76 and Benet or Foussat, on a hill behind a small river, the house is on the right, at the round end of the short destination street
• Parking: caution: in the garden, step only on the white stones
• Organizing: by invitation only, sent via text (SMS) or email, please tell me whether you are coming, and whether you want to bring someone, within 3 days, so I have a chance to invite other people in case of "no", who may live further away or are less familiar with the crowd, and please send me a note if you would like to attend and I have not messaged you for some reason
• Dress Code: dressy casual, creative outfit, festive attire
• Setup: inside, one large room, leave your shoes on, hard floor, open windows for air circulation, 28 persons capacity with soft seating, optional 8 hard chairs, 36 persons max capacity, big table with 12 soft chairs, coffee table with 8 soft armchairs (neck support), cocktail table and bar with 6 tall soft low back chairs, guest bathroom in front of the main entry diagonally to the left (North), the first door in the opposite to the kitchen direction
• Food and Drinks: please bring drinks and snacks you would enjoy, ready to serve, easy to handle and share, we will have simple refreshments
• Food Arrangement: Swedish style, finger food, pick and pour your drink, select your food yourself, take as much as you like, take your drink and plate to your seat
• Dishes: open kitchen near the big table - please find what you need, all silverware is in a big drawer to the right of the refrigerator, all glasses and plates are in a glass shelf by the bigger kitchen window, to the right - drinking glasses, standard wine (24), highball (12), tea (9) and smaller coffee (9) glass cups, to the left - white porcelain plates and small bowls, bigger glass bowls (4), serving plates (5)