It is refreshing to see art being covered that is not being presented in the comfortable format within the expected art institution. In Jake Harman's work, it is clear that artists are having to approach their work and their audience in different ways. Artists are no longer able to participate, nor are they interested in participating, in the limited venue offered by galleries and museums as their option to continue their careers. They are searching out more alternative approaches to art and ways to include the public into their journey. In your support of Harman's work, it is evident that New Times is offering the public new ways to interpret and experience art.
Art is about the experience and the lives of the people who are willing to engage with the work.
Your article gave your readers the ability to experience an artist, his efforts and passion along with his work. Please continue to cover more artwork that is being done in the Valley that continues to address the limitations placed on art. These events are not easy to find but will appear as performance art events and public engagements with art typically not found within the art viewing platform. However, starting at ASU and the art program is a good way to tap into this group of artists who are expressing themselves in different ways, like Harman. It is, instead, Professor Armelagos' motivation that I must question.