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<\/a>On the Edge Art Collective, a group of 15 artists, has been meeting monthly for a little less than a year. They feed each other, talk family and art, share opportunities, and create art together. While most of the members are painters in various genres, they also work in quilting, mixed media, and sculpture. The collective is intentionally both supportive and productive.<\/p>\n But the members wanted to try something different, to find new audiences for their work, and they hope exhibiting in natural environments will produce the result they\u2019re after: sales.<\/p>\n Collective member Bebe Brookman is hosting the first of what the group hopes will be a series of pop-up garden art shows in her San Carlos home and garden.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re getting tired of galleries taking 50 percent of the price of a painting,\u201d Brookman said. \u201cThe idea of having a show in a garden, in a home, seems much more in line with our art, because I see our art in people\u2019s homes, not in galleries. So people looking for art for their homes will see it in a similar environment.\u201d<\/p>\n Brookman recently completed a transformation of her garden from ornamentals to organic fruit and vegetables, and she\u2019s eager to use it as a backdrop for the show.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me it\u2019s blending my two passions, art and an organic lifestyle,\u201d Brookman explained. \u201cWe\u2019re anticipating people will meander through the gardens and the house, looking at the artists\u2019 work. I like the concept of the show. I think it\u2019s a great idea\u2014I hope it works!\u201d<\/p>\n Brookman and her colleagues are negotiating the use of additional gardens, which will offer arts consumers\u2014and the curious\u2014opportunities to visit yards not normally accessible to the public.<\/p>\n \u201cThe goal is to sell, of course,\u201d said Midge Hyde, another collective member and the instigator of the group\u2019s adoption of pop-up shows. \u201cWe\u2019re all really compatible, and we thought [pop-up shows] would be a fun thing to do. But it\u2019s also the exposure. You never know if you\u2019re going to sell something. And we don\u2019t consider ourselves really good marketers, that\u2019s always a dreaded task. So, the more people the merrier\u2014people enjoying themselves, the gardens and the art. Of course, we\u2019d love to find collectors, people interested in office art or for their homes, a variety of people interested in art.\u201d<\/p>\n While pop-up art shows are more common in New York, they are not new to San Diego.<\/p>\n<\/a>
the first show will take place (Courtesy of Bebe Brookman)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/a>