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Posterity Mixed Media Denial Series (2021) * * * * * U.S. CONSTITUTION WAS WRITTEN FOR POSTERITY How Are We Doing with That? The Preamble — the first elegant and often-quoted words of the 1887 U.S. Constitution — indicate who it was written for: “ourselves and posterity.” “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”. -U.S. Constitution Posterity (n) “the people who will exist in the future” -Cambridge Dictionary * * * * * The above text is an excerpt from a 2023 Substack Mulch blog post linked in the bio. More at Mulch.Substack.com. * * * * * Are we making good decisions for our descendants?

Sketch, Counterparts, see previous post #figurativeart #abstractart #counterparts #denialseries

Sketch, Counterparts, see next post #figurativeart #abstractart #counterparts #denialseries

Saint #illustration #parioart

AI (2020) Denial Series #psychologyart #figurative #abstractart #folly #denial #parioart #notai

Frank Lemus’ Artist Statement… Saturday! Day for Descendants Art & Altars. Group show reception Earth Day, April 22, 5 to 8 PM. Come collaborate on Frank’s ceramics ++. Have your own ‘satellite show,’ see posts and bio. Show run April 23 - May 10. @dayfordescendants @flat_black_shop @flat.black.gallery @lemus_frank @dayfordescendants

Saturday! Day for Descendants Art & Altars. Group show reception Earth Day, April 22, 5 to 8 PM. Have your own ‘satellite show,’ see posts and bio. Show run April 23 - May 10. @dayfordescendants @flat_black_shop @flat.black.gallery

Day for Descendants Art & Altars. Group show reception Earth Day, April 22, 5 to 8 PM. Have your own ‘satellite show,’ see posts and bio. Show run April 23 - May 10. @dayfordescendants @flat_black_shop @flat.black.gallery

In the 1990s, French curator Nicolas Bourriaud established Relational Aesthetics. The Tate Gallery defines Bourriaud’s vision: “He saw artists as facilitators rather than makers and regarded art as information exchanged between the artist and the viewers. The artist, in this sense, gives audiences access to power and the means to change the world.” Facilitation—That is, in essence, a goal of descendant art and altars—-every day, and in an annual day of deep contemplative celebration. Link in bio. #dayfordescendantsaltars #dayfordescendants #descendantartandaltars @dayfordescendants

A Few Altars Art and altars in the Day for Descendants Art & Altar celebrations can take any form. And the content can be drawn from your interpretation, exploration, experience, expression, or any other prompt that you have. These art and altar examples include various styles and content. Beyond these, the possibilities are infinite and we are inviting everybody to contribute. Your prompts will probably change over time, and even in response to each altar or altar component you create. You might think of Day for Descendants Art & Altars as a living, evolving part of your life. A special day once a year for deep exploration, and various altar formats so that they can bring daily awareness.You can combined the theme of descendants with other topics of interest to you. You’ll find a link in the bio to the 4 minute altar and other resources. Join us! Share what you do… #DayforDescendants #DayforDescedantsArtandAltars #DescendatAltars @DayforDescendants @Flat_Black-Shop @Flat.Black.Gallery Group Show Artists Frank Lemus @Lemus_Frank Jules Muck @MuckRock Adriana Ospina-Lopez @PuraProjects Carlos Ramirez @C.Ramirez2323 Clarissa Cervantes @CervantesforAssembly Shanah Chomsinsub @Pxl_Psha Tone Rubio @ArtistTone Gerald Clarke @GeraldClarkeArt Evelyn Sofia Rivera @ESRiveraArt InkFamy Tattoo Shop @InkFamy Nick Chavez. @dj_Nick_Chavez Organizer — Mark Smith @_Pario

A Few Altars Art and altars in the Day for Descendants Art & Altar celebrations can take any form. And the content can be drawn from your interpretation, exploration, experience, expression, or any other prompt that you have. These art and altar examples include various styles and content. Beyond these, the possibilities are infinite and we are inviting everybody to contribute. Your prompts will probably change over time, and even in response to each altar or altar component you create. You might think of Day for Descendants Art & Altars as a living, evolving part of your life. A special day once a year for deep exploration, and various altar formats so that they can bring daily awareness.You can combined the theme of descendants with other topics of interest to you. You’ll find a link in the bio to the 4 minute altar and other resources. Join us! #DayforDescendants #DayforDescedantsArtandAltars #DescendatAltars @DayforDescendants @Flat_Black-Shop @Flat.Black.Gallery

Stay tuned. Join us. It’s for everybody, every day. Group Show Artists Frank Lemus @Lemus_Frank Jules Muck @MuckRock Adriana Ospina-Lopez @PuraProjects Carlos Ramirez @C.Ramirez2323 Clarissa Cervantes @CervantesforAssembly Shanah Chomsinsub @Pxl_Psha Tone Rubio @ArtistTone Gerald Clarke @GeraldClarkeArt Evelyn Sofia Rivera @ESRiveraArt InkFamy Tattoo Shop @InkFamy Nick Chavez. @dj_Nick_Chavez Organizer — Mark Smith @_Pario Flat Black Gallery @flat.black.gallery @flat_black_shop Have a ‘satellite show,’ see posts and bio. Share what you do: #DayforDescendants #DayforDescendantsArtandAltars #DescendantAltars Join us! It’s for everybody, every day.

Group Show Artists Frank Lemus @Lemus_Frank Jules Muck @MuckRock Adriana Ospina-Lopez @PuraProjects Carlos Ramirez @C.Ramirez2323 Clarissa Cervantes @ClarissaCervantesforRiverside Shanah Chomsinsub @Pxl_Psha Tone Rubio @ArtistTone Gerald Clarke @GeraldClarkeArt Evelyn Sofia Rivera @ESRiveraArt InkFamy Tattoo Shop @InkFamy Nick Chavez. @dj_Nick_Chavez Organizer — Mark Smith @_Pario Flat Black Gallery @flat.black.gallery @flat_black_shop #dayfordescendants #dayfordescendantsaltars #dayfordescendantsartandaltars

We’re waiting… “Waiting for Godot” ends with the characters, Vladimir and Estragon, still waiting for Godot to arrive. The last lines of the play have Vladimir saying “Well, shall we go?”, to which Estragon responds “Yes, let’s go.” But they do not move and the play ends. INTENTIONS >> INTO >> ACTIONS Descendants. Who are they? Future generations? Future nature, earth? Well, that’s vague. A hazy view of the future is bringing us suboptimal care for it. Get to know your future generations by thinking about them. If we know something and love it, we will take care of it. If we take care of it, it will last. @DayforDescendants The above is an excerpt from my Mulch post on Substack for our group show artists and satellite show artists. https://mulch.substack.com/p/why-art-and-altars-for-descendants Waiting for Godot summary from ChatGPT #DayforDescendants #DescendantArtandAltars

Gerald Clarke is a Desert X 2023 artist and also one of our Day for Descendants Art & Altar group show artists in April. A Cahuilla Indian, Gerald works with topics of his heritage and life experience. His art is often quite physical, presenting crafts he has acquired growing up around a reservation as well as studying welding, hydraulics, and electrical maintenance. He’s a father, rancher, university art teacher, tribal leader, accomplished bird singer, and much more. Gerald’s work is in many museum and private collections. Day for Descendants Art and Altars opens at Flat Black Gallery on April 22, 2023, Earth Day. @_desertx @geraldclarkeart @flat.black.gallery @flat_black_shop

We’ve launched Mulch on Substack. Mulch is a collection of ideas and resources for artists in the Day for Descendants Art & Altars gallery show and anybody doing their own satellite show. @dayfordescendants What’s a satellite show? See our October 18, 2022 post on @dayfordescendants. Join us. You can jump in with a simple art piece, prose, poem, altar … or ??? What have you got? Help us interpret what descendant art and altars becomes! Open source. You’re pre-approved. The Long Now Foundation is a great resource and subject of a recent Mulch.Substack.com post. Take a look, thoughts? (Bio) @substackinc #substack #DayforDescendants #dayfordescendantsaltars #LongNowFoundation #dayfordescendantsartandaltars #flatblackgallery #flatblackshop

Perspective. Let’s give them a better deal. Descendant art and altars—to keep them in mind. @dayfordescendants “By one calculation, around 100 billion people have lived and died in the past 50,000 years; if the average birth rate of the twenty-first century is maintained for the next 50,000 years, around 6.75 trillion human beings will be born. That is 877 times more people than the 7.7 billion who are alive today, and far outnumbers every human being who has ever lived.” “How could we possibly ignore their well-being and think that our own is of such greater value?” —Roman Krznaric, The Good Ancestor @dayfordescendants

Invitation for You to Collaborate with a Satellite Show Greetings, We’re honored that you are interested in participating as a satellite, or pop up, Day for Descendants Art and Altars 02023. Guess what? You’re pre approved! Here is some information about the show, with ways that you can collaborate ranging from a single altarpiece to a full gallery show. Details below. Please ask questions—and if you want to collaborate with us, please either 1) just organize your show and please share it acknowledging us with #DayforDescendantsArtandAltars #DescendantAltars @Flat.Black.Gallery @Flat_Black_Shop @DayforDescendants, or 2) and/or please contact me and let’s talk! We hope you do. Most of all, though we provide some examples of altars and art—know that we’re asking for your vision on the topic of descendants. -Mark Smith, Organizer MarkSmith@Pario.org @dayfordescendants

My 2021 altar installed in the beautiful Coachella library plaza at @raices_cultura ‘s Dia De Los Muertos celebration. Honored to participate in such a remarkable gathering. I gave away 3x5 altar cards (bookmarks) to visitors, visible in several of these images. I learn a lot about a lot each year I do this. Day of the Dead altar building plus my work in sustainability led me to the idea of Day for Descendants altar celebrations connecting our lineages + legacies. Hopefully growing awareness and better decisions for the future (and us now!). Day for Descendants Intentions & Altars launched at @flat.black.gallery in April. See Pario Art website (link in bio) for more. Stay tuned for our second show — a group @dayfordescendants show at Flat Black Gallery, plus satellite shows. #RaicesCultura #Coachella #FlatBlackGallery #FlatBlackShop #RunwiththeMuertos

Untitled (2021) Shown in ‘Day for Descendants, Intentions & Altars’ at Flat Black Gallery April 2022 @flat.black.gallery @flat_black_shop @dayfordescendants

Day for Descendants Intentions and Altars…tonight at Flat Black Gallery. #dayfordescendantsaltars #descendants #progeny #legacy #art #flatblackshop #flatblackgallery #spirit #givethemabetterdeal #pario #parioart #marksmithart #portablealtar #futuregeneration

Ancestor >> Descendant Harmony (2022) Day for Descendant Altar Show April 9 / 6-8 PM Flat Black Gallery, Palm Desert, CA #flatblackgallery #flatblackshop #dayfordescendantsaltars #altars #portablealtar #art #spirit #spirituality #digitalpainting #timevalueofcommunity #descendants #ancestors #mindfulness

Here’s an easy way to keep descendants in mind…download this altar card for your phone (or wherever you want) from @ParioArt on Twitter. Link in bio. Day for Descendants Art and Altar gallery show April 9 / 6-8 PM, Flat Black Gallery, Palm Desert, CA. #flatblackgallery #flatblackshop #altars #portablealtars #portablealtarpiece #art #spirit #Spiritualart #prayer #futuregenerations #legacy #progeny #climatechange #sustainability #portablealtarspace #descendants #fridaysforthefuture #givethemabetterdeal

Day for Descendants? Let’s give them a better deal. You’re invited to an art and altar show at Flat Black Gallery in Palm Desert, CA. Day for Descendants spring altar celebration is modeled after Day of the Dead in the fall. Collaborate with us! Have you own celebration! We’ll be giving away altar cards for everyday awareness. April 9 / 6-8 PM. @flat.black.gallery @flat_black_shop #DayforDescendantsAltars #Pario #FlatBlackGallery #FlatBlackShop #MarkSmith #travelaltars #ParioArt #altars #portablealtars #descendants #progeny #legacy #futuregenerations #fridaysforthefuture everyday

Denial 4 [Climate] (2021) and on page 2 Denial 5 [Climate] (2021) . . . #contemporaryart #basedinthefigure #abstractfigurative #psychologicalart #psychology #pario #parioart #marksmith #marksmithart #climatechange #coachellavalley #mixedmedia #digitalart #NFT #sustainability #sevengenerationsthinking #goodancestors #decendants #climateactionart

Denial 3 (Red White Blue) . . . #painting #art #ParioArt #MarkSmithArt #Unite #United #weliveinthesameworld #psychologicalart #psychology #figurativeinfluence #digitalart #NFT #mixedmedia #figurativeart #figurativeartist

Altar drawing Touching Death . . . #drawing #altar #ancestors #ParioArt #MarkSmithArt #deathpositive #altarcards art #dayofthedead #diadelosmuertos #coachellavalleyarts #psychology #psychologicalart

Denial 3 (Climate) 2 Ways . . . #climatechange #mixedmedia #painting #digitalart #NFT #pario #parioart #psychology #psychologicalart #figurativeinfluence #marksmith #marksmithart

. . . . #dailydrawing #art #pario #marksmith #penandink #waterbrush #sketch #dailysketch