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Here are some of the Special Surprises that made our trip so great: 1.
The Prize for
Chromatically
Appropriate Attire
2. The Man Who Saved Pasaquan 3. The Man Who Wrote the Book 4. The Director of Impromptu Entertainment 5. The Architect, Preservationist & Historian 6. The Restored Theatre and the Church 7. The Work of Art Bonus: The Levitation Suit The Third Special Surprise 3. Tom Patterson is perhaps the nation's foremost author on self-taught and visionary artists, which is one of the fastest growing fields of interest in contemporary art circles. He is also the author of St. EOM in the Land of Pasaquan, the definitive book on Pasaquan. Tom has agreed to come to Pasaquan from his home in Winston-Salem, NC to join us for our visit. He will not only make a presentation to our group and give us an in-depth look at Pasaquan, but he has also agreed to authograph copies of his book for those of us who wish to purchase some of the few remaining copies. And on top of that, he will be joining us for dinner on Saturday night at the Windsor Hotel, so you'll have a chance to get to know him better.  Tom
is a prolific writer, critic, and curator in the visual arts and
is the author of many essays and books dealing with the work of
self-taught artists. He is also the U.S. editor for Raw Vision,
a British-based quarterly magazine specializing in the field of
“outsider” and visionary art.He has lectured extensively on outsider art in the American South. Tom’s work also appears in publications such as Art Papers, the New Art Examiner, and ARTnews. He is editor of ARTVU, a sporadically published magazine of contemporary visual art in the Southeastern U.S. Tom has served as curator for numerous groundbreaking exhibitions devoted to the work of self-taught artists at art museums throughout the U.S. One of his latest curatorial projects was “The Wondrous World of L-15: The Multiple Arts and Personae of Bernard G. Schatz” at the Anderson Gallery of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, last year. His books include:
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