It’s time to thank the maker locally in San Francisco for his enormous contributions to visual arts. Of course, I suppose it helps that the organization honoring George has a proposal on the table to gain rights to build the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum. Flattery will get you everywhere. 😉
San Francisco’s foremost art museum is doing its best to get on a likely competitor’s good side. At an October 24 dinner ceremony SFMOMA will give George Lucas — whose plan to build the billion-dollar Lucas Cultural Arts Museum celebrating “the art of storytelling” in the city’s Presidio Park is one of three shortlisted proposals — its 2013 Bay Area Treasure Award. The prize, which is bestowed annually by SFMOMA’s foremost fund-raising affiliate, the Modern Art Council (MAC), recognizes visual art pioneers based in the Bay Area.
Lucas will be the Award’s 14th recipient, joining esteemed forbears including installation and conceptual light artist Jim Campbell, painters Wayne Thiebaud, and William T. Wiley, large-scale steel sculptors Richard Serra and Mark di Suvero, and photographer Ruth Bernhard.
“I’m proud to be recognized by SFMOMA and this award in the Bay Area,” Lucas said in a statement. “It’s an honor to be included in the company of such esteemed artists and cultural figures.”
“We’re honored to celebrate such an original talent,” the president of the MAC, Joni Binder Shwarts, said in a statement. “Lucas’s influence has made our region a center for innovation in film and animation. He has also contributed greatly to the community through his support of progressive education in K-12 schools, a shared priority for the museum.”
Source: Blouin Art Info
