Institute

The art institute sent out invitations to artists every year to display their works at the annual Queen’s Show. Submissions came in to the dock around the clock. The curators cataloged each piece, then the head curator would determine where it would go. To “sky” a piece meant putting it high up on a wall, while “on the line” put it at the visitors’ eyeline. The best art went into the front hall at the eyeline, while the worst went up into the sky of the backrooms. Well, the ones that didn’t disappear from the dock and into the night.