Group Show of Things That Don't Belong Together" 1983 PMVI EVENT
This was the first event I organized after Paul Rutkovsky moved to FSU.
Other Artists in the Show: Tim Feresten, Ben Westbrock, Anna Bresnick, Andrea Rossi, Bill Quinn,
Location: The empty industrial space adjacent to the PMVI Studio Space in the Clockworks building on Hamilton Street.
"Cakes in Case" was my work for the first PMVI Show I directed as co-director of PMVI. It was decided by several in the group that showed together in "Visual Events in Various Spaces". Visual Events was organized and directed by Paul Rutkovsky founder (1978) and director of PMVI.
I began my art career practice in the PMVI Studio. After taking a drawing class with Paul at Southern Ct University he invited me into the studio to work as an apprentice. I accepted his invite andI ended up staying from 1978 (when PMVI began) until 1985 when the studio basically closed. In 1982 I became the Co-Director of PMVI and the organizer of "The group show of things That Don't Belong Together and "The First Show Of 1984". Under my co-directorship PMVI became much more inclusive towards community artist involvement and popular with audiences. My final PMVI production was "The Buy and Sell Show " at the John Slade Ely House. It included my work "Army Man Series" and the work of long time PMVI person Jack Harriett and Paul contributing from his new base in Tallahassee Florida. Bev Richey 12-19-2019
