Art Olympics
Tom Hendricks / Musea
The Olympics are over. It was an event that I enjoyed watching a lot.
But each time it comes around, I think about what I wrote many years
ago in an essay. And that is:
WE NEED AN ARTS OLYMPICS TOO!
Let’s revisit that idea. I suggest an arts olympics (in the off years
when there is no athletic olympics) with the same basic set up as the
regular olympics. I suggest that it too offer gold, silver, and bronze
medals to the best artists in the world, in assorted arts.
Here are the categories that I came up with:
1a Short prose - short story
1b. Long prose - novel
2a Short poem
2b. Long poem - epic
3a Short play - one act
3b Long play - 2 or more acts.
4a Short music vocal - song
4b Long music vocal - choral work / opera
5a Short music instrumental
5b Long music instrumental - symphony
6a Painting - 2d art
6b Sculpture - 3d art
7a Short film or TV show fiction
7b Long film or TV show fiction
8a Short film or TV show - non fiction
8b Long film or TV show - non fiction
9a Short essay
9b Long essay
10a Handcrafted Art Object - small - jewelry size
10b Handcrafted Art Object medium - fits on a table top
10c Handcrafted Art Object large
11a Dance - single
11b Dance - couple
11c Dance - group
12 Large Scale Spectacle or Pageant
What do you think? Did I miss an important category? Would you like to
take part or watch a world competition in assorted arts?