We are grateful for Orlando Weekly writer Seth Kubersky giving us (and the fabulous Thomas Thorspecken) a huge compliment in his best-and-worst-of-2009 wrap up:
"If everyone in Orlando who claims to care about the arts had 1 percent of Baratelli’s or Thorspecken’s energy and commitment, this city would be a world culture capital."
Here's the full mention:
"But my favorite things about Orlando’s art world in 2009 were two people who expanded my definition of what it means to be an advocate for the arts. Thomas Thorspecken documented 365 days of Orlando’s artistic life in watercolor sketches on his Analog Artist Digital World Blog and encouraged others’ expressions by helping to organize SketchCrawl group painting events. Mark Baratelli, even while often living out of town, broadened his indispensable blog, The Daily City, to encompass Meeting of the Minds (MOOM) meet-ups, Taco Truck Taste Tests and the vehicular-venued Mobile Art Show. If everyone in Orlando who claims to care about the arts had 1 percent of Baratelli’s or Thorspecken’s energy and commitment, this city would be a world culture capital."
"If everyone in Orlando who claims to care about the arts had 1 percent of Baratelli’s or Thorspecken’s energy and commitment, this city would be a world culture capital."
Here's the full mention:
"But my favorite things about Orlando’s art world in 2009 were two people who expanded my definition of what it means to be an advocate for the arts. Thomas Thorspecken documented 365 days of Orlando’s artistic life in watercolor sketches on his Analog Artist Digital World Blog and encouraged others’ expressions by helping to organize SketchCrawl group painting events. Mark Baratelli, even while often living out of town, broadened his indispensable blog, The Daily City, to encompass Meeting of the Minds (MOOM) meet-ups, Taco Truck Taste Tests and the vehicular-venued Mobile Art Show. If everyone in Orlando who claims to care about the arts had 1 percent of Baratelli’s or Thorspecken’s energy and commitment, this city would be a world culture capital."