Artists see red over ‘blue boycott’
One man’s political profiling may be another’s selective purchasing
PHOTO PROVIDED BY JORGE FERNANDINI
Artist Jorge Fernandini stands before one of his creations of clown fish. While the fish are red, Fernandini was painted "blue" at a Palm Island art show and probably lost a sale due to political profiling.
ENGLEWOOD — Like many artists, Carroll Swayze’s creative energies find expression on canvases, not in politics.
But an incident four days after the election at a local art show on Palm Island — a show Swayze describes as one of the “sweetest shows on the face of the Earth” — had her so upset she had to share it on Facebook.