“Can You Move It All Up One Inch” was the first exhibition I curated. The title was graciously and humorously conceived by Patrick Payne, a great friend and one of the artists in the exhibition.

The exhibition was actually Three 2 week shows in order to cover all 28 of the artists involved

Thank you Peter Hopkins of ArtHelix Gallery for the opportunity, he took a major chance on me by allowing me to do this (I’m convinced Hei Hei dog was the best selling point). I then had to convince every art handler at the Whitney Museum of American Art this would be great (they also didn’t really know me).

With $2000.00 of my own money and a 1 week vacation period I and several of the artists in the show rebuilt the gallery we were going to show in. We put up new walls, built an entirely new lighting system etc, so the work would present as it should. (Peter did reimburse me, through his own sense of fair play as the decision to rebuild had been mine).

I had to split the show into 3 parts as there wasn’t enough wall space for all 28 artists at one time.

That winter was brutal with ice storms savaging the city. (Due to stress and lack of sleep I had 2 slips and falls - garnering a set of cracked ribs and concussion - but we got it done)

And Adam Weinberg and the Entire Whitney management team came to each exhibition to support us. Such a generous generous place to work