Hasta La Ideas

(Photo: Susan Sermoneta)

Jury duty doesn’t have to be a nuisance, not if you view it as a creative opportunity! That’s what college English teacher Susan Sermoneta did, snapping this Stephen Shore-ish shot in a Vietnamese restaurant while on lunch break from jury duty in lower Manhattan. It’s just one of the growing number of works in The American Gallery of Juror Art, an online collection of “art done by actual jurors while on actual jury duty.” The virtual museum is part of Deliberations, a legal blog written by trial lawyer and jury consultant Anne Reed. In addition to a handful of photos of intriguing courthouse signage (who knew that the Milwaukee County Courthouse teems with machines that will tell you your weight and horoscope?), the museum is heavy on the doodles, including one culled from the Moleskine of designer Mike Rohde. It includes sketches of a briefcase he spied in the courthouse cafeteria and a gavel, which alas, he never a chance to see up close. Rohde was allowed to leave early, because they had enough jurors for that day.

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