That’s the first week in our Comma Project shop over. I’m sat here now, we’ve had a good few people in over the course of the week but only about 4 today, need may more.
It’s still in the planning phase as we had to move in 2 weeks early and we managed it but I still have much to do that would have been ready if we could have stuck to schedule.
Gerald needs workshops organising before he can get into the production of his work so it’s a slow start for him but we always knew this would be the case.
He’s got the Wilfred Owen (war poet) society involved and they’re in talks about putting on poetry reading sessions and a theatrical performance within the park, which would be great. Its something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now.
Shop is coming on, we now have display boards up and Gerald has been writing a daily poem onto the blackboards.
Boards are going down today to cover the carpets so that the artists can all work without the worry of getting paint/ink etc onto it. It’s the one thing I have to make sure stays clean as we cant afford to pay for a new carpet to be fitted when we vacate.
This afternoon I’m drawing up the list of workshops and dates so we can start promoting them and taking bookings.
I also need to start a calender of events and dates to figure out when we can open and if we can get volunteers to cover certain shifts.
Still in need of new volunteers, I’m sure thats going to be an ongoing issue.
