It’s been a very busy time at the Butterfly Park, we had our annual Open Day on Sunday which takes a lot of behind the scenes organising. I have been so busy with my job and the Comma Project I wasn’t able to do as much as I normally do, felt quite bad about that but at the end of the day one person can only do so much.
The Open Day was a success, we had less visitors than previous years, don’t quite know why. Maybe the fact that we didn’t put out a press release could be it or that the weather wasn’t too great. Who knows.
We did however make more money than previous years so that’s good. We do need to fundraise more for sure.
Julie managed to make it back from the wedding to come along to the open day, she set up a table with examples of her work and though she didn’t sell much she did manage to pass on the word about the Comma Project.
I was sat facepainting in my caravan visitor centre, warmer than last year. Pam Sullivan (July/Aug artist in residence) helped facepaint and between us we also spread the word – parents are a captive audience while a child is sat there…cunning plan :)
We had a visit from BYU (Brigham Young University) Utah, USA. Julie held a workshop for the visiting students, her blog about it is here /p/2071880/
Went really well, met some lovely people, made some book/trees and everyone enjoyed the evening I think.
We have a free workshop flyer now which is being put as many places as we can, online and within New ferry and the local area.
Next workshop is this Saturday, drop in event, really hope we get loads of visitors but New Ferry seems to be quieter by the day. Worryingly so.
