WEEK 16
Artists in attendance 13
ITS FREEZING and Its time to think about the exhibition! eeeek!
The group are still working on their pieces for the exhibition, this ia a tremendous achievement as a few months ago they would want to finish at least one piece of per 2 hour session.
We have decided the the exhibition (no title yet) will start on March the 29th and will run for a month. This date has been changed to a Sunday due to a paid booking for the room on the Saturday for a 50th wedding anniversary.
This week we have been discussing the ins and outs of putting an exhibition up, it isn’t just about hanging pictures on the wall. The group seem to be shocked when explain to them all the jobs that need doing.
I had a lovely afternoon session surfing the internet with one of the artists searching for images of places he had spent on holiday as a child. It was great to listen to all his stories most of them he thought he had forgotten. It gives people such a boost to relies all there memories haven’t been lost.
We had two new people come and join in this week from a nursing home just across the road. It was lovely to have new people in the group. Its going to be pretty hard to get them to produce a piece for the exhibition in such a short time so im not sure how to play this one. The sketch books and previous works will be on display so maybe that’s the way. I don’t want to put pressure on them as they need time to settle in.
I have drawn up a timetable of events to that the group can look forward to and prepare them selves for them
Jan 28th 1-1 design workshop with me and our graphic designer
Feb 4th 1-1 design workshop with me and our graphic designer
Feb 11th 1-1 design workshop with me and our graphic designer and our next guest artist Nicola it popping in to meet the group
Feb 18th Filming with Hayley (making a film about what it means to be part of a group like ours)
Feb 25th Whitworth art gallery trip
March 4th Nicola Smith guest artist
March 11th Filming with Hayley
March 18th finishing off work mounting preparations for hanging
March 25th hang exhibition
Sunday 29th march exhibition opens!
I am really looking forward to the gallery visit what will they think will it be different from when they started the group? Cornelia parkers exploded shed will be there what will they think?
