The Summer Gala went well today – four LAN members exhibited their work as part of The Cupboard Project and The Lady of Shalott exhibition / installation around Lincoln’s Brayford Pool.
Without the expectation to make a profit and sell work, merely to promote the LAN, this meant a shift in focus to creating a real visual spectacle for members of the public visiting the Summer Gala.
Initially I was worried about the rain, however gale force winds threatened to blow the entire gazebo covering into the Brayford Pool at any moment, but mostly we managed the entire day without any major incident!
Whilst installing the mirrors in various locations around the Brayford Pool, I spoke to people about what I was doing, and it was encouraging to receive positive responses from people who either knew the poem The Lady Of Shalott, and some who had been to the exhibition at The Collection, and/or knew of the WAGscreen film adaptation.
I spoke to the nice ladies from the Tennyson Society, who had a stand in the University atrium, and she very kindly showed me the Lady of Shalott rose, which had sadly started to wilt – how fitting to the poem!!
We received a lot of interest, and people did notice the mirrors, especially as I kept going round checking them, photographing them for documentation, or relocating them.
I managed to print 30 leaflets before running out of ink – at this stage I’m doing a lot of work myself, when realistically I need to delegate a lot of it to other group members. I hope that for the next event for the West End Gala, there’ll be more presence, as many have gone away (some are at New Designers).
I have uploaded details and photos for the Lady of Shalott here: http://helend-blackbird.blogspot.com/
The LAN Summer Gala Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=75892834390
I will be busy updating everything this week, and I’m hoping to receive feedback from people for this!
