The electricians have finally finished and handed over the certificate (and the bill). Well, not quite. We’ve decided the exhibition area needs more light. We can’t afford anything sophisticated, just bigger flourescents and doubles instead of single tubes. Sheila has created a stunning installation which will benefit from the upgrade. I also intend to start painting the floor next week, ready for the open studios.
Met the curators Jane Hardstaff and Jayne Falconer who were selected for the residency in October. They will be working with artists from HMS as well as others in the region. It’s v exciting because the whole thing is quite organic where curators and artists are not sure of the outcome. The whole process is being documented and uploaded onto the website
www.standingroom.org. Kat has worked hard to get this off the ground without any budget, just great determination. It’s been a steep learning curve for both of us.
I feel we’re on the last leg of setting up HMS, though it’s not a full-stop. The Open Studios, 26th – 28th October provide the deadline for sorting out all physical aspects such as the kitchen area, plumbing and the rest of the lighting. The plumber was supposed to turn up today ….
The invites are on the way – snail post takes up to 3 weeks but much cheaper. We have a few problems beacause a couple of artists had nominated their partners to provide live music at the PV. However, they have been offered paid gigs so they had to pull out – a shame but quite understandable. It might be a CD player – we’ll see. After all we’ve achieved it seem quite minor.
