I survived the art show!

yay.

some lessons learned:

• the actual street address needs to be on the postcards. don't assume people will check the web for more info (or even can, the main site apparently went down at some point yesterday. I had some dire voicemail once I turned my phone back on after the performance.)
• I have more resources among my friends than I realized. Asking for easels a day earlier would've totally gotten me loans from a professional frameshop.
• I did have an artist statement, or six. (The original intent to re-use abandoned canvases only happened with one piece, but it was there. The pieces made explicitly for the show had a deliberate yin-yang balance, for the equinox. I found myself explaining both a lot.)
• I have to be very careful about how I bend over in that dress. ("You know you're not at burning man when...")
• A lot of our friends are theater geeks. Perhaps we need an interactive evening where they HAVE to build and take down the set. (building a movable art maze might be fun. although I'm not sure I have the hands on skills for it. Although, having a "build a fort with old cardboard boxes" party might also be fun. Hmmmm. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.)
  
• They ticket in union square after 5 pm, even though the meters go off at 6. grrrr.

I sold a couple pieces. YAY! (The two "inspired..." ones. Hours later, while still recovering from Peruvian Karaoke, I amused onlookers by pulling a cheque from my bra. "O, I totally forgot about this.") At least three folks are in a holding pattern around the Iskierka one. I may make an icon of it and keep showing it to you until one of you cracks. Mwa Ha Ha Ha.

Or, I could, like, try to get an art show that lasts for more than one evening.

People I remember seeing there: rikchik, jason, jennyh, prog , classicaljunkie , dictator555, nate, coolwhitestare (and her enormous lens), michael, mignon, dougo , ahkond , [1-2 folks I thought came in with them], hahathor, ed, jen, matthew, [+their friend whose name I should know], radiotelescope, schmike, crazybone, fangirl715, kissoflife, trowa_barton, hammercock, totient (who loaned what easels I did find on such short notice), miss_chance, infinitehotel, istemi, someone I didn't know in an MIT G&S shirt. I hope I didn't overlook someone. THANKS!'

I survived the art show!

yay.

some lessons learned:

• the actual street address needs to be on the postcards. don't assume people will check the web for more info (or even can, the main site apparently went down at some point yesterday. I had some dire voicemail once I turned my phone back on after the performance.)
• I have more resources among my friends than I realized. Asking for easels a day earlier would've totally gotten me loans from a professional frameshop.
• I did have an artist statement, or six. (The original intent to re-use abandoned canvases only happened with one piece, but it was there. The pieces made explicitly for the show had a deliberate yin-yang balance, for the equinox. I found myself explaining both a lot.)
• I have to be very careful about how I bend over in that dress. ("You know you're not at burning man when...")
• A lot of our friends are theater geeks. Perhaps we need an interactive evening where they HAVE to build and take down the set. (building a movable art maze might be fun. although I'm not sure I have the hands on skills for it. Although, having a "build a fort with old cardboard boxes" party might also be fun. Hmmmm. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.)
  
• They ticket in union square after 5 pm, even though the meters go off at 6. grrrr.

I sold a couple pieces. YAY! (The two "inspired..." ones. Hours later, while still recovering from Peruvian Karaoke, I amused onlookers by pulling a cheque from my bra. "O, I totally forgot about this.") At least three folks are in a holding pattern around the Iskierka one. I may make an icon of it and keep showing it to you until one of you cracks. Mwa Ha Ha Ha.

Or, I could, like, try to get an art show that lasts for more than one evening.

People I remember seeing there: rikchik, jason, jennyh, prog , classicaljunkie , dictator555, nate, coolwhitestare (and her enormous lens), michael, mignon, dougo , ahkond , [1-2 folks I thought came in with them], hahathor, ed, jen, matthew, [+their friend whose name I should know], radiotelescope, schmike, crazybone, fangirl715, kissoflife, trowa_barton, hammercock, totient (who loaned what easels I did find on such short notice), miss_chance, infinitehotel, istemi, someone I didn't know in an MIT G&S shirt. I hope I didn't overlook someone. THANKS!'

channelling charles burchfield

I found my coffee table book on him. he shares my birthday, and, he does (did) the same loopy paisley thingies I do, only, depictive. Rather than my agonizing over my inability to blend paint as smoothly as I blend pixels. (If you do a google image search on him, you'll find a lot of simpler landscapes, but I'm referring to his more fantastic stuff).

I have at least one idea for a new painting that would totally benefit from the trippier edge of his style.

But, not today. instead, I think I need to people watch the xkcd thing at least briefly, wander over to the revels in harvard square.

and maybe start looking at new cell phones, since mine is falling apart.

I'm leaning towards something PDA-like. It's overdue. suggest? (iPhone requires too much hacking to work with the phone company of preference, and I'm not a hacker. but... maybe it's the better option anyway.)

channelling charles burchfield

I found my coffee table book on him. he shares my birthday, and, he does (did) the same loopy paisley thingies I do, only, depictive. Rather than my agonizing over my inability to blend paint as smoothly as I blend pixels. (If you do a google image search on him, you'll find a lot of simpler landscapes, but I'm referring to his more fantastic stuff).

I have at least one idea for a new painting that would totally benefit from the trippier edge of his style.

But, not today. instead, I think I need to people watch the xkcd thing at least briefly, wander over to the revels in harvard square.

and maybe start looking at new cell phones, since mine is falling apart.

I'm leaning towards something PDA-like. It's overdue. suggest? (iPhone requires too much hacking to work with the phone company of preference, and I'm not a hacker. but... maybe it's the better option anyway.)