Week 5 & 6

The last few weeks have been fairly busy. The week before my second third Friday opening was spent doing some prepatory things for the event. I put up some new paintings, redid a lot of the lighting outside the gallery, and cleaned up the walls. I'm impressed with how easy a lot of the things I do have become. Things such as hanging, lights, and wall repair were unfamiliar to me before this internship; now they are simple. This last week after we got all of the cleaning done, I got to have my first chance at advertising the gallery. A past intern, Jenny, showed me how to post an event on art websites. She sent me a big list of websites that have calendars, and also have places to do call for artists. The actual posting of the event was fairly easy; however, it is a time consuming task due to all the websites.
The third Friday finally rolled around and the weather was horrible. There was a huge storm, tornado wornings, and crazy wind. After taking 2.5 hours to get downtown, I did some last minute leveling of paintings and got ready for the night. Unfortunately, there were very few people that showed up for the event. Nevertheless, this gave me a chance to talk to some of the 4Art artists I didn't already know. I really enjoyed talking to the newest member that Robin just invited. I'm excited to see his work since he said he typically does realistic portraits.