Notes to help finish up!!

Installation begins at both venues on May 2nd. You have until Thursday evening to finish!! This is a very exciting, satisfying and exhausting time for all of us. Enjoy and be kind to each other.

The Gannett group met yesterday and was able to work out their installation sequence and quite a few other things. Thanks to everyone their for "trouble shooting" and working so well together.

They have received the Gallery Contracts and the Insurance Forms. The remaining ones for the Danforth Group are in a manilla envelope posted next to my office door. Please take one and fill it out. We need to have all gallery contract and insurance forms completed, and into the Art Office by May 2 or no later than the 3rd. The Art Office will make labels from your completed forms. The labels will have your name, title of the work and medium. There will be a separate price list sheet in each gallery for inquiring art patrons.

I want to meet with the Danforth artists @ 11 in the gallery on Tues., May 3rd @ 11. Gannet Gallery artists are planning on having their own individual guest books on a pedestal near their work. They will also put their artist statement, (& business cards if they want) on the pedestal too. The artist statement, about 150 words, should be made with a Helvetica or other sans serif type if you don't have helvetica.

More things will probably come up. Keep checking for updates on this blog.

Important message for Tuesday the 26th and Thursday 28th

I think it would be helpful for the Gannet Gallery artist to meet this Tuesday, April 26th, to review the space and our options for installation. Please bring your work, or its dimensions, for better visual options and planning. I will be there @ 9:30, and hope that you will be too.

There is a post on my office door for the artist that are to meet with me on Thursday the 28th. If you have not already signed up for an appointment time, please do.

Also, thanks to everyone who contributed so thoughtfully to our critiques last week. I think that there were some very strong resolutions and recommendations presented. Keep working everyone!!

Gannett Gallery Update

Much excitement, and many details and first time problems are connected with our exhibition at the new Gannett Building Gallery. I wanted to list a few of the things that are in progress so you can help me stay on task and also foresee things that I may have forgotten or overlooked.

1. Working with the President's office we have been verbally assured that we will have the gallery track lights installed.

2. Rob Marden is aware of our need for insurance, and is looking into the system policy.

3. Monitor coverage for the gallery is NOT worked out yet. Leo, who sits at the front desk is not responsible for the gallery and is part of Enrollment Services. I have talked with many people, and now it seems that Claudia Quintel and June MacLeod are trying to assist us. Some options and option combos are listed below:

a. June is trying to see if she can get some work study monitors for the Gannett Gallery. The time frame is uncertain and we think we will need additional assistance especially at end of May and June time frame.

b. Will the students that are showing there be willing to gallery sit for a day? We think that we will try for M-F, 11-6. Will other students in the class also help?

c. Will the Art Faculty be willing to gallery sit for a day?

d. Can we get any other volunteer help?

e. We think we can go ahead with the announcement card and press release with the above days and times.

Thanks!

A stellar group from our class did a wonderful job installing the Annual Juried Art Exhibit on Saturday. Thanks to Barbra, Ben, Paul, Rebekah, Russ, Lisa, and Svetlana. We also had help from Chum (who also did the much needed lunch and coffee run), and Rob Rainey. If I have forgotten to thank someone, it is from exhaustion not lack of appreciation.

I would like to discuss some of the day, and the many tasks that were accomplished, as well as the things that still need to happen. Some discussion of "on the spot problem-solving" would also be helpful. I hope that it will assist everyone as you prepare for your own installations.