First Friday and last Post

Tonight is First Friday and this has been the show that i was very much involved in and hands on with just about everything. We have Toyota Scions sponsoring our show so there are free cd's and magazines about the cars to be passed out tonight at the show. Unfortunately the artist will not be at the show tonight but also we are all wondering how this First Friday turn out will be because of the heat and the holiday weekend. But if your looking for something to do before you go to dinner or the bar for the night come down and check it out. As for what i have gotten out of my internship, I have been learning more and more everytime im in the gallery about what it take to own and run a gallery. I am still wondering how they stay afloat and i dont find it an appropriate question to ask, but with sponsors for shows it seems more doable. After this next week i will be going on studio tours of local artist which im very excited about and will start learning about the process of picking shows.

Last night

This show has been a nightmare, the flyers still have not been delivered, two pieces still were not delivered but we were promised they will be here before the show tonight, and hanging unframed canvas is not an easy project. But by the end of the night it started to look like a show. Hopefully everything will come together before the doors open.

Hanging

Tonight is the night.... We get the two other piece for the Morgan Slade show and will arrange the piece and hang everything. I'm not too sure how these canvas prints are going to look but we will see.

Pravus Show

This is our sister gallery, and what an amazing you show deff. something you guys should come down and check out.

Tonight

Tonight at the gallery I filled in holes, sanded walls, cleaned up the windows, and put the lettering up for the new show. After cleaning up the gallery i started laying out the pieces to realize how the other gallery owner in LA that put the show together really did not put much thought into how our show would flow. There are too many pieces for our small gallery the frame on one was done poorly. And dont get me started on just sending unframed canvas for a show!!!! WHAT A MESS!!! oh and on top of this the flyers got mess up and we cant get them in until monday. OY!!!!

The Ups and Downs of working in a gallery

After unpacking the new i started to realize that owning a gallery does not always have its perks. After unwrapping one of the pieces we realized it was damaged which is always a risk of happening when working with out of state artist who have to ship the show to you. The other pieces were a bit of a surprise for us, i guess when your being shipped a show it is "like a box of chocolates, ya never know whatca gonna get". There was a tube of prints on canvas which sucks to hang and handle because they show grease and finger prints. And than what i thought to be the coolest piece in the show they only sent one of, what a let down. I just thought this was a very odd grouping for a show, since the last show flowed so well.

Packing up the show...

Well today i went to the gallery to take down the previous show and prep for the new show for First Friday. Taking down a show well......is not too much fun. BUBBLE WRAP every where, it was very hard to step with out hearing a POP. Scared the crap out of me, no matter how many time you step on them it is still startling. Putting away a show is definitely not as exciting as unpacking one. Why is it that once you unpack something and go to repack it in the same box it never fits the same way???