The Open Night!

Last night we had the open night. What a fantastic evening!!!! I had such a wonderful time and I was really impressed with the numbers of people who attended. I think we got the position of our paintings right and the exhibition flowed very nicely. My overall judgement is that it looked professional.

Me with two of my paintings

It was a really good chance to network aswell. I picked up quite a few e-mail adresses and buisness cards. I got talking to some photographers, one works in events promotion and the other is a film maker. It was really interesting to hear about their own work and projects.

People at the exhibition! :)

Lucy's photoshoot

Heather with a painting of herself

Rose even sold one of her paintings! I just had to take a photo of the red dot to show her!

The location of the exhibition was a good choice. The atmosphere of the regenerated building felt quite bohemian and I think it suited our work as new, young artists.

Contrasting this experience with my work experience with Wolstenholme last year I have determined several factors which are important for the organisation of an exhibition...

• Art work completed well before deadline
• Effective communication with the gallery and other participating artists
• Suitable choice of gallery venue
• Flexibility when choosing works to be exhibited in discussion with co-artists and curator
• Advertising via posters, postcards, press release, e-mail invites, facebook events group.
• Team work with co-artists in setting up exhibition
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I hope this experience of exhibiting my work might be the first of many.