02-22-12 through the 25th Preparation for the ClayBall

The first photo is of my internship shift on the 22nd. I made decorations for the Clay Ball, the clay ball is an annual fundraiser for SAA and involves auctions and photo booths and dinner! It was a really pleasant experience with around 600 people I believe. It was really interesting to see the process of pulling something of this magnitude off. This year's theme was 60's and the above photo is of my girlfriend Amber and I at the hautebooth.com photo booth!

For February the 3rd as well as the 9th I worked on compiling a catalog documenting the show I helped install by artist Jessie Reid. Here I am touching up some photographs that I took of the show. I used Blurb.com to put together a simple documentation catalog.

01-25-2012

Today I documented the shows on display at the gallery with photographs. I learned the importance of documentation of the shows for historical record keeping for the gallery. I also learned how to order vinyl lettering for titling of the shows.

01-18-2012

Today at the gallery I rearranged some items in the storage room and cleaned up a bit. After an hour or so of that I was able to handle prints by Salvador Dali and use the 3d mirror glasses that you can see in the photo. I also helped set up for a meeting involving planning out 2013's schedule for the gallery. I was able to participate in the meeting as I am having a show in March and April of 2013 in the Focus gallery.

URL for the Ex Voto show

http://salemart.org/?p=4732

01-11-12

Today I went to the Gallery and helped artist Jessie Reid install his solo show. The Show is titled Ex Voto. I helped install the cast legs on his wood sculptures. I also went to the event Art Fusion that is a bi-annual event that includes music performances and as well as viewings of new shows.

Internship 11/19/11

Today I met with Catherine Alexander and Craig Goodworth (guest curator) at the Bush Barn Art Center. We discussed an art show featuring artist Jessie Reid that I will be helping by acting as liaison between The gallery and Craig. It is an exciting chance to get an inside view of the ins and outs of curating an art show. We discussed some different ideas about arrangement of the pieces, artists statements, and process documentation. In addition, the format of the opening night of the show and the different demographic groups each format tends to attract. The show will be in January as well as February.