2 1/2 Hours (Member Show)
5 Hours (August 14)
7 1/2 Hours Combined
113 Hours All Together
Member Show:
Right when the Gallery opened, One of the artist's had a piece fall (which just so happened to be right next to mine) and also there was a beer spill right underneath it. Luckily nothing was ruined. You could tell that the piece falling was pretty stressful because John was not happy. How could he be? The artist hung it up her self in a manner that was more experiment then experience. So John called in the artist and John with her found a solution. During the rest of my time being at the show i bartended with Rachel, another Intern. The Gallery had a good outcome, especially since it was the first weekend of the Infringement Festival and alot was going on that night.
Today:
Today i finished sending out all the submissions that needed to be returned. I also started and finished letters to those artists that weren't accepted for a show here at Hallwalls, but are going to be filed for other's to look at. After that i filed the artists who were sent a letter.
This is most likely my last day for my School Internship, but i might end up helping out with something if John Needs me when i come to pick up his Evalution of me for the Internship. But John says he wants me to come back to help out with artists installing during the winter break or maybe something else..
I really enjoyed my internship, but apart of me is glad it's over for the time being. It's been a long summer. I need a break. =P
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Hang 'Um
5 and Half Hours
Today i got to learn how to hang up pieces for a gallery show. For this show the pieces are hung according to a central point. I had to measure the piece, divid it in half, then measure from the piece being hung to the top of the piece, then subtract that from the divided half. From that out come i would then add 56 inches. Then measure the outcome from the floor to the hanging spot. I got to learn a few different ways of how to hang pieces according to each one's needs. Hanging pieces and making sure they are level is very time consuming and exhausting. It was good experience and i am happy i got to have it before the end of my Internship.
I also got to hang my own piece, so that was exciting. (Even though the piece it's self isn't worth representing me as an artist.. but hey my other projects for this show didn't end up working out. C'est La Vie).
Today i got to learn how to hang up pieces for a gallery show. For this show the pieces are hung according to a central point. I had to measure the piece, divid it in half, then measure from the piece being hung to the top of the piece, then subtract that from the divided half. From that out come i would then add 56 inches. Then measure the outcome from the floor to the hanging spot. I got to learn a few different ways of how to hang pieces according to each one's needs. Hanging pieces and making sure they are level is very time consuming and exhausting. It was good experience and i am happy i got to have it before the end of my Internship.
I also got to hang my own piece, so that was exciting. (Even though the piece it's self isn't worth representing me as an artist.. but hey my other projects for this show didn't end up working out. C'est La Vie).
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
I am the Winner
5 Hours
100 Hours! I have reached my mainditory amount of hours!
I AM THE WINNER! ..... I am a real Pip as of today, according to John.
Today all i did was paint the walls white and take submissions from members for the show on Saturday. Thursday i will be hanging up the art work, which i am excited about b/c that is something i have not yet experienced.
100 Hours! I have reached my mainditory amount of hours!
I AM THE WINNER! ..... I am a real Pip as of today, according to John.
Today all i did was paint the walls white and take submissions from members for the show on Saturday. Thursday i will be hanging up the art work, which i am excited about b/c that is something i have not yet experienced.
Monday, July 23, 2007
De Install Me
4 Hours
95 Hours (overall)
Today was working on De-installing mainly Kirsten’s piece. John and I carried and threw away parts of the wall, floor, and skeleton of her piece. I also gathered pieces of wood from Kirsten’s piece and compiled them together for Hallwalls to be able to reuse.
After Lunch, I gathered materials and began working on painting over the turquoise wall with Jeannine (a girl who has interned at Hallwalls before but now is here doing community service).
In addition to restoring the walls back to white, we took submissions from members for the show opening on Saturday.
95 Hours (overall)
Today was working on De-installing mainly Kirsten’s piece. John and I carried and threw away parts of the wall, floor, and skeleton of her piece. I also gathered pieces of wood from Kirsten’s piece and compiled them together for Hallwalls to be able to reuse.
After Lunch, I gathered materials and began working on painting over the turquoise wall with Jeannine (a girl who has interned at Hallwalls before but now is here doing community service).
In addition to restoring the walls back to white, we took submissions from members for the show opening on Saturday.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Photo Op Anyone?
2 and Half Hours
Today i got to experience something new. John and I went into the Gallery and photographed the two exhibits. For the One exhibit, we used two lighting stands to enhance the light and clarity of the pictures. John took the photo's while i moved the lighting around. I also stood as a "model" in some of the shots to show a comparison of the piece in real life. Photographing this exhibit took alot longer then the other due to lighting and also because there are beams intersecting the gallery rooms, meaning you have to try and take pictures around the the beams. John, the Visual Art curator, even made a comment to me saying that the beams are one of the downsides of the gallery. Doing the lighting and taking pictures has been the least fun out of the internship so far, except for editing and sending out letters to submissions that were rejected.
However, for Kirstin's Exhibit no lighting was used and i got to take the installation pictures. I didn't get to hear John's opinions on my photograph's taken and wether or not he re-took pictures for that installation beacuase i had to leave for work.
Today i got to experience something new. John and I went into the Gallery and photographed the two exhibits. For the One exhibit, we used two lighting stands to enhance the light and clarity of the pictures. John took the photo's while i moved the lighting around. I also stood as a "model" in some of the shots to show a comparison of the piece in real life. Photographing this exhibit took alot longer then the other due to lighting and also because there are beams intersecting the gallery rooms, meaning you have to try and take pictures around the the beams. John, the Visual Art curator, even made a comment to me saying that the beams are one of the downsides of the gallery. Doing the lighting and taking pictures has been the least fun out of the internship so far, except for editing and sending out letters to submissions that were rejected.
However, for Kirstin's Exhibit no lighting was used and i got to take the installation pictures. I didn't get to hear John's opinions on my photograph's taken and wether or not he re-took pictures for that installation beacuase i had to leave for work.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Float with a side of Sass
3 Hours
Today we went through the last of the 2006 or earlier artist submissions. Afterwards, i placed the submissions to their designated piles, and started to work on Letters to send back to the artists that were dismissed.
I also talked/reflected to John about the whole idea that people can be good artists when viewing them separately from the art world, but when looking at their work and them as an artists, it just doesn't seem to be good enough. I mean my work is not that great and even though I will become better, it won't ever be Gallery exhibit Good. Just Cassi good. Does that make sense? This internship just really made me re-think being an artists who has exhibits.
Oh, last time I was here (at Hallwalls), I had Polly, the Development Director, and John, the Visual Curator Director, help me go through the archives to find Kim Waales (one of my teachers from my college) Catalog from when she had a show up. I thought that was amusing.
Today we went through the last of the 2006 or earlier artist submissions. Afterwards, i placed the submissions to their designated piles, and started to work on Letters to send back to the artists that were dismissed.
I also talked/reflected to John about the whole idea that people can be good artists when viewing them separately from the art world, but when looking at their work and them as an artists, it just doesn't seem to be good enough. I mean my work is not that great and even though I will become better, it won't ever be Gallery exhibit Good. Just Cassi good. Does that make sense? This internship just really made me re-think being an artists who has exhibits.
Oh, last time I was here (at Hallwalls), I had Polly, the Development Director, and John, the Visual Curator Director, help me go through the archives to find Kim Waales (one of my teachers from my college) Catalog from when she had a show up. I thought that was amusing.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Combination
5 Hours
Today John and I walked to the post office to return submissions back to people, which ended up being like 45 buxx to return them (them being in the teens). Which makes me realize that when sending in submissions to galleries in the future, to have a pre-stamped envelope (at least it will help pay for part).
Afterwards, I picked up where I left off of sorting through and organizing submissions. While I did this, Hallwalls had a staff meeting about upcoming events and programs in the near future and their possible concerns.
One thing I noticed while going through the files is that not all artists labeled their Slides... ARTISTS! PLEASE LABEL YOUR SUBMITTED SLIDES! It's for your own good. That is the thought that ran through my head as I organized. Yup.
After the staff meeting john and I looked at the submitted works, which I had just got done organizing by years submitted, starting with 2001 ending with 2006.
Our goal the next two weeks is to go through all the submissions before 2007, so that after the show, we are primarily only reviewing submissions from the year 2007.
Today John and I walked to the post office to return submissions back to people, which ended up being like 45 buxx to return them (them being in the teens). Which makes me realize that when sending in submissions to galleries in the future, to have a pre-stamped envelope (at least it will help pay for part).
Afterwards, I picked up where I left off of sorting through and organizing submissions. While I did this, Hallwalls had a staff meeting about upcoming events and programs in the near future and their possible concerns.
One thing I noticed while going through the files is that not all artists labeled their Slides... ARTISTS! PLEASE LABEL YOUR SUBMITTED SLIDES! It's for your own good. That is the thought that ran through my head as I organized. Yup.
After the staff meeting john and I looked at the submitted works, which I had just got done organizing by years submitted, starting with 2001 ending with 2006.
Our goal the next two weeks is to go through all the submissions before 2007, so that after the show, we are primarily only reviewing submissions from the year 2007.
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