February’s First Friday was cold and wet; normally a poor attendance month, this one was no exception. The first reaction is usually, “why did I bother to be here tonight?” And the answer is, “ the people that come out are interested in art and you actually get to spend more time talking with them.” I enjoyed meeting the people that came into my studio and made a few friends, exchanging ideas and explaining techniques.
The other big event for the weekend was the VAE Art Auction Gala. As an executive board member, I enjoyed the opportunity to get to know some of the people that are involved with VAE through other channels. I spent Friday morning helping schlep art work from the VAE to the Marriot for the event. Saturday night I was the event photographer. It was an awesome experience! The lighting was difficult so I’ve had fun working in Photoshop and Lightroom to get the flesh tones right. After 2 days, I’m only half through the project. I need to experiment with using the higher ISOs and giving up the flash; my camera is supposed to handle low light without noise – I just don’t trust it!
Sunday was our Carter Building tenant meeting; the enthusiasm is building! We have 2 events planned, Art Speak and Community Palette. Art Speak will be in April and will feature our own Lope Max as a guest speaker. His talk will be followed up with artist demos and portfolio critiques. In June we are going to paint a community mural. Everyone is very excited about the mural project; ArtSee magazine is planning on featuring the event! We’re hoping to have a few local celebrities stop by to paint on the mural, maybe a Hurricanes player or two, to entice more people to come out and experience art by painting part of the mural.
This week is dedicated to gathering marketing tools. There are so many places to post events that it is overwhelming! We’re working as a group to develop a list; I’ve got 2 that need to be done by the 10th and I can’t find where I filed the information away. I think I’m a bit too organized; everything is filed away and I can’t remember the categories!
Lee Ball and Tunde Afloyan show off our new Carter Building Art Center sign! Please send friends to cbaraleigh.com to see our list of upcoming classes and schedule for our Summer Art Clinics for children in grades K-8!
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