C.R. Davidson

Hi everyone, I just talked to Catherine the gallery owner for C.R. Davidson Art with Tom, Trisha and Mary joining me. Thanks you guys for coming, I know Catherine was excited to meet you.

I wanted to give everyone an update of the details of the show, and some of the ideas we talked about, and show the pictures I promised of her gallery.

First, the Show will be April 15 - June 15. This is a few days before the opening of gallery night, and the end date could change. The day to install is the weekend before the show opens, April 11 or April 12. We can pick one of these days as a group on Friday. The show on gallery night and day will be open Friday 3-9pm and Saturday 11-5pm. If you have friends or family coming to the show, Catherine wanted me to let you know that she locks her doors at 9pm, so please have them come earlier.

Catherine is hoping to meet almost everyone before the show, if you have time during the week or the weekend, schedule an appointment to visit her gallery and introduce yourself. I can always go down with a group of you if you would like, and introduce you to her. Catherine’s email is crdavidsonart@hotmail.com and phone number is 414.303.9389.

We also talked about on Saturday the 19th for a couple of hours each artist would give a brief statement of their work. I think this is great! It’s a chance to be able to talk about your work, and practicing talking in front of others about your work. I’m in portfolio right now, and this will be extra practice for my source presentation I have to give to the class. So I guess what I’m saying is, this is another great opportunity.

I have mentioned postcards before, and we can make them. Catherine has a client list that she can send them out to and we will have a pile to leave at school, work, wherever. I hope on Friday the 29th we can decide and finalize all the details for creating them. So we can get them printed and sent out in time.

We also talked about having name tags for the show, because there will be so many of us we want to stand out with our work. One idea she suggested was we each create our name tag with our work that will be on the wall. Creating a visual guide between artist and work, so guests will know which one is your piece and ask questions if they have any. I thought it was a great idea and maybe we could all do that.

Another idea that was mentioned is having a small proof sheet of more of our works. The size would approximately be 4x5 and it would have your name on the cover with a small bio or artist statement of the works in the binder, and then about maybe 5 photos. Tying it all together with a ribbon down the side. This would be for if someone was interested in your work and wanted to buy more than what you had on the wall they could look through this little proof book and Catherine would contact you to print off another photo.

We had talked about framing, pricing, refreshments, etc. which I will explain more at the meeting. So if there is questions you can ask directly.

Catherine is terrific, I can’t wait for you guys to meet her. I asked her if she had time and wanted to stop by at the meeting she was more than welcome. So hopefully she can make it and see some work and visit with all of you, and help us with any questions or concerns anyone might have.

On Friday February 29th at 2:00 we will meet in the critique room B51. Please bring any questions you have about the show, your work you would like to submit or are thinking to submit. The work can be proofs, contact sheets, or small prints. Just enough so we all can get an idea of what you would like to do.

Hope to see you all Friday, and maybe Catherine can stop by, enjoy the beautiful weekend!