Art Show 2024 - From the Heart

During the holidays we were asked if we wanted to put together an art show to begin on  February 1st. 

Yes!

We'd have four weeks - although I had a previously planned trip for one of those - So just three weeks.

First task, start a to-do checklist!

🗹 Come up with a theme or name.  (It would be during February... Valentines... )

"From the Heart"

🗹 Pick a warm-ish day to snap a photo in Julie's backyard.

🗹 Design a flier or invitation.

🗹 Get fliers printed.

🗹 Post it on Facebook and Instagram.

🗹  Carry a few in my purse.

🗹 Choose which paintings to take. (Narrowing it down was harder than I'd imagined.)

🗹 Add hangers to the back every painting. 

🗹  Pack them up.

🗹  Order, pick up, and package 100 notecards.

🗹  Make 30 quote booklets

🗹  Print and cut  the story behind each painting.  (Luckily I had all of those on my blog.  Just needed to copy, paste, and revise.)

🗹  Make pricelist.

🗹  Make price cards.

🗹  Ask my sister if she'll do the food for the reception. (She did a beautiful job!)

🗹  Ask a friend to create a sign for the reception & show. (She did a beautiful job!)

🗹  Get a blurb put in the newspaper.

🗹  Lay out paintings and decide how to group them.  (We decided on spring, summer, autumn, winter, and other. There would be 2 walls and 16 hanger poles with 3 hooks each.)

  

🗹  Get them displayed! (As prepared as we were, you'd think this would have been simple... It was not. We had to get pretty creative with wire and sponges and tape and clips and a whole lot of patience.)

🗹  Smile!!

There's that feeling of telling yourself that it's fine if no one comes... then they do!!!

Friends from church and school and college and the neighborhood and Pilates class and family... 

I got more comments and questions about that donkey painting than any other

family

My doctor who let me display my art in his offices.

neighbors

My beautiful blue-eyed grandbabies!

My beautiful brown-eyed grandbabies!

family

Teacher friends

Former student's parent

Teacher dear friend

Student from senior painting class

Church friends

Family

Julie's family

Teacher friends

College friends

The first person who ever let me display my art in her shop.