Exhibition Prep: Stronger Together
No one really tells you just how much work goes into mounting your own exhibition. Even with two fellow artists, Catherine Meads and Heather Elliott-Smith, to share the load, the to-do lists are… eye-watering.
There’s social media promotion, designing flyers and invitations, photographing works, planning layouts, organising plinths, meetings with the gallery owner, catering, didactics, labels — and then the very important question: what on earth do we wear?
With just over two weeks to go before we start installing, things are definitely heating up, so this will be a short missive.
We’ve now made our final (and lucky last!) change of venue, and we couldn’t be more excited. The space is gorgeous — proper gallery lighting and hanging systems, clean white walls, and plenty of passing foot traffic. Even better, it overlooks the stunning Koombana Bay in Bunbury, and I’m already imagining the perfect summer’s evening for our opening on February 6.
I’ll get back to planning now, but I wanted to share that we’re well and truly on track — and so excited to finally share the fruits of a year and a half of hard work and collaboration.
If you’re in the area, please drop in.
Stronger Together will be open February 6–19, with artists’ talks planned (times to be advised).
Hope to see you there.