Art show is over with. One of the best weekends of my life.
Erik (aka truemarmalade) and Sara arrived on Friday. We dropped off Frozen's art at the gallery, and went to the skate park. Erik skated for like 2 hours straight in 30+ heat, Sara went on and off, and I helped move the picnic tables.
Erik
After a pit stop at my house, we went to get fries under the bridge; the large was too much. As we finished eating, it was time for everything to get going downtown, so we made our way there and went through all the galleries. We wound up with some free time so we wandered around and watched the storm roll in. We got to the gallery to start taking down the student art show as the storm was waging outside. After we got all the student work down, and pulled all the nails/staples from the walls, we moved in all the artwork and furniture needed for our show the next day. JAMSXXXII and Kismet32 were arriving via VIA Train, so we went and got them, then headed home. "YEAH FUCK THOSE CLOWNS!"
Erik
After a pit stop at my house, we went to get fries under the bridge; the large was too much. As we finished eating, it was time for everything to get going downtown, so we made our way there and went through all the galleries. We wound up with some free time so we wandered around and watched the storm roll in. We got to the gallery to start taking down the student art show as the storm was waging outside. After we got all the student work down, and pulled all the nails/staples from the walls, we moved in all the artwork and furniture needed for our show the next day. JAMSXXXII and Kismet32 were arriving via VIA Train, so we went and got them, then headed home. "YEAH FUCK THOSE CLOWNS!"
Woke up at 6:44 to get to the gallery and hang our show. I think we were out the door by 7:30, but probably not. Got to the gallery and started arranging everything.
All the furniture, records, tvs, album covers and canvases were hung by 10, and we were out the door getting ready to paint. It felt like there was such an energy when we were bringing out all the paint and masonite, really good. The big black tarp didn't stay black for very long, we all went to town being stupid.
My FUBAR painting didn't turn out as good as I'd hoped, neither did my "Welcome To Sarnia" painting. I guess I'm not good at live painting. Anyway, everybody got down with the paint and masonite, as people watched on. One notable observer was Ian: the little dude was there all day taking pictures and getting free art.
Ian
As we all called it a day with the painting, we went to Harveys for dinner, and then my house to rest and watch FUBAR and SE7EN. Stencils were cut, jokes were made. The night wore on and we all went to bed as it stormed outside again.
All the furniture, records, tvs, album covers and canvases were hung by 10, and we were out the door getting ready to paint. It felt like there was such an energy when we were bringing out all the paint and masonite, really good. The big black tarp didn't stay black for very long, we all went to town being stupid.
My FUBAR painting didn't turn out as good as I'd hoped, neither did my "Welcome To Sarnia" painting. I guess I'm not good at live painting. Anyway, everybody got down with the paint and masonite, as people watched on. One notable observer was Ian: the little dude was there all day taking pictures and getting free art.
Ian
As we all called it a day with the painting, we went to Harveys for dinner, and then my house to rest and watch FUBAR and SE7EN. Stencils were cut, jokes were made. The night wore on and we all went to bed as it stormed outside again.
I woke everyone up at the wrong time, then felt like an asshole and didn't wake them up for when we all agreed. We had breakfast and went to the gallery for more painting. I tried to finish my FUBAR stencil, to not much avail. JAMS redid his painting from the day before.
Walked around ArtWalk with Amie, Nikki and Alex K. I'm glad I put a couch in the gallery, it came in handy. Erik skated in the gallery with a bunch of other people. There was other stuff I didn't see in the gallery. The day was generally easy. Around quitting time, we packed up all our stuff and went to Harveys again, as JAMS and Kismet went to the Trinity for a beer or six. We got back to pick up JAMS and Kismet, but they had just bought more beer, so we sat and talked a bit as the mother of all storms rolled in. We left just in time as the storm struck, tornado warning and all. We were driving back to my house and we had rain, winds, hail, trees on the roads, more clowns, power outtages. We got back and had to run across the street to get JAMS and Kismet's paint from the car. They changed and got packed up to go. The storm had passed by now, but left some sweet clowns. JAMS and Kismet got on the train back to T.O after some violent goodbyes. I was dropped off at home and so ended the weekend.
Walked around ArtWalk with Amie, Nikki and Alex K. I'm glad I put a couch in the gallery, it came in handy. Erik skated in the gallery with a bunch of other people. There was other stuff I didn't see in the gallery. The day was generally easy. Around quitting time, we packed up all our stuff and went to Harveys again, as JAMS and Kismet went to the Trinity for a beer or six. We got back to pick up JAMS and Kismet, but they had just bought more beer, so we sat and talked a bit as the mother of all storms rolled in. We left just in time as the storm struck, tornado warning and all. We were driving back to my house and we had rain, winds, hail, trees on the roads, more clowns, power outtages. We got back and had to run across the street to get JAMS and Kismet's paint from the car. They changed and got packed up to go. The storm had passed by now, but left some sweet clowns. JAMS and Kismet got on the train back to T.O after some violent goodbyes. I was dropped off at home and so ended the weekend.
Thanks, praise and blessings go out to Erik, Sara, JAMS, Kismet, Pahnl, Orticanoodles, Posterchild, Frozen, Rad, Petermonoxide, Aaron, Ian, Lisa, Dave, and everyone else at the gallery.
Thanks to everyone I talked to and everyone I didn't talk to.
Thank you.
