The month of gratitude: day 16
Day 16
I'm grateful for the chance to see Act Two of the fall Best of the Northwest art fair. Not only did I get to see more art and purchase a thing or two, I ran into one of my own collectors!
Say hi to Mary, who took home one of my prints during the October Best of the Northwest.
P.S. Mary says she's grateful for having come to both halves of the fall show too. Share with the class! Email me at yolisalisa at gmail and tell me what's making you feel grateful at the moment.
The month of gratitude: day 6
Day 6
I'm extremely grateful that someone who'd admired my work during Best of the Northwest came back to claim an altered book for her own!
Collector Laura and I at my Best of the Northwest booth. Credit: Lisa Myers Bulmash
Laura chose "It's Complicated" earlier this week, and I hand-delivered it yesterday. I feel doubly grateful she purchased this altered book: Laura made room for it in a home whose walls are covered in art!
Post-"Best": mostly pain-free lessons learned
What a great experience being an artist vendor at "Best of the Northwest" was! And not just because some lovely people became new collectors of my art.
I learned more valuable lessons from old friends, too.
1. Set-up help is good, but breakdown help is better: Not only is my friend Satira great with big power tools...
Satira making sparks fly in her studio. Credit: Lisa Myers Bulmash
... she also happily helped me break down my booth at the end of the show. Which took us two hours. I shudder to think how long it would've taken to pack up without her help.
2. Catch up when your friends show up: My fellow classmate Vikram Madan, from the Artist Trust EDGE program, helped brighten day 3 of the show.
Painter/poet Vikram Madan stops by to chat at the Best of the Northwest October show. Credit: Lisa Myers Bulmash
After two months of meaning to contact him, I finally got to ask Vikram for suggestions on art galleries which might be a good fit for my work.
3. Step it up: Despite self-delusions to the contrary, I am not tall enough to mount booth lights while standing on the ground.
If only I were as tall as the guy in the jeans, I could adjust booth lights from the ground... Credit: Lisa Myers Bulmash
The art is the most important thing. But I need to remember to bring a &%@#$! stepladder next time. Hopefully, "next time" will be the spring Best of the Northwest show. Crossing my fingers that I'm one of the select few...