Tasks upon tasks, the whole upstairs gallery was undergoing a massive change. Blank walls, fresh paint, dusty floors, and the constant aroma of paint fumes, I walked into the gallery about to help the transition from children's artworks to the Watercolor Society of Oregon's traveling award winning show. I started the morning with fresh pearl paint as I painted the beams of the gallery. James then needed me to help measure the gallery's length and width for a future exhibit. I then was going through the plastic tubs of remaining children's art and calling the parents of them to see if the framed pieces can be displayed at Salem Electric in West Salem. They are one of our sponsors and we have been piling the artworks of the parents that agreed to the further exhibition. After making a massive amounts of voice mails and dial tones, the paintings were delivered and we all carried around 80 watercolor paintings upstairs to the gallery. We took them all out of their protective cardboard carriers and laid them all against the wall. Then the tricky part was sorting every piece to where it should go on the wall, what painting it is near, and the orientation of its hanging. With multiple minds and at times different opinions, we took a while placing and arranging the many art pieces. Soon before our minds exploded from over analyzing the paintings, I went on to my next project of mounting some children's art to poster boards for display at Maps' Credit Union. I then finished parent phone calls (feeling like a teacher) and realized I finished all of my duties for the day. The day was a frantic one that involved many tasks and many flights of stairs. Solid day at SAA.
To learn more about our new exhibitions to be on display throughout May and June, check out our website for more info!
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