||Vertical Art||

When I got to the Barn in the morning, the fragrance of coffee filled the air of the break room as we all gathered for our usual meeting. At the conclusion of farewells, business, and conduct, we all departed to our own separate conversations and duties. I went to the gallery and hung up some amazing and personable animal head art. They were of many species and personalities as I arranged them vertically on the wall in the gift gallery. Afterwards, I assisted Catherine in going off site to Maps' Credit Union (our sponsor) as we hung up some remaining children's art from the previous show. They were Perrydale school's that I mounted earlier that week. The hanging system at the credit union was a corner with vertical wires and metal clips that made the mounting system slightly difficult and unusual. But the end result made the corner look delightful and angelic as it was filled with animal/nature art, paper collage, and still life drawings. Getting back to the Barn, I then proceeded to put stamps on around 300 envelopes to later get sent out to SAA's VIP members. After that long process, I went back to the gallery and hung up the new exhibition's vinyl lettering with volunteer Tabitha. Getting stunted up with a ladder, we evenly put up Jon Colburn's exhibition title on the wall with careful cutting, pressing, and tearing. The Bush Barn is was open but still in exhibit rotation as it should be done by the end of the week. I got to peek up at the Watercolor show and even though still unfinished, it will look beautiful especially with the added partitions to make more space for the art. I even got to chat with the artist Jon Colburn about his elephant art and how he wants to donate some proceeds to save the elephants in the wild, the growing endangered species. I then ended my day with one more art hanging project and even buying a gift for my mother in the gift gallery. There is an immense amount of jewelry in the Barn that will be great for Mother's Day and I was happy to help out SAA as well as doing an errand I probably would of procrastinated to until the last minute. 

Here is a picture that the gallery assistant, Robin took of me while I was hanging the vertical animal head art on the wall of the gift gallery.