Here's everything Lindsey and I went over when we met today:
First, I made a pretty little excel worksheet of our budget but blogger doesn't allow me to post it here so I am going to sum it up in sections as I write.
As far as info on finally finding a space to exhibit our work, I am still having trouble. The couple at Flint Gallery in Newnan has apparently decided that they no longer want us there and rather than tell me so, they are avoiding me and the topic. I even went there in person and they just seem to have lost interest. So I walked across the street to another gallery called Farrago. And the woman who runs it would love to have us there. She did the show for three students who graduated from the BA program in December. I emailed her today and we will be having a meeting over the phone tomorrow to discuss how much she will charge, etc. Like the Flint Gallery, our work would be displayed on one wall, but the one wall is super long and I believe our stuff will fit well. Then there is another smaller section of wall opposite that one on which Kim can show her independent study work. I haven't discussed much with the lady there yet to give out a ton of info, but I will know more tomorrow before we have class Thursday.
As far as the Lofts go, I called them again and they said to wait until mid-march to give them a call back. The four bedroom space that the Boundaries group used is still available at this time and if it remains open, the people at the Lofts say we can use it.
Sooo...what i was thinking was that we can wait until mid-march to make our final decision. I can get as much info as possible from Corrine at Farrago and let her know that we can give her the final word after the Lofts let us know. I think she will be understanding that the Lofts are free and closer to home. The only problem I forsee is it would force Cristhian to design two posters and two postcards, one with each location and then work around the time it would take to get everything printed and posted, etc. in a good time before the show. Input?
As far as Lindsey's findings...
She is certain that at least one of her guitar playing friends will just play acoustic music in the background during the reception. I think it's a nice low-key (and low budget!) way to do it. She has also talked with her roommate about getting a discount on a chick-fil-a platter of nuggets so we would get her 30% discount. We'd also go out and purchase some fruit, cheese and crackers, punch, wine, and serving supplies such as plates, napkins, etc. We think it would work best for the food to be set up in a buffet style, rather than hiring a server. Overall we figure it will cost about $300 total for all the food and the entertainment.
For Cristhian's promotional findings, he has looked into the prices for posters and postcards and we have also discussed putting and add in the West Georgian. The overall price of these things will be around $100. He also added that we should all have some buisness cards for the actual show which I think is a great idea. We would, of course, each pay that on our own and the price will not go into the class budget. Also, he can't begin the designs until we each give him an image that we'll be using. So I think we should make a deadline for next week so he can get to work on it. Pick a day for us to have them to you by, Cristhian, and post it in the comments section below!
For install and breakdown we don't have any official prices yet. According to the estimated prices of the Boundaries class, they expected to spend about $75 on those things. So Kim, please look into that. We would need things like wire and nails for install and caulk and small paint brushes for breakdown. Also, we need a way to transport all of our work to the gallery. Lindsey and I discussed the possibility of borrowing someone's van or SUV for the install and teardown days in order to save money and hassel on a U-haul truck. So if we do that, we would have to figure the price of gas. If you can't find anyone, I know of someone I can ask as well. Let us know what you find as soon as you can so we can iron out that part of the budget.
Fundraisers:
Lindsey and I picked a few more days to do fundraisers. We would like to do another bake sale on March 8th and then on the following Thursday (March 14th) set up the studio to do the portraits fundraiser. On the day of the bake sale we can advertise the portraits. For this bake sale we should only sell cookies and brownies because those are the things that went the fastest. I don't think we need a night where we all get together again, we can just split the jobs between the four of us. I think it would make it easier, since we each worked on different things anyways. Since Thursday's are the days of our individual meetings with David, we can shift in and out of the meetings with him and have three of us running the sale/portraits at a time.
And finally, the name of our exhibition:
We came up with a list of many different names and the final two that we have come down to are Cognizance and Perspectives. Cristhian, you're the last to put in your vote of which you like best. And if it ends at a tie, we'll just cross that bridge when we come to it. =]
That pretty much sums up where we are at now. Please add any questions, ideas, or anything you find necessary. =]
