…after a very successful opening reception
For some reason I have no photos of me at this show, unlike last year. More importantly though I have lots of photos of the actual room and how the art is displayed. Last week, on Tuesday, my husband and I made our way to the Womens’ Art of Canada building where two galleries are housed. I was in the smaller room, The Ruth Upjohn Gallery and in the larger gallery, Dignam Gallery, the Photography Show was being set up.
The actual hanging procedure of my art went reasonably well. The only thing left to do was have the labels made and placed next to the corresponding piece of art. Unfortunately the making of the labels was a bit more complicated than in previous years so the actual labels didn’t go up until the second day of the show. None the less, everything was ready to go for the opening reception on Saturday.
On the actual day, all my worries of driving there through the city and finding a parking spot were for naught. My neighbour, Mary, came with us and kindly volunteered to help set up the food and wine and serve during the show. She was a huge help.
The actual reception was hugely successful. More than 20 of my friends and family showed up and then the artists from the show next door and their guests made their way into my show throughout the day. The photography show was also part of the Scotia Bank Contact Show which had numerous venues throughout the city so there were a lot of people from the public who also attended the show.
At the end of the day I had sold seven paintings, two rock weavings and over 40 photo cards. The show runs till this Saturday so there may be a few more sales before all is said and done.
Mama Cormier 
Your displays look great – so professionally framed and hung. And your art pieces are wonderful – both in appearance and also in “content,” as in some of the paintings evoke wonder to me. Congrats!
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Thank you so much for those kind words. I’m really pleased with how it worked out.
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Congratulations on a successful day
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Well done Carol, everything looks great! 🙂
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Thanks Ruth.
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Congratulations! The show looks great, and I’m happy to hear that you’re having success.
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Thanks Dan.
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Wow!! Love this post – great to hear about your experiences setting up, finding the building and difficulties with the labels! It helps others to recognise how much goes into exhibiting pieces! Love your artworks and the presentation is soo pleasing to look at (-:
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Thanks Courteney. I just checked out your site. I would love to follow you but I don’t see a link to do that.
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Aww that sounds great! If you’re on a mobile device the follow symbol should look like a rectangle document with a tick on top right hand side near my name. Not to worry if you can’t spot it (-:
On a computer I think it’ll be different
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I’ll check it out.
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A wonderful way the share your gifts with us. I hope people enjoy the beauty found in their purchases!
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What a lovely thing to say, Robert. People seemed to genuinely pleased with their purchases.
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