BLANK gallery and studios
I set up at BLANK from 11am - 5pm with Johanna to meet any people who I'd contacted or flyered about participating in the event at BLANK in May.
John from Southdown Fine Arts Ltd came along to see the space and we talked about what he's selling the most: framed football shirts. He told us of the unique process he's invented to frame such objects and how we might be able to show that to people that come to the event. He has some diagrams explaining the process so we hope to get these printed up large for his stall.
Gary from Kids Dreams turned up as well and had a chat with John who he'd not met before although they both own shops on Boundary Road. Gary was happy with the space and with the workshop room as Gambit Gaming will need enough room to have several tables set up. He will get back to us with more details soon but the plan is roughly to have a introductory session for first time players, once inducted they can then move onto the game board ad join in the main game that would be playing. They might also run a model painting workshop at the side. We hope to really target the local kids with this. We talked about the way fantasy gaming is pretty much still the same as some computer games in terms of content, but it gets you up and about, using your brain, interacting with people and also using your creativity to make, paint and manipulate models.
Lynne Rosthorn arrived next to take a peek and have a chat. Lynne runs Avante Gardening by herself, occasionally with the help of a few select landscape gardeners when she's working on big projects. We talked over ideas for workshops as BLANK gallery is all concrete and not a garden in sight. She may run a pruning workshop as well as something for kids i.e. sunflower seed planting. From looking at her website I was attracted to her great photos of the development of a patio design and so I suggested she lay a patio in the gallery just using sand as a base. She thought this was maybe a little mad but quite exciting and so she will decide on exactly what to do. One thing she did ask made me think for a while: What do I get out of it all?
I said that I get to fill an empty space with something I am interested in. I get a lot more things out of it all, even if it isn't an exhibition. She very kindly offered to help out in any way she could, which I was not expecting.
More thoughts to come on these important issues:
What do I get out of it?
Do we need help?
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