Last Block week ever!

I decided to help my good friend from school Sheila Playford in the last block week with the end of term exhibition. Done every term, students are encouraged to help with a display of their work.
You may submit 3 pieces and 2 students who volunteer organise said pieces into a coherent show that allows 'us' to sell our work for a small commission.

Open to the public it is also nice to present your work to more than fellow students, teachers and family.  You can learn to 'mount' and frame your work, publicise and display your pieces and receive feedback from the general public in the form of 'peoples choice' and the comments book.

It is a safe way of getting your work 'out there' with the school providing the vehicle. It is a time commitment of 6-12 hours depending on what you volunteer for, hanging works, distributing flyers, being floor walkers on opening night and over the weekend and finally packing up the sold items and taking down the rest and preparing the walls for next time.

It was a scary thing to put forward my first piece my first term (the 'recycle' canvas) and I went into help with the clean up of the exhibit on the first monday of the school holidays, but I did it almost every term, with a couple of terms helping on hanging weekend to. TLC provided the lunch and I got to meet other students and learnt alot about exhibition layouts. ( It helped me with my own solo and 'This is us' exhibits)

I feel that this is an important step for artists who want to start to sell their work and should be part of the compulsory curriculum of students above the certificate level.

Thank you Shelia for doing a sterling job on my last exhibit at TLC, it was a privilege to work with and for you.