Procrastinating on workshop proposal

Ugh, laboring through a hefty workshop proposal and can't seem to get it together. There's self-mandated deadline of this afternoon (or evening!!!); I'm not going home until it's finished.

Prompted by a phone conversation with a friend, I did (during the summer) get the UK stipend check. Just in case anyone's wondering.

Also, got the good news today that an exhibition that I will be participating in will have an ad in ArtForum magazine since it's part of the Miami (FL) internationl art festival coming up. And my name is listed. Whoo hoo! Sarcasm aside, I am very pleased.

I'm trying to get my act more together with entering shows. I have one in the hopper and plan on sending out more this week (money crunch). After the two person show with the 12 paintings (Stations of the Cross), I'm going to try to show out proposals for one person shows, since I'm finally have a body of work that can fill up a decent amount of wall space. That's the plan, anyways.

another Cincy pic

This week is the week of proposal submittance, 2 down, 3 to go. Some workshop related, others exhibition related, and then still others, work-work related. How did all these deadlines line up around 11/1?

Registering an LLC with the state of KY might have caused me more trouble than it's worth. Since they want me to file quarterly, yet can't seem to actually send me the returns to file, I'm shuffling through the typical bureaucracy (and here I was talking about the original "administrators", the Sumerians, today in class - oh, the coincidence!).

Off to talk to the state.....

Pictures actually posted!

Geez, based on what my Mac was telling me, I'm super surprised that image of three Stations of the Cross actually loaded.

Been spending (wasting?!?!?) time on posting new stuff to the web site. Soon I need to take photos of hopefully three new approx 20 x 12" pieces, but those won't be posted up as new pages until the winter break. But, Stations of the Cross has a page now, and check out: http://jenniferareis.com/theviewfromhere.html to see some views of what and whom I call home.....

Trying out images...........

Here are some shots from the Transgressions show.

Getting burnt out

I have a problem. It's the "when a number of unhappy accidents collide in a raging confluence" syndrone happens, I can have a hissy fit.

My boyfriend says I remind him of Bree from Desperate Housewives when I get like that.

A major part of the hissy: a young gallery coordinator, supposedly operating a "sales gallery" for a non-profit art education organization (huh? - don't sales gallery normally operate as for-profits and don't non-profits want to make money ~of course~ but don't choose their artwork just because of that fact), decided to make the "executive decision" to just CHANGE my prices on my work because, in his expert opinion of all of his young-twentysomething self, they were too high.

Too high (visit the web site @ www.jenniferareis.com to see the "too high" prices).

So he changed them.

Then, was affronted this afternoon when I called and told him, well, OK, but I need 24 hour notice should anyone be interested. And then he had to let me know about the monumental risk I was taking by "turning people off" and I responded that it's just a risk I'm willing to take.

This is coupled with the fact that NO ONE showed up to the opening. I mean, that I understand. But, now, to sell my work from out from under me without even a discussion with me. I work with sale galleries - I'm never been treated like this prior.

But, these are all good lessons to learn re: my day professional. Don't treat artists like idiots. Especially about money and their art.