Today is my 1 year anniversary of volunteering for this organization in New York. Monday, July 12, 2010 was my first day of work last year, and it doesn't feel that long ago! Since then I have run countless groups, seen individual clients, taken on more hours, started an art studio in a residential facility, created workshops, helped organize events and exhibitions, presented at trainings, written curricula, and made so much art.
It just so happens that tonight I've put together an exhibition/opening event for the art studio I started. It's a pretty good anniversary because I don't think anything illustrates the amount of work I've been doing more than an exhibition, right?
I was about to post the flyer for the exhibition when I realized the flyer has client artwork all over it and I had to delete it... But the name of the exhibition is "A Peek in the Studio: a show of in-progress work by the artists who live in our residence." There will be awards, art making, viewing artwork, and of course food.
I also hope this show will revitalize the studio. We've been seeing dwindling attendance, so I hope that we will get more people to start coming once we show the studio is a fun, relaxing, creative place.
Time to go back to prepping!
(This picture is the awards I made for the participants - each one will have the number of visits to the studio they've made, and anyone who has come at least twice will get one!)
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