Workshops, workshops, workshops

The last two weeks have been very busy. Last week Shantaye, Michelle and I had our mobile workshop. Michelle was a lot of help helping us gather information for the mobilesI went last Thursday to create a mobile before the workshop as an example. It was one of the first times I was able to simply hang out in the art area and look at all the parts. I was a little overwhelmed at first but as I walked around and started picking up the pieces I began to feel better. Soon I was able to put together pieces to make a mobile. The next day was the workshop. At first I was a little nervous because there wasn't a lot of people there. After a little a couple more people started to show up and we were lucky to have Dr. Garbers husband come and show us his bike art. He makes some amazing belts. Although there weren't a lot of people at the workshop I thought it was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed watching everyone take different objects and put them together. Its interesting to see how people go about making art.

The next week was the mall workshop. On Monday I went to pick up the table and kit at BICAS. Casey was very excited to show me all the new art work that they were getting in and how the gallery was coming. You could see she was getting very excited about the auction although she also seemed a little nervous. I made a bracelet out of bike tubes that night and although it didn't come out that great it was definitely a good experience.

I thought the second mall workshop was a lot better then the first one. I thought we got a lot more attention from the people on the mall and a lot more people came and made art. I think overall it was a lot more successful then the last one. I think art auction group needs to sit down and look at what made this one work better. To me it just seemed like the day but maybe other people had other ideas.