LEARNING to LOVE ART AGAIN

2007-03-23T00:58:00.000-07:00

A message from EVE about the show:

2007-02-16T17:55:00.000-08:00

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----what a show huh?
right on to all on the hard work and radness it really
was a fantastic night despite the rain.
though it probably would have been twice as crowded
without that rain that would have been an unpleasant
squish-sqaush
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however seeing as we all slaved our hearts out over
this show to make it as phenomenal as it was i think
we should do one last push to get its full recognition
and sell some stuff
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I was thinking we should have a mellow closing
reception on the first thursday- march 1st the day
before the closing in order to give people another
time to come visit who missed it and will inevitably
miss the gallery hours -
we can do a 7 to 9 thirty affair to actch everyone who
does not know what do after 1st Thursdays and
I think we should take copies of our press and
abbreviated artists descriptions with some pics of the
show to galleries around town and invite them to our
closing---->>>---------->>
Next saturday we could hand drop off these press kit
invites to galleries all over town-
I will need some help to do this and would appreciate
any offers and feed back on this idea-
if we do this we should all plan on visiting the
gallery a little before that time tin order to
rearrange our pieces in any way necessary to combat
gravity.
i would like to gather photos people took at the show
as well for a press kit so we can also scheme our trip
to mexico!
what y'all think?

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ps: xoxoxoxoxo happy valentines love to you xoxoxoxoxo

2007-02-02T01:34:00.000-08:00

I am stoned and me and Josette are fighting on what the fucking image for our goddamn business card is gonna be... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

The business cards the business cards!

Sometimes its gets worse

2007-01-30T16:25:00.000-08:00

So this weekend was crucial for the gallery. My boss has been out of town so I have been pushing it extra to work on things that need to get done. In the process I became a big gay bitch and was mopey all weekend.

Jettes been stressed.

Rosie has been sick bless her heart.

But I think I finally kicked my own "Grumpy Griselda" to the curb.

Money is always going to be a problem for an artist run / artist owned space. There are real professionals running GAG but no capital to back them up. We decided that we want to start a store that will allow us to make a more steady income and leave us more options for the art in the space.

Thank Jesus, Carrie quit her job and has decided to get back into the gallery business. She has been around helping us sort through all the shit we have had piled up and reclaiming her seat as one of the original founders of GAG.

But enough of the boring stuff... we actually have good new too.

Here is some stuff I have been working on for the gallery:

Tommorow House of Horseface puts up his collection of wares in the gallery.

We are now in talks with the:

about collaborating at GAG for some of their future "expanded cinema" shows.
Their new season is starting next week. Check it out.

We have some new classes lined up and our first figure drawing session was a great success.

Two portraits from our closing show for Sugar Sugar taken by Alexxx:

Super Sindri Sally Pants scares away half the crowd

Mr. Saturday completely raved out like a pussy (mit beer in tact)

5:35 am

2007-01-25T05:35:00.000-08:00

Not much to say becuase I cannot make much sense. We were working in the gallery until 5 AM this morning. I learned how much a bitch it is to lift up linoleum tile.

Our store is gonna be the jam.

Micah of House of Horseface came by to look at the space tonight. He will be putting some of his genius limited edition silkscreen wearables in the gallery next week.

I had a long talk with the curator for the next show, her name is eve and she has her shit together!

Above all else, the Mall is gonna fucking blow the house down at the next opening.

Welcome to our personal hell, hope you like the paintings!

2007-01-23T02:19:00.000-08:00

So, after a simultaneously dramatic and cold calculated evening working on the future strategy of the Gray Area Gallery, I sat down and felt compelled to write about it. I thought to myself:

"I really feel like people have no idea just how much work goes into this process, how rewarding and how frustrating, how invigorating and how exacerbating, and how fucked up it really is!"

I'm not quite sure how true to this idea I am going to be, but if the written compositions are at all as exciting as the process of helping start an art gallery in San Francisco (the small city with too many gallery's in a country which will not support the arts without building a resume) its worth a shot (even in the dark abyss that is the Internet) .

I have attempted a lot of projects in my mere 21 years of age. This has to be one of the most frustrating exercises of my professional patience I have yet to encounter. On one end, the flame of my youth is starting to weaken. I no longer feel the urge to bother random strangers and oddballs to listen to my jargon. A couple of years ago, I coulda gotten winos to buy me a case, now, if you aren't on the boat I will only ask about 3 or 4 times until I give up.

Being a creative mind and good business person you will build a strong collection of peers. I have had the gift of getting some really awesome people to do crazy shit for me for free. In turn I have done the same and learned the San Francisco way of give and take.

But, tell you me, there is something different going on with the Gray Area Gallery. People who normally bite aren't and I can't find the fresh meat that will. I can't tell if it is the weather, the location, or what? Where are the go getter's?

All my close friends have an excuse, they have gone above and beyond the call of duty. They know better than to give me their time.

Are people confused about the intentions of the gallery? I am slowly learning how constricting a professional or somewhat legitimate space can feel. Not only is the process of setting up a government sanctioned space the most un-sexy, unfulfilled process ever, but it can feed on the veins of a projects life.

Fear not, the Gray Area Gallery is NOT a sinking ship. It may look like its the Queen Mary, and by golly it may be haunted from raves past, but it is slowly, slowly, slowly pushing out to sea.

Yes, the ship could use some cunning pirates to steals us some bags of booty, but we are working on that.

Yes there are renegades on the ship. Alas! They are NOT driving the boat. These renegades are merely well intentioned marionettes who will make all the sailors laugh when they are drunk and happy when they are put to bed.

In fact there is a fair maiden at the wheel with wind-swept red locks. She has the dreams of a young child and the command of a wise old sage. Her crew warns her of sharks, storms, and rocky waters and deep down inside she knows all will be well, her ship looks shakey but it has a heart of pure steel!

So, if you didn't buy your boarding ticket, or you haven't been enlisted for the crew of the S.S.
G.A.G. then don't be sorry when your all wet from swimming!