Gallery Opening

Last night was the opening of Nude and Seeing Red (Nose). I worked the beginning shift which meant that I arrived about an hour before the opening began to help set up and stayed until about half way through. The job of the interns during an opening is to help Elaine in any way that we can. Elaine was an intern at Manifest for a few years, and although she is no longer in an official intern position, she still does almost everything for our openings here. So Elaine helps Tim and Jason (the directors of Manifest) by freeing them up during the openings, and we help Elaine by setting up the table of refreshments, replenishing the food and drinks, helping to process sales when necessary, and keeping track of the number of people who attend.

One of the things I like about the openings is hearing and observing people's reactions to the work we have. People were really gravitating towards Chris Sickels' work last night. He was there for the opening, which was great because people could talk with him and have him sign their books. It's always nice when some of the exhibiting artists come to the openings because it allows for a discourse between the artist and the public that almost enlivens the work presented. Overall, I think these exhibits will be very successful.