A title at last...

It's taken some debate a couple of silences from Jeff but we've finally come up with a title for the next show...see the main website for the full details. The private view is on the 05th November, and we're now back in the midst of once again getting ready for the next installment.

Brrrr its 'wintertery'

Am in the gallery - and OK I know I haven't updated the blog every day as promised - but then I was never in the girl guides so my promises don't always count...but to go back to what I was saying - I am in the gallery its 10 at night and it's b*****dy freezing - we have got to put on the heaters... by the the time the next PV comes along on the 05th November we should have got the place to an ambient temperature.

So you might ask yourself how is the next exhibition shaping up - well thank you for asking it's coming along very well - Kate has taken some great pictures for the publicity to which we are adding the final touches. Hopefully if all goes to plan the invites to the PV will be winding their way out to one and all very soon - unless the post goes on permanent strike then we'll have a bit of trekking to do.

The forum - (have a look on the website!) has just been de-porned - we unfortunately had an infiltration of weird and wacky and frankly 'ugh' ...but now it is as innocent as the dawning day (how poetic - I think the cold is getting to me!)

I've just updated the book post mainly so I can boast that at least I have finished the selected book from the last meeting of the Fishbone Book Club - I shall leave it to the others in the group to read this (because - lets face it it's the only thing they are reading!) to feel duly guilty - it may well be that I'll be talking to myself about the merits and low points of 'Birdsong' by Sebastian Faulks. (only kidding folks :-)

Monday - busy day at the college - literally not much time to do anything - still ploughing through the marking of the 1st assignment from my students - 34 scripts - help meeeee - I'm sinking fast........

Judy

missed a day - so much for promises

Hi all

Well I failed miserably and although I said I would up date this blog daily - there was no entry yesterday...anyway moving swiftly on - I trailed over to Hinckley yesterday to collect some carpet tubes from a friend who has a carpet warehouse - the reasons for which will become clear once you visit the show. Armed with numerous cardboard tubes - which in another way is my contribution to the recycling of the nation, and after getting hopelessly lost in Hinckley I found my back to the gallery and presented my finds to Jeff - like a hunter back from the field...

This evening Jeff has transformed very imaginatively - well its not that Jeff has transformed himself more like he's transformed the tubing...

Great photos from Kate came through - and we're all getting together tomorrow to design the publicity and plan our campaign....it feels good to be back preparing for an exhibition.

Till tomorrow or perhaps Saturday as we're off to the Greyhound tomorrow evening - and anything may happen then.

Judy

My excuse - its the beginning of term...

Ok so that' not really an excuse however it's the best I can do with regard to my lack of contributions to the blog recently.

So, what you may ask has been happening in the world of Fishbone recently. Jo's show finished and we decided to give ourselves sometime to re-evaluate the whole process of the art world - well the little bit that's attached to Jeff, myself, the kids and Longford - and of course not forgetting the rest of the people that have invested in us over the past year.

Jeff has been using the gallery as studio space to produce some more work, which is coming along nicely - he still hasn't a show however - his dates keep being moved along...

We have really enjoyed the time since we've been operating as the Fishbone and it's only right after what is coming up to a year we should question our presence - and we have in no uncertain terms. And although our common sense tells us that we should cut and run - we honestly can't do that the gallery is an integral part of our lives and we shall continue. We are busy with artist shows and busy with visitors... it is a big responsibility however to run the gallery and at times it can be exhausting - we feel however, even if it's only in a small way, we make a difference to some peoples lives...mainly artists and people who like samosa's (you'd have to come to a PV to understand the last reference)

Sooooo... with this in mind we should announce that our next show will be the long awaited Exhibition of a "Collection" - I shall say no more than this for the time being but suffice to say that the private view is the 29th of October and we shall once again be starting what is coming up to our 2nd year with as much gusto as we have always had.

The people concerned with this show are very close to our hearts, they have supported us constantly since we have opened - they don't really know (i think) how much that is appreciated...they are however nervous as the next artist would be...it's a roller coaster ride of fun, frustration and frantic wine buying...ahhhh!!

I shall try and update this blog daily to let you start to feel how franatically (I know that's not a word but just humour me!) hectic an exhibition can be....

Starting with tomorrow - Jeff and co are off to see the 'Collector', Jeff & I are off to a local carpet shop for some carpet tube...and (this is the best bit!) Jeff said he'd make me tea in bed in the morning - now really, which one of these is the most unlikely to happen?

...you shall be informed

Till very soon.... Judy