We planned. We pre-planned. We even planned the plan. Now we’re executing the plan, only to find that things that can go wrong, will go wrong.

The unexpected will happen, some known unknowns will announce themselves, and even several “unknown unknowns” will rear their ugly little heads. We’ve found this to be especially true as we hurry to complete the build-out of our art space.

From experience, here are some of the things you should expect from Murphy: holes will appear where they shouldn’t; wiring will not be where it should; doors that should open will stick; doors that should remain closed will be missing; some contractors will do work for which you never asked; others will not even get to do the work you want. All the while, a giant vacuum will continue to drain start-up funds from your business account like a voracious inter-galactic black hole.

art251 will open — unfortunately, a little later than planned. Its two owners will be a little bruised and battered by the process known as “starting a business”; one of its owners will lose a little more hair, both will lose sleep. But, we haven’t lost sight of the goal — we’ll be open.