Kim and I have been wiring, re-wiring, pre-hanging, hanging, re-hanging, moving, positioning and re-positioning over 60 pieces of 2D art on our cable system over the last 72 hours. I’m writing this entry during my ladder climbing rest period. And, I’ve lost count of all the 3D works, such as ceramics, gourds, metal sculpture, handcrafted boxes, fused glass and jewelry, which Kim has carefully placed on and in our displays.

I think climbing a 12 foot ladder over and over should be an Olympic sport. Our track and cable system has turned out to be one of our better decisions – it would probably have taken 10 times longer to position the wall art and by now we’d have hundreds of holes in our still pristine walls (holes that would now need to be patched and painted). Ninety-five percent of the wall art is now in place, but we have yet to level it – that happens tonight. Then, I have works from 3 remaining artists to hang tomorrow.

Each piece of art looks really good on its own merits. That said, many of the works in here – I’m gazing at them now – look even better next to one another. Additionally, we’ve tried to lay out the works in a holistic way so they complement and/or contrast each other in a coherent and aesthetically pleasing manner – I think some my refer to this as basic curating. I now get goose bumps from looking at all the wonderful art in here!

Kim has also been adding all our artists and their art to our gallery management software system. This will help us keep track of all our inventory and smooth the sales process.