The GVPAP show opening at the Genessee Country Village and Museum will take place on May 10th from 4-6 pm. There are directions on the museum’s website (along with lots of other information about GCVM). GVPAP has provided an impressive array of paintings. The range of style and subject is always refreshing, the skill of the painters impressive.
If you can’t make it to the opening, the show will be up in the Wehle Gallery until October. It’s worth a trip – the museum is a beautiful place just to walk around and enjoy the outdoors. And of course there are all of the educational exhibits, reenactors, architecture, etc. As I was purusing their calender, I noticed they’re having a wildflower sale on the 10th too! What more can you ask for? History, nature, art, a little exercise, and native plants.
Happily, four of my paintings were accepted. Entering my paintings into a juried show definitely has an element of stress to it. There are just so many little details to remember! And if you forget something, then it’s that much work wasted. It certainly is a relief to have the entire process over with, and the satisfaction of knowing my work will be seen by such a wide audience is worth a little stress.
The photo above was taken at the museum, after all of the paintings were checked in. I volunteered to help with that process, and it certainly was interesting. I’ve never really thought about what artwork goes through when it arrives at a museum or gallery, so I definitely learned something. Every painting was carefully wrapped in bubbles for the trip, so unwrapping each one was a task in itself. All information was documented for each piece (artist, title, dimensions, and condition) then it was photographed, rewrapped and returned to a box for safe keeping until it was time to display it. We all wore gloves, and each painting was handled with the utmost care and respect. It took about 10 of us most of a day to get through all of the paintings.