August 24th, 2008

The day after Touch-A-Truck.

I seriously will not complain about the fact that I never have enough time, because I volunteer for such events as this one- Touch-A-Truck.  Yes, it is for charity and it is a good advertising for the gallery, but HELLO do you really have to opt to spend you entire Saturday in August(might I add the busiest month of the season) painting faces.  This is what I was thinking as I reached for my phone at 7:15 in the morning- "Heidi, your tent has no top." I hear from a voice on the other end. ahhhhh

So I pull myself out of bed, get dressed, grab my bag full of paints, brushes, paper towels, and a mirror.  I then refuse to go directly to the event without something to drink and eat.  I choose a ginger beer and a bagel- Figuring the ginger beer would add a little spice to my life, really all it did was make me look like a drunk at 8:00 as I arrived at the Touch-a-Truck event.

I then proceeded to put up my tent and arrange my tools for the day- That took about 15 minutes and then I had an hour and 45 minutes to wait for my first client.  So I tried to catch a little shut-eye, ate my bagel, and talked to old friends.

And then the gates opened at 10:00 and it was a never ending line of eager children waiting for their face to be painted with dolphins, hearts, trucks, trains, dogs, butterflies, and miscellaneous characters from animated movies I have no idea about because I have no children.  Oh and did I tell you that this events was put on by the Mom's Club of Delaware- YES, there is a mom's club and No I am not part of it.  But I am friends with and related to many members including the president- who think I have all the answers to questions about the area in general- Where to get interesting truck?- call clean cut. Where to get sponsors?- call the new bank-.  Where to get a face painter- call Heidi- ahhhh I said it.

Oh and I forgot tot tell you about the Honking- No one told me that the entire day would be filled with the sounds of truck horns and that my tent would be place by undoubtedly the loudest one.  So all day as I tried to stay steady and paint kid's faces as I was scared out of my chair by the dump truck's air horn.  

I have to say that the day was not that bad, I am always fine once I get where I am going.  I did have fun painting choo choo trains up little boys arms.  At 2:00 the day came to an end. 1500 guest attended the event and I painted 500 faces- Who knew one could do such a thing.   I also got to see 500 people walk around with Heidi Lowe Gallery bags. (I donated them as a nice gesture and an advertising stunt- really just to see what it would be like if the gallery gained extreme popularity- he he) 

All in all a good day until I realized that I had to go to the gallery and work until 9:00.  Oh just another day in the life of HL.

A week in the life

OK- so let me just tell you about this week- Its a good one.

Friday- prep for Organic style- make crazy, crystalline structure and paint it bright pink- then hang the jewelry on the structure, make labels and clean the gallery.

Saturday- Finish the set-up, make the artist's book, and have an opening from 6-9. Then its out to dinner and out for drinks with friend who came in for the opening

Sunday - WHAHOOO- the beach a major beach day! Love it

Monday- Drove to NYC- Spent the night at the Hudson Hotel- so fun- Sat in the open terrace for mojitos- so good and ten out to dinner at Sakagura, which was delicious and then walked 15 blocks back to the hotel- and then we spent way toooo much money on breakfast- good thing those eggs were amazing.

Tuesday- Drove Paul to Kennedy airport to catch a flight to Bali and then drove back to Delaware, prepped to go to a faculty meeting at Towson

Wednesday- Drove 2.5 hours to my latest idea of a job- Towson University- where I attended a faculty meeting, learned the ins and outs of the studio, and went to a delicious dinner and then drove home

Thursday- Spent the day catching up at home and in the studio and figured out how to get ready for the next 3 months- It is sad I no longer plan my life in terms of a week but months and years.

Friday- I am making commissions and preparing for my class at Towson- ordering materials and doing sketches

Shooooo- That's one crazy week over now onto the next- Labor day weekend

Intersections

Hello Hello-

I am setting up this blog to get outside of the gallery. So you can see the other parts of my life and see how they all add up into one crazy, rich, overwhelming, and wonderful life.

If you were to see my life as an outline for a paper

Heidi Lowe

Personal-
Husband - Paul, wonderful man who lets me get away with his crazy life
Family- Mom- painting in Maine for the summer- I am just trying to keep the flowers alive
Josh- brother- in Indo with Paul surfing and exploring
Taylor- sister- in Bali with Paul- hello what am I chopped liver

Gallery-
2008-
Shows- Sakurako Shimizu- June
Sarah Kate Burgess- July
Night of the Stud- August 2nd
Organic Style- August 16th

Make Commissions- Ahhh
and get ready for a show in October of my own Work- AHHHHHHHHH

Teaching-
Towson University- Metals One
Will be starting on September 2nd- Oh my I think I am ready

VSA-
Salvation Army-
Dover Pre-school
Stockley Center
and the Consortium
Oh my these students are sooooo cute-

Rehoboth Art leaque
Once a month I teach a metalsmithing class from 6-9

and Private Lesson on Monday
Students pick what they want to do and I help them work it out

MY OWN WORK-
Ok so this need to be completed by October 13th for my show at the gallery
should e interesting- 7 brooches

So anyway- I will be making comments any on of these topics throughout the life of this blog