Monday, November 25

What?

The Recipe book layout is completed, proofread, edited, and the artwork, etc added to it, and then rushed over to Uptown Color in order to make deadlines for submitting it to get printed. Members of our group were requested to go proof the print yesterday; apparently it ended up that at different times, 3 different members of our group (including me) went to go proof the pages. oops? Apparently we need better communication.

Art submissions! YaY! Got most of the art from people in the class, as well as a handful of submissions from outside sources. The art group decided to extend the deadline til the Monday after Thanksgiving, in case anyone wanted to make work during Turkey-break. In the meantime, Alyssa C. is holding onto the work in the trunk of her car for us. We will be tagging and pricing art when we come back from break.

So What?

It was a bit discouraging when even the class members were a little lax about turning stuff in! Many people didn't bring their work on the day that group members' art was due. It was hard even just getting information about the pieces planned (the exhibit group will be really pulling some things together at the last minute, since they won't really get access to the pieces til they've been priced and labeled with exhibition tags). We extended the deadline, since many people wait until the last minute to turn things in, and there might be more submissions after the small break, when people might have some time to do art.

Now What?

There have been some setbacks and complications in almost all the parts of the project, but this has led to figuring out how to adapt and make things work. The ArtSquad is facing the dilemma of pricing the art -- the money is going to raise funds for Gallery 5 and the Central Virginia Food Bank. We want to consider the value of the art submitted, but we also want to make it affordable for people to purchase, donate, and contribute. There is also a bit of a range of the quality of the work, so that affects how to price it. We also want to consider factors like what our target audience can likely afford when pricing the art, but also that it is for charity.