Monday, November 30

What?

Last class day before the event. We are not quite running around like chickens with our heads cut off, but the tension/stress level is definitely higher.

I've taken on the task of creating the tags for the artwork. Alyssa C. and I transported the pieces to 1509 and sorted them. There were some more submissions collected, which is very exciting -- including a range of work made by 3 to 5 year old students of the VCU Child Development Center. They are the Coolest. Pieces. Ever. Alyssa C. had promoted this event to the VCUCDC, and the children made art actually using apples and potatoes. I was thinking that it was pretty neat, since while that's a project that many children did at school, this time there might have been more discussion about the foods they were using and information from our project. And I'm pretty excited about posting them alongside pieces by other artists -- I hope that some of the children are able to come (not sure, since it's later in the evening), since I think they would be pretty thrilled to see their work up in the show.

So What?

We met as a group and discussed what was happening with all the groups; lots of publicity, we've been published in a number of blogs, online magazines, and newspapers around Richmond. It's neat since it feels more real when people outside our class talk about it, like it will actually have an impact and influence people more than just our group members.

However, it still feels a little uncertain since while we've done a lot to publicize and promote the event, and people are talking about it... it is talk. Hopefully enough people will actually show up and follow through!

Now What?

It's become more evident with this project the need for people focusing on the promotional side of projects. Luckily we've had a great team working on that, getting the word out on the internet and blogs, promoting through interviews and press releases to magazines, newspapers, radios, etc.. and everyone spreading information about it via word-of-mouth. But, without so much effort from the promo team, there would not necessarily be as many people interested in showing up. Its crucial to promote as much as possible, so your message can be heard by more than just people in your own network.