1000
Postcards – exhibiting at Black Swan Gallery, Frome, 18-28 June 2016
Alongside my
acrylic pieces for the exhibition, I produced and submitted two postcard-sized
pieces for an exhibition I’d spotted on social media. The Black Swan Gallery in
Frome, Somerset, had put a call out for 1000 postcard-sized original artworks
to raise money for their Round Tower gallery (see www.blackswan.org.uk). The
cards are on sale for £30 each and the “hook” to get people in is works by the
singer Cara Dillon and the designer Pearl Lowe. The gallery intended to use all
submissions so it seemed like a win/win situation – I could get some work into
another part of the country, and they could hopefully get some much needed
funds. As is the way of these exhibitions, the postcards are exhibited
anonymously, so I will have to post a photo of them retrospectively!
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| #1000postcards |
It was a lot of
fun following the progress of the submissions on Twitter. The gallery tweeted
photos of the growing postal deliveries each day. I tweeted a photo of my
efforts packed up and ready to go, and that was retweeted (thereby getting my
name “out there” in Somerset!). They also tweeted images of themselves putting
the exhibition up and the opening night.
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| Opening night support |
Alas, the gallery
is too far away for me to visit, and I’ve not yet spotted my cards on any of
the images shown so far. There have been a couple of unexpected pieces of
publicity, though. One is the “Wall of Fame” with all the artists’ names on, as
shown in this picture by @forgottenbee (used with permission).
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| Fame at last! Credit : @forgottenbee |
Another
unexpected boost is a piece on the ITV South West website – again my name is pictured on the Wall of Fame, and the exhibition gets a good
write-up. I am really pleased by this. Although it’s a small step, it broadens
my horizons and it has helped me connect with a couple of people down in the
South West, which I didn’t anticipate. It just shows what can come from taking
up an opportunity. Already 200 postcards have been sold so I am hoping mine
will go soon if not already!
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