After the hanging of the show last Thursday, the private opening dinner was held on the Friday and the public opening was held on Saturday. That Friday was quite a busy day to say the least. It started off with having to clean up parts of the show, so everything looked spick and span.
Walls had to painted and spack filled to hide any pencil marks or holes left from hanging. Once this had been done, plinths had been laid out to showcase some of the artist's journals and sketches, they were extremely heavy and required 3 people to move.
Once this had been finished we had been summoned to the kitchen to help guest chef Tony Billson prep for the evening, which was an experience in itself which led to me having to drive to the Chef's Warehouse in his car to collect some new trays as the ones we had brought previously had holes in them and the fat would just drip out.
Between the prepping and serving the tables which were hired had to be set and cutlery laid. Then for the rest of the night mainly waiting tables and pouring drinks while the owners and artists gave speeches.
That was a busy day/night with a 9.00am start and finishing at 11.00pm!!
Walls had to painted and spack filled to hide any pencil marks or holes left from hanging. Once this had been done, plinths had been laid out to showcase some of the artist's journals and sketches, they were extremely heavy and required 3 people to move.
Once this had been finished we had been summoned to the kitchen to help guest chef Tony Billson prep for the evening, which was an experience in itself which led to me having to drive to the Chef's Warehouse in his car to collect some new trays as the ones we had brought previously had holes in them and the fat would just drip out.
Between the prepping and serving the tables which were hired had to be set and cutlery laid. Then for the rest of the night mainly waiting tables and pouring drinks while the owners and artists gave speeches.
That was a busy day/night with a 9.00am start and finishing at 11.00pm!!
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