Meeting with the Powers

OK today Louise and I had a meeting with Stephen and Colleen about the myriad of questions we had about funding and what not.

The responses as were as follows.

Printing of catalogue - they were willing to contribute $350 - meaning the remainder possibly $150 we would cover which equates to roughly $12 each
(we are still awaiting for a quote from the printers)

 Press Release - Stephen was on top of that this morning, he punched up  a press release pretty quickly, while we were there, and was  planning to send to the age, art almanac and trouble magazine.

Sponsorship - Stephen also was going to contact his man at Dean's Art about a possible award for the night.

Matt board - Because not all of use are framing work - the school is going to buy a box of matt board and whoever needs matt board can  purchase each sheet which I believe is A0 in size( pretty big) for $10 each.

Frames -  Stephen stated that is was matter of keeping the frames in good condition to be returned to the school as a priority with using them. So to speak School Property and how it's being transported and taken care of. He was iffy about this point and gave no clear answer. On a side note anyone planning to sell work on the night should have their own framing because it promotes false advertising...just a thought.

Hooks - the school is going to provide an additional 50 hooks on top of the 45 from gallery. So 95 in total which equates to almost 8 each.

Van or Truck -  the hiring of  van or truck is possible. Stephen said we could possibly get the library van after hours to transport the work. However he did suggest hiring a ute or van for $60 day as an easy alternative. He suggested one collection point for all the work which would be school. So having the work and framed ready to roll on monday the 21st would be top priority. This would also dictate whether we were able to secure some frames as having one form of transport would ensure the school the frames were looked after.

 Space at school - we are more than welcome to use the back room at school ( behind the main studio) however we are unable to stay later than 8 on any given night and we can't obviously be there on the week end. So the Thursday Friday(note friday is usually till 4) and Monday before the show are crucial to getting it all together.

Using simon - no go_ stephen reckons we should be on top of it all in short.

That is everything _whew

Luke