GET HUBBIED

My pal Karen Lofgren was the first person to get back to my Facebook siren's song re: the venue search. She's indefatigably helpful. and aside from my admiration for her team player countenance, I'm a big fan of her work (she's in the project too). Her suggestion was to approach the CAFER - she is their grant writer. Before I revved up to contact them, she'd already talked me up and took the temperature of their interest, which was more than warm.

I arrived to 'pitch' Get Hubbied and to gage the possibility of housing it at the Center. As soon as I sat down for a talk with Julia Salazar, the Exectutive Director and Renee Dominique, the Director of Development, I saw on the wall in front of me one of my fire hydrant posters I'd sent to Renee a coon's age ago. She'd actually framed it! - it is quite large, so that is a commitment That really started me off in quite a good mood.

I found myself a bit tongue-tied at first, and fractured with my thoughts, but I got lots of information across that for an organized mind would be possible to rearrange into some semblance of sense. I must not have been all that bad, since they put up with me for an hour and a 1/2, bless them. My CoTour catalogue served to impress which was encouraging as well, but I'd only brought one and they all seemed to want one.

I won't go into all the details, but bottom line: they offered the space, their enthusiasm was palpable, they want to have the wedding there and post wedding, a month long exhibition of all the artists' works - and if that weren't enough, even to help me raise some of the very needed funds to make it all happen. Now, to talk to Jon and Liz, have them visit and then come to a decision together - after all, its a collaboration, and their wedding. I have a good feeling though.

I drove full of verve straight home and then straight out to the post office and sent them 5 more catalogues.

Here are a few pics of the visit: Renee, Julia, and click here for their current exhibition.