My Gallery space...

Apart for getting disappointments in my study wise, at the moment I experience very exciting times outside the studies, witch still is very much linked with art and contemporary market for it.

 Last year during my Foundation Diploma I met lovely girl Patsy, which lead me to opportunity - to volunteer in small art gallery in Tutbury. Being more or less free that was exactly what I needed  -some arty environment to develop my knowledge and getting use to art market itself and its consumers.

As time went by I more and more started to learn all aspects of how to run a gallery and it really exited me. Till one day owners asked me if I would consider doing something like this my own.

I am person who is good at any job I undertake…use to, back in Latvia I was office manager in government offices. I loved my job, but circumstances in life brought me here – to UK, where I had to start all over again. There were no possibilities for me to return to paperwork – language barer was far too strong, is better now, but still, sometimes my sentences don’t make sense and I know that. I started with factories, growing up to retail till my last workplace, jewellery- currency exchange shop.

Along the way I was doing all sort of courses in college. I never stopped to learn and develop it was vital for me to keep myself educated and moving forward to become someone better.

So, when current gallery owners approached me with offer to buy this gallery – I couldn’t really refuse as it summed up all I know and loved. Paperwork, customer skills and art environment. To be honest I’m never consider that as possibility for me as I’m not a business person at all – all I really wanted to do is to be an artist, painter, maker… however business was all set up it needed someone, who would continue to run it. As easy as that.

If you think, there is 0 job opportunities for artists like me when I finish, chance to do something you really love don’t come to every people lives just like that. It cost me good part of my student finance, but then again, it would go anyway.

 

I took over completely just over a Christmas, building good relationships with fellow artists and searching for new ones there is never day same. It is so important to find such place.

Gallery’s location is not a great as its more residential, and people traffic is more likely to be busy -apart from event days, so there will be no much profit for myself, but besides money I get something what is more important for me. I get food for my soul.

I hope this course I’m doing at the moment will improve my skills and understanding of contemporary market and how to improve my gallery’s existence in times when people rather buy mass-produced prints in B&Q than actual original art piece - which is more unique in every way.

Not my week :/

This wasn’t my week at all ~ we starting to get results back for work we did before. I got my mark on STUDY SKILLS, which overall I’m happy about 66.5 hey it’s high merit so what’s the fuss?!

However I feel offended that after seeing breakdown of the total score I realise that area I’m expected to be worse was actually all right,  but area I really pay attention and work hard get very low score. 

Which I not understand as according to my stats on the blog I have no views of my blog no mind anyone reading it.

Well according to score no wonder why, it must be that bad, but then again, how it was judged on what grounds this decision been made.

Conversation with tutor didn’t get any results, he said he read it, my stats says no, so what then.

As far as I can see, the last viewing was on 09/11/17, the time we had to submit our examples for others to leave comments, - I had few clicks on Louis Vuitton video, but that’s fair enough its cool other than that …

 

So, as you see, if anyone, I’m not very happy about my grades, about my reflective skills, and this week particularly about course itself.

When I joined it was such an excitement, but now, must be that’s how it is everywhere, students just to get pointed to sort of direction. It’s all self-teaching, researching and self-developing. You know what is two new things I learned this week. That in China you are not allowed speak about time travel and, which is really interesting, that a picture of Einstein ended up on the wall behind the Yoda  sculptures and the wrinkles around Einstein's eyes  somehow got worked into the Yoda design.

Maybe I am overreacting, maybe all is good… maybe I’m too soft, but after I gave the link from this blog to every tutor I was waiting so much for someone actually visit it~, some comment, some encouragement, some advice along the way or well done, but I got nothing just plain 55 score out of 100.

So, this week’s reflection is upon wasted time and some new beginnings. I won’t discuss any subjects as there is no point. So as there is no point to try to prove something or argue. Time is precious, specially for me. I will just get on with assignments with my best ability.

My next two entries will be about my life besides uni, which is very much linked to my studies of contemporary practise and probably gives me more teaching that university does.

… and even if no one reads it, there will be time that I will go back to these entries and use them as my memory lane…