Leonieblog

....as GOB would say. Well, now the tutors are answering questions regarding the exhibition (which is next week), I have found out that we are not allowed to frame our work. Unfortunately I've just spent £60 on custom frames, and as this course has already dug me in to debt I'm pretty angry. I see that it is my fault for not understanding the rules (which no one told us), and that as someone who has worked as a gallery assistant, technician and occasional exhibition curator, I was stupid to assume that a professional exhibition could include frames. I should've known from looking at the degree show how it would be presented, but unfortunately that was only put up this week...too late for me to cancel my order. (And when I had my degree show at this uni we were allowed to frame stuff, actually we were encouraged to...but I guess that was six years ago)
So now I have to try and get prints done of my work by Friday (because no way am I hanging up originals unprotected on foamboard, stuff's already fallen off the walls from the current exhibition). And if anyone would like to pay £30 for an A3 frame I will happily paint them an original piece to go inside it.