The exhibition is getting closer...

I haven't made an entry recently as I have been quite preoccupied with my Professional Practice module Just in case I haven't made myself clear about this module I will just give some information about it: The module has now been running for about seven years and provides students with the opportunity to organise and exhibit their own work in the lovely Walcot Chapel, which is at the end of Walcot Street, the artisan centre of Bath in North Somerset. The group that you have to work in is chosen by the university and therefore provides an eclectic mix of students who may or may not be able to form a cohesive team and most definitely will approach the project with various skills and opinions. This year, not only will we be marked on how we manage our role in the team, but also on the piece of work that we exhibit. During the module a lot of careers advice is provided by lecturers from both inside and outside of the university. The aim - an artist who can make it in this very commercial world!!

So we are now in the last week of preparation for the show, and what started out as a very scary module is now providing a lot of fun as well as proving a huge learning curve. Our title 'Tell It Like It Is' has been interpreted by the individual students  (although some have not clearly identified what their work is...) and all that remains now is to set the stage.

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Meetings this week have been held at various cafes in Bath where we have discussed the list of jobs to be done and what we should do about the people who really haven't been a team player. This was always going to happen as it is a well known issue with this module and just has to be managed. Lists of jobs have been drawn up and put on Facebook, plans for the siting of work have been discussed, food and drink organised for the private view, invites delivered, artists statements provided and the catalogue is on order. It is hoped that in the final push, everyone will have some involvement, but if not the core group are ready to go and looking forward to a pre-private view drink together to celebrate all that has happened, the tears and the laughter which will all makes it way into the presentations given in uni after the exhibitions are over.