Planning for group art show in Sept. 2011

I was honored last year when I received an invitation to be in a group art show at Wailoa Center, the State of Hawaii Arts and Cultural building Hilo on the Big Island. I accepted and started on sketches for pieces larger than I usually work in so to accommodate this spacious art gallery.

Unfortunately a week ago all ten artists were informed that the two coordinators of the show were bowing out as they took on more lucrative opportunities to further their careers. The show would be canceled unless someone stepped up to the plate to coordinate the show. Not wanting to miss the rare opportunity to display my work at the best art gallery space on the island I volunteered to be the lead coordinator for the show which was already titled "Big Island Style".

I feel comfortable taking this on as I had already been doing a similar process with the art shows at the Firehouse Gallery. Plus this show had far fewer artists to manage. I can easily manage the the printed collateral such as postcards and catalog since I have years experience as a graphic artist in my printing company back in the 90s.

I will have to recruit new artists to fill the slots of the original coordinators, however this shouldn't be a problem as there are so many talented and professional artists on our island. I have a few in mind as I am writing this today.