Want to hear my first impressions of how the Chihuly chandelier is looking so far???
Check it out here on CMA's blog!
See everyone Wednesday night at 5:30 for the Annual Meeting!
Enjoying Art and Parties,
Mary Douglass
Columbia Contemporaries
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
We Want YOU!
At our Annual Meeting (THIS WEDNESDAY! 5:30PM!!), we will be talking about some upcoming positions on our board. Our Fearless Leader Ryan will give details about time commitments, what is required and exactly how much more people will respect you for being on the Contemporaries' Board (that last part is a joke. Kinda. People will be impressed.)
Fearless Leader Ryan will also be asking for volunteers to dust the new Chihuly chandelier.
Things to be considered for this position:
1) The chandelier will be hung from a second story beam, so agility and no fear of heights is a must. Acrobatic experience preferred.
2) This art ain't cheap. So you'd have to be prepared to delicately dust all 800 pieces.
Totally joking. But doesn't it make you wonder how the thing will get cleaned??
Maybe FLRyan will answer that at the meeting, too...
Enjoying Art and Parties,
Mary Douglass
Fearless Leader Ryan will also be asking for volunteers to dust the new Chihuly chandelier.
Things to be considered for this position:
1) The chandelier will be hung from a second story beam, so agility and no fear of heights is a must. Acrobatic experience preferred.
2) This art ain't cheap. So you'd have to be prepared to delicately dust all 800 pieces.
Totally joking. But doesn't it make you wonder how the thing will get cleaned??
Maybe FLRyan will answer that at the meeting, too...
Enjoying Art and Parties,
Mary Douglass
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Our Meetings Are More Fun Than Your Meetings
I don't know what you do for a living, but if your job is anything like mine you probably have meetings. Boring meetings. Really boring meetings with someone taking minutes and someone inevitably dozing off (um, usually me. Don't tell my boss, okay??)
Now, imagine that meeting around Happy Hour time. With beer and wine. And cool people. And 800 pieces of glass being assembled around you.
Much better right??
Yes, well, that's a Contemporaries' meeting. Of course it's cooler.
As you know (or not, but you will soon), the Contemporaries have commissioned a really amazing chandelier by world-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly (commissioned - meaning we raised a whole lot of money and we get to keep it. Forever!). It's kind of a surprise what ours looks like, but here's another one of his signature chandeliers:
Amazing, right??
What's really neat is the chandelier will be arriving in a whole lot of cardboard boxes and will be assembled on site. And that site is our lil' ol art museum. And, turns out, 800 pieces of glass is pretty heavy. Like 2000 pounds heavy. Don't worry, they've reinforced the beam that the chandelier will hang from. Whew...
And our topics are way more interesting than the ones you're talking about at work. We'll be talking about our upcoming parties (Black & White Ball, Contemporaries' Artist of the Year), what big piece of art we should buy next (Art Acquisition), and how people who don't know anything about art can start learning about art (Contemporaries 101 Series).
And maybe there will even be a standing ovation for the blogger. [cough, hint, cough] Or just a free drink.
Um, upon further research, everyone gets free drinks. Ah, well.
Can't wait to see all our friends there!
Enjoying Art & Parties,
Mary Douglass
Columbia Contemporaries
Now, imagine that meeting around Happy Hour time. With beer and wine. And cool people. And 800 pieces of glass being assembled around you.
Much better right??
Yes, well, that's a Contemporaries' meeting. Of course it's cooler.
As you know (or not, but you will soon), the Contemporaries have commissioned a really amazing chandelier by world-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly (commissioned - meaning we raised a whole lot of money and we get to keep it. Forever!). It's kind of a surprise what ours looks like, but here's another one of his signature chandeliers:
Amazing, right??
What's really neat is the chandelier will be arriving in a whole lot of cardboard boxes and will be assembled on site. And that site is our lil' ol art museum. And, turns out, 800 pieces of glass is pretty heavy. Like 2000 pounds heavy. Don't worry, they've reinforced the beam that the chandelier will hang from. Whew...
And our topics are way more interesting than the ones you're talking about at work. We'll be talking about our upcoming parties (Black & White Ball, Contemporaries' Artist of the Year), what big piece of art we should buy next (Art Acquisition), and how people who don't know anything about art can start learning about art (Contemporaries 101 Series).
And maybe there will even be a standing ovation for the blogger. [cough, hint, cough] Or just a free drink.
Um, upon further research, everyone gets free drinks. Ah, well.
Can't wait to see all our friends there!
Enjoying Art & Parties,
Mary Douglass
Columbia Contemporaries
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