ben, jessie and dan
kristi, jerry, wendy, jody, and jeri near the door
patti, tomas, elena
Yesterday was our first artist meeting and we got the scoop on what's on the horizon from now until the parade. There are 100 groups with about 20-30 people each. They will range from elementary schools, organizations, college students, community groups, aboriginal tribes and so on. Each artist, there are 9 of us total at 3 different workshop sites, will have 10 groups each. We are to design, teach, and juggle all these groups to create projects they have already have in mind or if they are at an inspirational loss, guide them. Each artist is also responsible to build for 2-3 floats for the parade. This is to be made with the groups in whatever way we can figure out is best according to schedules, people power and desire. This is just for the parade. There will also be a pageant with ten sections. Each of us has a section and we are to create the objects to be used, they can also be made by our groups.
What do i think? Wow. This is so much work, for not that many artists along with other factors that make this task really stretch reality. A nearly impossible task. I say to myself, breath and yell "Ji-yo!" (keep going)
