Monthly Archives: October 2017

Exhibition Opening 3: Catering- What Works?

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Margaret Ford

The Story So Far Recapping the two previous blogs on this topic: serve  6-8 clean and tiny things per person over two hours. Inclusiveness It’s time to think about vegetarians, vegans, coeliacs, dairy intolerances, and whatever else manifests itself in a … Continue reading →

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Exhibition Opening 2: Catering- How Much and What Not To Serve?

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Margaret Ford

Picture this:  It’s opening night and the best art piece in the show is a long, suspended, drift of silk, painstakingly resisted with stitch, and dyed in several dye baths. As it wafts on the currents of enthusiastically breathed oohs … Continue reading →

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Exhibition Opening 1: should we serve food?

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Margaret Ford

There’s nothing like Exhibition Opening Night (or Day). So you’re having an exhibition.  You and the other exhibitors and their supporters will have been toiling away for ages.  First you had to organise a space for the exhibition.  (that’s a … Continue reading →

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A Coreopsis Opportunity

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Margaret Ford

A couple of weekends ago WAFTA (http://www.wafta.com.au) was invited to an Open Garden in Victoria Park here in Western Australia.  The organisers had the foresight to ask us  to complement the beautiful garden beds with demonstrations of how fabric can … Continue reading →

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