Being in control. Or being out of control...That is the question

I learned something new this week. The hard way. And this could be a small story. But it´s also a big story.

I was asked in the beginning of January, before going 10 days to Florida, if I wanted to participate in an exhibit in February with two other artists, well one of them was the artist’s mother since the artist has died. The other was a painter that I´ve been doing a few exhibits with before. No name mentioned.

And I said yes. And went to Florida, knowing the two other participants was going to have a meeting about practical stuff  while I was away.

Then I got home from Florida and put up my art at the place for the exhibit.

And discovered that I was NOT in the press material and NOT on the homepage for the place where the exhibit took place. The other two participants where. As the two other participants told me, ”Well, you were going away for 10 days and we were thinking that you might have changed your opinion about participating when you got home, therefore we decided not to put you in the press material”.....What?????????

See.... I´m still sort of speechless when thinking about it...... I´m so speechless I´m not even sure WHAT I´m thinking: Angry? Surprised? Disappointed? Unable to comprehend what they are telling me?

I guess I´m all of this.

And I´m this girl brought up to be a very nice girl, so I haven´t even told them how mad I am. And I don´t know if I´m going to. Right now I´m just thinking: Never to do something with these people again...

Maybe they´ll google me one day and find out?

Are any of you (especially women) readers out there recognizing this?

I´ve been thinking quite a lot about this. And I certainly blame these people for not seeing me as a serious artist, as they have absolutely no reason to think I shouldn´t be serious and responsible.

But I´m also blaming myself. I´m blaming myself for not making sure that I´m in control of my own career.

Don´t expect people to treat you nice. Make sure for yourself that people treat YOU the way YOU and your ART deserves!

So the next time somebody asks me to participate with my art in something, I´ll say: ”Sure, I´ll love to participate. What are we doing about public relations?”

Photography in Seaside

So I have been taking up photography while being in Seaside since it is such a unique town. Here are some of the photographs I took. I hope you'll like them:

Final photo me on the beach taken by Fred Sawyer.

Meeting Sally Mankus

While staying in Seaside, Florida with my friend Janis Sawyer, we got a visit from another mixed media artist, Sally Mankus. Janis introduced me to her art and website some time ago, and I really like what she is doing and I do feel related to her art. I don' t know that many artists that I do feel related to, so it was nice meeting her. I just wish we'd had more time to talk...... like days instead of hours ;-)

We talked a bit about being an artist and how you make yourself seen on the internet, which is something that I know nothing about. So that was interesting. It's not the aspect of your work that you want to spend the most time on, but making public relations for yourself is part of the job.... So when I get back home to Copenhagen, I'm gonna look into that on my path to fame:-)

If you' re into my art, you should take a look at Sally's homepage. I guarantee you that she is doing some very interesting stuff! See:

Sea of Memories

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This is from an older exhibit in Copenhagen.

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