Still Obsessed with Finding a Studio
May. 3rd, 2023 01:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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My email to Solace Farm's owner yesterday went unanswered, although she replied with excitement when I said I'd be happy to sell some of my stuff there. I am going to bring said stuff in on Friday, so I will talk to her then I suppose. I don't want her to feel pressured, but I am really feeling like I need to do something. I don't spend enough time at my current studio space, and I know that if I found one with the right set of conditions, I'd be there much more often.
Why haven't I spent much time at my new studio? Well..... I think I mentioned before that parking in the town where it is stinks on weekends. Additionally, my class hours this semester have been awful. I teach every night until 6PM, meaning I don't get home until after 7PM .The hubby and I have considered the idea of moving closer to the university, but since this is only my second year here, we're waiting to see how all of that pans out. OOPS I am getting off topic. I think I might have also mentioned that my studio is currently on the third floor of an elevator-less building. It's festival season and hauling art up and down three flights is not my jam. I intend to just keep all my outdoor show stuff in my car for the summer, which is not the best solution, but given my sciatica acting up, its the solution I have.
Goggle Works in Reading is an amazing old WWII era building where they made - you guessed it - goggles! They have studio space there, (among other amazing art resources) and it would be about halfway between my house and the university. It is something I am considering - but you are required to have your studio open 20 hours a week, which given my current life and schedule, I'm not sure I could do realistically. It would be like having a second job.
I am able to do some of my art at home - smaller pieces and things that aren't messy. The way my studio is at the moment, I don't think I could move it home. I have too many easels and two drafting tables in the studio currently - and already have one draughting table in the studio at home. I also have an African Art and book collection from my days teaching at my last university that could fill their own room. I'm feeling squished in and limited right now.
At least this semester is over at the end of next week and I have three months to ponder my dilemma.
My email to Solace Farm's owner yesterday went unanswered, although she replied with excitement when I said I'd be happy to sell some of my stuff there. I am going to bring said stuff in on Friday, so I will talk to her then I suppose. I don't want her to feel pressured, but I am really feeling like I need to do something. I don't spend enough time at my current studio space, and I know that if I found one with the right set of conditions, I'd be there much more often.
Why haven't I spent much time at my new studio? Well..... I think I mentioned before that parking in the town where it is stinks on weekends. Additionally, my class hours this semester have been awful. I teach every night until 6PM, meaning I don't get home until after 7PM .The hubby and I have considered the idea of moving closer to the university, but since this is only my second year here, we're waiting to see how all of that pans out. OOPS I am getting off topic. I think I might have also mentioned that my studio is currently on the third floor of an elevator-less building. It's festival season and hauling art up and down three flights is not my jam. I intend to just keep all my outdoor show stuff in my car for the summer, which is not the best solution, but given my sciatica acting up, its the solution I have.
Goggle Works in Reading is an amazing old WWII era building where they made - you guessed it - goggles! They have studio space there, (among other amazing art resources) and it would be about halfway between my house and the university. It is something I am considering - but you are required to have your studio open 20 hours a week, which given my current life and schedule, I'm not sure I could do realistically. It would be like having a second job.
I am able to do some of my art at home - smaller pieces and things that aren't messy. The way my studio is at the moment, I don't think I could move it home. I have too many easels and two drafting tables in the studio currently - and already have one draughting table in the studio at home. I also have an African Art and book collection from my days teaching at my last university that could fill their own room. I'm feeling squished in and limited right now.
At least this semester is over at the end of next week and I have three months to ponder my dilemma.
