So I started a new full time real person job, with a company called Artex... I am currently classified as temporary and hopefully that will change in a couple of months and will actually have a real person job. My job right now is Art Handling at the Peabody Essexs Museum (one of my favorite museums if you have not been check it out its in Salem Ma) Mostly the job is white glove packing... IE take an object wrap it in plastic, or put it in a bag, wrap it in bubble wrap or foam or any number of things to make sure it will not... no matter what break in the box you put it into... plus keep a strict super accurate record of what you packed. Sounds boring but it isn't because of the things we pack. We are currently packing the nautical collection, highlights of stuff include, swords, cannons, boat models and cool nautical instruments. The only down side is that including my commute, it is a 12 hour day 5 days a week which is a lot of hours. Manageable but still a lot. The other downside is being that I now work effectively 60 hours a week that means I have a lot less time to make things. But after the first full week I still wrangled a little time for art making and rock climbing... not as much art making as I would of liked but I guess live for the foreseeable future will be 60 hours of work a bit of art making, a day of rock climbing outside and maybe an evening of rock climbing inside. So this blog post is a bit of a departure being that I am actually talking about my life and not just the things I make and my creative process but I figure thats ok.
I still have work up at that show at Gallery 55 in Natick if your in the area check it out (better yet send your wealthy art buying friends to check it out) and I apply for a lot of shows and such but hopefully I will hear back in the positive from a show I applied to a couple months back as a curator at the New Art Center the end of this month. My normal additude is quiet pessimism about anything I apply to but I am slightly hopeful for this one which means I think there is slightly more than a miniscule chance but hear is to hoping.
Cheers
Devon
