Roxanne Hunnicutt on thu 23 jul 09
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Clayart automatic digest system <
LISTSERV@lsv.ceramics.org> wrote:
> Throw the potters out of the temple....
>
or throw the farmers into a gallery!
Well, this is interesting to me because I am one of five owners of a fair
trade shop and gallery. In the gallery, which we just opened and named
HomeGrown Gallery, we want to open a winter-only farmer's market. We hope t=
o
have a revolving schedule of people selling bread, winter vegies, cheese an=
d
more for a few hours each Sat. It is not a huge room, so we might only get
about five "farmers" in there.
This is a new idea and I don't know how the community will react. We are a
smallish town in Oregon, Grants Pass. twenty- five thousand live here I
think.
So this is the reverse situation to the one mentioned.
As a business owner who just opened the gallery a month ago, making things
work and building the business is important. And this is not a great
business climate in OR right now. We have the second worst unemployment
number in the US now I think.
What do others think? Is this likely to be successful when the local
farmer's market is closed down due to the wet and cold of the Oregon
winters?
If I build it, will people come?
So far the gallery which leans heavily toward pottery is paying the rent fo=
r
the room, so we are very encouraged. and very happy that we decided to use
the space as a gallery. We also keep the space open for meetings, especiall=
y
for non-profits.
Any suggestions. I never thought I would be a gallery owner. I am a public
school teacher, who is mostly retired and potting up a storm. I loved
teaching and I am loving this new project too.
Rox in OR
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity - Doroth=
y
Parker
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