Organisations and structures

 I was prepared to ask about getting on peoples radar and bridging the gap - but as the guest speakers shared the work of artists that they'd worked with - it didn't feel like my audience.

I know there's a gap - 

i think when Lotte spoke of the space they had, i was interested in how she secured it - much like in London, speaking to Bow arts -but Nicolas was quick to point out that financial questions are not the right questions. 

I thought - they are..., when you come from Stoke, time is money and financial clarity is helpful to recognise which pathway to take. 

The artist community is amazing and i have time for other artists. I've found lots of artists who I can turn to for advice and support and they have that from me too. My motivation when exibiting is not money - its conversation and development -

I didn't feel a question about the space was invalid.

Nicolas was correct when he said without a practice you don't have anything. 

I also considered after this conversation - why am i justifying what i asked ?? Why has he pigeon holed the meeting as he 'the curator'  and i; 'the passionate artist seeking exhibition space'...? Why in a conversation about structures and organisations, has he assumed the position of power and that i as a contemporary arts masters student am simply seeking to be worked with in his space - why not also consider that when learning about exhibitions, i may want his role - i might want to secure a space to work with artists - this might be what i'm looking to establish - therefore - my question was not the wrong question. 

I may be an emerging artist but i'm not a 22yo who has  never had a job interview - I'm recruitment trained- i wrote the interview process and onboardiing for a public body -  and i know how to form relationships with organisations, I've worked with many throughout my career in public services. -  i know how to be constructive and engaged with new endeavors - I've establihed, pursued and completed many projects - i know what is professional or not - i've trained and developed people !!

.. i am familiar with working 110% and going the extra mile - i have the crappy t-shirt and i'm not going there again. passion ? landed like the extra mile. 

i'm an artist - I have a practice and artworks that i will want to show will come out of my practice - i imagine that my work will consist mostly of paintings because i love paint - the medium - the maniplulation of tones, light, shadow, sharp lines, blurred edges, constrasts edges -.. the whole shabang ..my work wil talk for itself .. and i will be professional - but passionate landed like i had to pitch my work to a dragon. plah.

Conversation with Mally unpacked this and filled the gaps - expectations/ smaller exhibitions to raise profile and conversation around the hierarchy of exhibitions if you like - I feel like i needed a framework as  I took the wrong thing away from the encounter initally.