Saturday, March 13, 2004

Today was a fairly busy day. I went grocery shopping at Shoppers Food Warehouse. I stopped by Forman Mills. I went by the Creative Alliance for a meeting with Artscape figurehead, Gary Kachodurian.

I now have four pairs of pants I can fit! I’m surprised no one has noticed that only just wear 2 pairs of pants either my black pair or the jeans. I don’t know why since my weight loss I’ve been reluctant to buy new clothes. I suppose fear that the weight would all come back. It’s been 2 years since I’ve lost 60lbs. So now as of today I own 4 pairs of pants in my new size! Maybe one day I’ll work up to buying shirts and jackets in my new size. Anyway, I kind of like wearing oversized shirts and sweaters. I kind of like having an amorphous shape up top. I guess this is because I have never felt comfortable with my bra size. I feel more like an A cup than a D cup. When I think D cup I think tight sexy low cut sweaters and I’m not a tight clingy sweater type of person.

Also today, I went to the new location of the Creative Alliance at the Patterson on Eastern Avenue to meet Gary Kachodurian the guy that runs Artscape.

The meeting was held upstairs. Only about 7 people showed up. I thought that there would be more people there. I was the only black person there.

One of the people who showed up was part of the the art exhibit that was held on the main floor of the building. Gary seemed to know her very well as another woman who was there. I don’t recall if he knew the woman I sat next to, but most likely he did.

In total there were four women who were anorexic looking. One fellow chubette and a youngish tall skinny bald guy who walked with a limp aided by a black cane. He looked like maybe he had cancer or maybe he was just a trendy anorexic looking bald guy.

The last person to show up was the dark haired chubette. She seemed to be in a rush. She also seemed miffed when she learned that this year submissions would be made digitally instead of by slides. She asked the majority of questions at the meeting. Then she left in a huff handing Gary back the form he had given her. This was odd I wonder if she realized that the form was the application for this years Artscape that had to be filled in. I don’t know, maybe hearing about the new admission process made her feel like she wouldn't be able to do it this year. Maybe she doesn’t own a computer or have access to a digital camera or scanner. I don’t know. It just seemed weird to hand something back without looking at it fully.

I on the other hand am pleased as punch about the new admission process. I have a computer, I have a digital camera and I have a scanner. All I have to do is come up with 5 portraits to submit then Gary hopefully will select one of the 5 I have sent. If all works out well then I would have been in Artscape two years in a row.

One thing I got to say is Gary didn't look at all like I pictured him. In my mind I pictured a dark swarthy gray haired middle aged foreigner who spoke in a heavily accented English. I imagined he would wear black and speak with his hands. And every now and then he would pause to say, “It’s like.....how do you say?...” I felt kind of let down when I saw him in person. He wasn’t as exotic as his last name sounded. He was just a run of the mill WASP, not that there’s anything wrong with that......

So now it seems my plate will be full for the next few weeks.


April 10 Creative Alliance Big Show artwork due
April 12 Artscape Application due
April 22 Maryland Art Place 5X5 artwork due
April 24 MAP Out of Order Show, goal stay for at least 30 minutes.
April 24th Sowebo poster due, goal have it in before the 24th
April 26th SCBWI NY Meeting