Kristina hanging Steve McCurry’s Afghan Girl. Photo by Robert Reed.
I thought it would be fun to summarize my years of working on exhibitions at Hickory Museum of Art. In doing so the song “Seasons of Love“ (aka 525,600 Minutes) from RENT kept playing in my head. So as Kai Ryssdal would say, “Let’s do the numbers.”
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12+ years involved with exhibitions at HMA
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11 years as Exhibitions Manager (7 as Exhibitions + Communications Manager)
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219 different exhibitions installed
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14,352 vinyl letters adhered to (and peeled off) the wall
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5,994 artworks (paintings / photographs / prints / sculptures) that I’ve had the privilege of touching and installing
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3 exhibitions brought to life in tableaux vivants
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37 times riding the lift before getting over my fear of heights
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60,124 coffee stirrers teamHMA and I have picked up from the gallery floor (thanks Jonathan Brilliant!), and while we are at it:
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9 coats of paint to cover up his coffee grounds paintings
Installation artist Jonathan Brilliant working on coffee ground paintings for HICKORY STICKS
Clarissa and Kristina play with a model of the Coe Gallery discussing an upcoming exhibition
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101 living artists (not including group shows) I have worked / collaborated / interacted with
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84 gallons of paint
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24 pints of spackle
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2,444 cups of coffee
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104 times water/coffee has gone up my nose from laughing in staff/exhibitions meetings
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19 warnings I’ve had to give that flames of any kind are prohibited in the Museum (mostly sternos/candles, but once burning sage leaves)
Kristina’s puts the ‘happy little final touches’ on the HMA Members Exhibition.
