At Work: The Tutu Series

At Work: The Tutu Series

Two weeks ago on the 13th I curated a show at my gallery!

"the Tutu series: past and present works by Lenore Gimpert"



Lenore is one of our local regular artists whom the design community adores. Her work is seen all around the Detroit area as well as the Caribbean, NYC, and the north-east. I decided a couple months ago to throw together a show and try to get new people into the showroom. I was pleased with the turnout, and we had great food, and of course for her french inspired art we had pink champagne and macaroons! yum yum!!

And of course I also had to dress ballerina-esque! Too bad I forgot my pointe shoes. :)

I also designed all the posters, postcards, and tags; wrote the press releases and managed the social media outlets... The hardest part was my trip to San Fran was the week before the opening. So I had a week to paint and fill in all the holes in the main space in the showroom and hang everything. We had 29 of her pieces, as well as rehanging other rooms in the gallery to make everything flow together. It was a crazy week! But ending it eating treats and drinking champagne was worth it.

{ Materials Used }

Leotard } American Apparel

Skirt } Vintage Dress, will be for sale in my Etsy shop soon!!

Heels } Gifted from Kristina

Belt } Urban Outfitters

Necklace & Bracelet } F21

Huggles,
Lauren

My Gallery pt.5

My Gallery pt.5

So I haven't done this is awhile, so here it is again. Rooms in my gallery! This is the 5th I think there are 4 more. It would be really awesome to take pictures in other showrooms with furniture and such, but most all the other showrooms are running by crabby ladies.





So this is usually the "Tutu" room because we usually have Gimpert Tutu paintings hanging up. But they are in other showrooms or have been sold off.




Well there really isn't much to say about this room, but the painting in the left corner of the pictures, the Maxfield Parrish-esque one, is from 1923 by a pretty well known photographer Kesseler who trained in painting. So that piece is pretty sweet.

So I'm wearing new clothes. Jen called me up on friday to see if I wanted to walk the mall with her after work. I hadn't seen her for a week pretty much, which is odd cause we live in the same house, so I agreed and we met up. But oh we just happened to be at Urban Outfitters when they were having a un-advertised 50% sale items... Droool. I love when you happen upon sales. I bought a dress (pictured), two long sleeve blouses (one pictured), two skirts, a knit vest, and a long sweater. Everything ended up being less then $15, most were $10.



I kinda feel bad cause my birthday is this weekend, but I couldn't pass it up. And of course I have guilt because yes I can make skirts and dresses, but not for less than $10 and I really don't have much time right now. And then also I should buy more thrift and vintage, but again I have no time, and vintage never fits my damn ribcage (that rant already happened in a last week post after trying on wedding dresses). So I mustn't feel guilty... There. Guilt's gone. haha. At least I only buy things on sale in stores. That counts right?



I was called Austrian, and german, and heidi-esque today, love it! Oh and my hair I loved, Kevin and I were looking through Charles Dana Gibson ink drawings last night in this book we got from the library (from 1906 nontheless! I want it!) And I decided that I'm a gibson girl. Long faced and long haired. haha



} Outfit Details
  Dress } Cooperative via UO $10
  Blouse } UO $10
  Tights } Target
  Spectator Oxfords } We Who See via UO (online sale last month $50)
  Belt } UO (on sale from summer)

Man this really shows how there is a Urban Outfitters right by work... I go there way too often.

Huggles,
Lauren