random thoughts – Day 1,120 – (Tuesday) – art stuff

View from Lowell City Hall.

The weather was delightfully spring-like and the forecast is for warmer weather the rest of the week. It was a joy letting Winston outside during the workday. All 572 times. At least it got my derriere out of the chair. Having a dog can be a great way to fight deep vein thrombosis.

At the end of the remote workday, it was a mad dash downtown. There was an art reception with the studio artists from The Brush Art Gallery and Studios at City Hall at 5:30. Their art will be on display throughout the main level for the rest of the month. You gotta love a city with the motto "Art is the Handmaid of Human Good." 

Bonus, the traffic getting downtown today was significantly less annoying than when I was trying to get out of Lowell the past two Mondays. 

Fancy, lightly dusty
 column top at City Hall.

The City Hall reception was nice. Not too much speechifying. Platters of yummy cheese quesadillas. And it was a nice chance to chat with people including artists from The Brush and other friends. The building is really cool with stained glass windows, and stonework and fancy golden slightly dusty column headers.

After the reception, we had our monthly board meeting for The Brush Gallery and Studios a couple blocks away at the Gallery. Our board is great, and we are experts at not dragging out the meetings. We get our business done and then we are off. I delivered my photo to the Gallery for the Associate Artists show that opens on April 15. Our “Dinner and a Show” fundraiser event featuring local singers and musicians is in a couple weeks and things are shaping up nicely. There is an exhibit reception is in May. 

Between the Brush events, Finnish lessons, two high school reunion committee events, an oh, yeah, work, busy season is definitely here. Oy. I used to thrive on a jam-packed schedule, but now I'm a little worried I won't survive this one.