The York Gallery; Wednesday [ 01/14 ] -- Exhibit Opening! 8;00 pm.

[perfectmissyork.livejournal.com]

It was the first opening of the year, and so Charlotte had made sure that everything was running smoothly and perfectly for it. Big (but not gaudy!) signs and bright lights to draw attention to the place, and enough food and snacks that she'll probably be eating the leftovers (or shipping them off to the station) for at least a week if the turn-out wasn't good.

And, at the crux of it all, in an exhibit that Charlotte found very thematic for winter was Chris Larson's Deep North, in a collection of photographs, sketches, multimedia videos and one very large contraption in the very center.

Charlotte really couldn't have imagined a better exhibit.

And she was also exceedingly glad that almost all of her clothes were dry-cleaned.

The York Gallery is open!

[[ up early because it can be! OCD coming up! ]]

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Before the Exhibit -- 01/14.

[perfectmissyork.livejournal.com]

For anyone to come in and help the last-minute set-up before the opening.

Re: Before the Exhibit -- 01/14.

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

Some of the last clean clothes Tully had were nice ones, fancy that. Good thing he didn't wear them often. As it was, he was early, and as it was cold out, he ducked inside, willing to offer to help in exchange for not having to wait out in the cold.

"Hello?"

Re: Before the Exhibit -- 01/14.

[perfectmissyork.livejournal.com]

Charlotte was busy triple-checking through the stock to drinks when she heard the voice; a confused little expression was on her face as she drifted toward the entrance hall. "Yes? Hello?"

Re: Before the Exhibit -- 01/14.

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Hi, I'm here for the exhibition, but I'm a bit early. Is there anything I can do to help?"

Re: Before the Exhibit -- 01/14.

[perfectmissyork.livejournal.com]

"Uh...well..." From students, she was used to this sort of thing, and could usually think of some little thing for them to go and do, but the exhibit was entirely installed by the movers this time, and she had been extremely on the ball of this one, especially since it was the first of the year and she kept handing things over to Dale to do because he kept asking. "Umm..."

The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[perfectmissyork.livejournal.com]

Walk around, look at the photographs and sketches, watch some of the videos on mounted TV screen, or inspect the contraption as you mingle with your fellow patrons of the arts!

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

Angela wasn't really going to miss this, acceptable clothing or not. She had a coat to throw on over the top, and that made it just fine that all she could find was jeans and a loose t-shirt.

She was there, and currently checking out all the photographs. Just looking at them made you feel cold.

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey, someone he kind of knew. Cal drifted over to say hi so that he didn't spend the whole evening looking at things by himself and, as a result, feeling like a loser.

An artsy loser, but still a loser.

"Hey, Angela. How's it going?"

Cal's wardrobe hadn't suffered at all; next time his mother complained about how little he did his laundry, he was going to show her.

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[flashesforinfo.livejournal.com]

"Aside from my dwindling wardrobe, very nicely," Angela told him with a smile as she directed her attention to him and away from the art for now. "Hey, Cal."

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Cal said, even though he'd already covered that part, and gave her a faint smile back. "I guess I kind of lucked out on that whole thing." Hard to run out of thrift store polos when you got them for about a dime a dozen. "What do you think of the exhibit?"

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

Tully was not what most people would picture as an art lover, having a blue collar look to him most of the time. But he did have a small, but growing art collection. Okay three pieces, but it had been two. So, growing.

He didn't know that he'd be trying to buy anything tonight, but the pictures were fascinating.

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Daisy wasn't exactly an artsy sort of girl. In fact, art tended to bore her. She liked life and things that moved and usually things that moved very quickly accompanied with loud beats and possibly sweating, and there was usually not much of that in an art gallery. Just pictures.

And maybe people. This was the sort of thing you could go to to meet people, which was most of the reason Daisy, thankfully having a rarely worn dress that hadn't gone the way off all her other clothes lately, was there.

That, and she felt it might look good on her if she went to the thing done by her boss's girl. It was a little weird, though, that all she could think of when she looked at half the pictures (other than brrr, cold!) was that somewhere right above where they were all standing around, looking at pictures, was where her boss and his girl had sex.

(Or so she assumed, anyway).

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Daisy." Tully smiled when he saw her. "Fancy meeting you here."

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[justice-beat.livejournal.com]

Fancy indeed. Even the hot cocoa seemed to have fancy-schmancy cups.

"Oh! Hullo! Tully, right? From the bar the other night?"

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Exactly. Do you go to many art shows?" Yeah it was basically a variation on 'do you come here often', but Tully considered it a step up from it.

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal never missed one of these things if he could help it, and he glad he could help this one. From an art perspective, he couldn't say where all this settled, but, from his perspective, he kind of liked it a lot.

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

Claire flashed a little wave as she headed his way. "So does it look like this in the frozen state of Michigan?" she wondered aloud. "And hi."

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"All the time," Cal informed her with a nod, "even in summer."

And then he gave Claire a smile, a small embarrassed sort of thing that still managed to keep intently on her.

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

"And you live in igloos and eat walrus blubber, right?" Claire added, feeling that intent little smile work its way through her stomach to her toes.

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

Mary's dress was probably just a little too Las Vegas for tonight, with the strategically-placed cut-outs, but it was the only clean one left in her closet at the moment. The clothes she'd ordered online hadn't arrived in time.

Still, she wasn't about to miss the gallery opening for lack of appropriate clothing.

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[perfectmissyork.livejournal.com]

"Mary!" Questionable outfits aside, Charlotte was very glad to see her there, practically bouncing over. "Good to see you stop in!"

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"You know me. I'm not going to let a little laundry strike make me miss a good party," said Mary, smiling.

Re: The Main Exhibit -- 01/14.

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

Claire shut up the shop and rushed over to the opening, and her eyes were large as she took the artworks in.

She wrapped her secondhand sweater around her. This just made her cold.

Refreshments -- 01/14.

[perfectmissyork.livejournal.com]

There are plenty of moddable snacks to nibble on between the viewing and, to help shake off the icy cold, hot chocolate.

Yes, some of it with a little extra "kick."

OOC -- 01/14.

[perfectmissyork.livejournal.com]

This exhibit is also thematic considering we're supposed to have five days of severe winter storm weather coming in. JOY!