Reception for William "Landscaping" show

Got a pretty good crowd for the reception for this group show. I don't know the people count, but at almost any time from 6:30 to 8:00, there would be at least 30 people in the room but there was a regular coming and going. I'm say there was 60-75 people who came by, which is very good considering it is a summer evening at the university. 
 

Access volunteering

 William has been doing some volunteering at  Access. This is the first time he  has his name in the credits (it is for Talk of the Town shot on June 9).

Regina Beach

Drove out to the gallery with Noelle and Esperanza to see the show before it comes down next week. Had a nice time. Weather is great. Went to the Blurbird for fish and chips then walked the beach for a few minutes. 

 

Dance film discussion

Attended a New Dance Horizons event. Got the time wrong and arrived a bit late, but saw most of a film about a Winnipeg choreographer followed by a discussion. I asked the panel, as dancers and filmmakers, about the inevitable break in authenticity when a live performance is translated to film. Primarily they talked about how authenticity is preserved. 
 

William Convocation

Today William crossed the stage and received his BFA in visual arts. I was up on stage too, donning the robe for the first time in this role. I was able to shake his hand and give me a hug as he passed (the process of "hooding" seems to have fallen by the wayside). He got an additional handshake and hug from University President Jeff Keshen. We'd been stressed out for the past few weeks because William forgot to book his robes and the company that supplies them would not budge on the policy that the only recourse was to arrive early enough to get one of the spares that they'll bring. This left too much to chance, but phone calls and emails to various people garnered no better result. The convocation ceremonies took three days and William was on the third day (today). Two days ago, as we headed to campus for William to be sitting in on his show at the Fifth Parallel, I dawned on me that the robe rending company were there on campus. William went to see them and rented his robe two days early, removing all our stress over the issue. Anyway, ceremony went smoothly. Had lunch with my mom then visited Fred. Back to the grind of applications this evening. 

Finished with super-8 camera

Big shout out to Dianne Ouellette this week for lending me one of her super-8 cameras, a Canon 514XL. It is very much like the Canon 310XL which I have used for years, but this one has a timer and also can shoot at 9fps. This makes it another new camera for me so after William got his film shot and delivered, I painted it. William and Margaret got to the RPL before the courier arrived so his film made it into the shipment. 
 

Super 8-Late

 One Take Super 8 films were supposed to be delivered yesterday. William is working long hours on his but there were too many distractions this week and he still isn't done. Colouring of artwork, with crayon, is underway. Worst case is that we'll need to spend extra money to ship ours separately. 

William super 8 not done yet

 Missing the deadline, William pushes on to try to get his animated super 8 film done for the One Take Event. 

No fire

 At least four fire trucks, an ambulance, and a CTV reporter were down the street this afternoon but there was no smoke in the air and I think was just a minor thing or a false alarm. 

This morning I took mom on some errands and we ended up at Nicky's Diner which I've not been to in a few years. Had a cinnamon bun. It was okay, but not as good as the one from Dad's Diner which I thought was not quite as good as the Green Spot buns. 

Cameras breaking

 This was my first super 8 camera. My parents bought it for me for my birthday in 1975 or 1976. I haven't been using it as much lately because it doesn't have a macro lens, but it as always been reliable. Until now. I lent it to Sandee and it started to stall near the end of the roll. The electronics still work (light meter and so on) but the motor no longer does anything. Sad day. I have four super-8 cameras and three of them don't work at all any more, and the fourth is unreliable. I need to purchase something. 

William's art

 William hung his work at the Fifth Parallel today. The photo prints were large and fragile so I helped him. Only took a couple of hours. Time for his to get home a draw and prep for his super 8 film.

Hoe shoot

Shot 2/3 of my super 8 film today, mostly alone in my back yard which is how I like to shoot them now. 

 

AGR opening

Cindy Baker's giant duck and other oversized stuff at the Art Gallery of Regina is fun and cool. Weather was also nice enough for the reception to take place outside. Talked with Gary Varro about Kiju suits and with Carle Steele about art and stuff as she's in town for a couple days on duty with the CC. 
 

Nuit Blanche team meeting at Dad's Diner

 Tried out Dad's Diner today. Schnitzel is their thing, so if it isn't yours, don't go. But if it is, the portions are good and the service (Emma's brother Andrew) was great. We talked about the Nuit Blanche project that Geremy secured for us for the end of August. 

Food pix

 William and I baching it today. Made bacon and egg sandwiches with green onions and pepper. 

Photo enlargements

 Dal printed two works that William has for his show that installs later this week. More when the day comes. These are five feet high and seven feet long. 

Boots got big

 We believe that this is the cat that last year we called "boots". However, it is probably twice the size it was last year. It hisses a lot, but is less timid and will come close and be petted a bit.