News from East Meets West

We are now in February, which means that the long in process East Meets West show will be coming soon.  The local organizer and the host did a test hanging the other day, but a day I teach so I couldn't be part of it.  However, on a visit to the building today I got to see the result.

Mary's idea is to attach the plastic sleeves with the prints to larger boards, which can be hung from the hooks that currently exist on the hallway walls.  Because of the historical nature of the building, we can't put nails into the walls, which saves from the effort of measuring and nailing up many framed artworks.  Above is an example of what Mary came up with, black foam core boards with the prints in sleeves, attached with velcro, and each hanging from a thin wire on a wall mounted hook.  One advantage is that the boards can be put together at home, and it won't take long to hang them in the hallway.  Hooks already exist above the hanging portion of the walls, so someone just has to climb a ladder to put them up.  Building coordinator Nichole told me she's rather have someone from the building do the actual hanging rather than Mary or I climbing the ladder, which is fine with me.  Those hooks may not be as rugged as one might like, and there was talk of replacing them in the near future, but these foam core boards are light weight, and so far the test piece has remained up on the wall for several days, so it looks like this will get us through the show.