I’m sitting in my office right now looking out over the Ottawa River. The Canadian flag is blowing in the wind above the peace tower. Everything seems to have a slight glow and twinkle to it thanks to the newly fallen snow (which I love!). Winter is definitely in the air! It’s not dark yet but the darkness is definitely looming. In another hour or so, the street lights will start to come on, the stores along Sussex Drive will start to light up and the night will come to life.
I am surrounded, quite literally, by dozens of red roses and deep blue ribbon. We are opening our winter exhibit tonight; Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture, and the excitement is nearly over flowing in this building. It’s a rare quiet moment right now in what has otherwise been an adrenaline filled week. It’s so easy to forget the meaning and importance of our jobs sometimes when we’re knee deep in the mundane and occasionally repetitive tasks of our day to day routine. But then there are those moments in which it all comes together and you get to realize the significance of your contribution and how the picture wouldn’t be complete without it.
For weeks, I’ve been hiring contractors to mount posters, distribute brochures and create banners. I’ve been coordinating caterers, security, audio technicians, floor plans, volunteers and florists (so many red roses!). I’ve been going crossed-eyed with biographies of curators and artists, press releases, image sheets, lists of lenders and having nightmares about the wrong colour of blue! This is my job and tonight, it will play a tiny little role in the making of history…
Tonight, some of the most respected curators and gallery directors in the world will see the accomplishment of their life’s work through the opening of this exhibit; a look at 17th century sculpture in Italy. It’s been said that it’s likely we will never have the opportunity to see these pieces of art together in the same room ever again during our lifetime...and so tonight, we all come together, we open the bar, we raise a glass…and we celebrate. And then we sleep for the next four days!!
I love my job!
I am surrounded, quite literally, by dozens of red roses and deep blue ribbon. We are opening our winter exhibit tonight; Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture, and the excitement is nearly over flowing in this building. It’s a rare quiet moment right now in what has otherwise been an adrenaline filled week. It’s so easy to forget the meaning and importance of our jobs sometimes when we’re knee deep in the mundane and occasionally repetitive tasks of our day to day routine. But then there are those moments in which it all comes together and you get to realize the significance of your contribution and how the picture wouldn’t be complete without it.
For weeks, I’ve been hiring contractors to mount posters, distribute brochures and create banners. I’ve been coordinating caterers, security, audio technicians, floor plans, volunteers and florists (so many red roses!). I’ve been going crossed-eyed with biographies of curators and artists, press releases, image sheets, lists of lenders and having nightmares about the wrong colour of blue! This is my job and tonight, it will play a tiny little role in the making of history…
Tonight, some of the most respected curators and gallery directors in the world will see the accomplishment of their life’s work through the opening of this exhibit; a look at 17th century sculpture in Italy. It’s been said that it’s likely we will never have the opportunity to see these pieces of art together in the same room ever again during our lifetime...and so tonight, we all come together, we open the bar, we raise a glass…and we celebrate. And then we sleep for the next four days!!
I love my job!
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