Excuse the delay in posting notes on our first meeting. Both Tara and Suzanne nailed it: this is one hefty side project. This is no restore-a-dresser-in-a-weekend job. Oh no.
Remember: all of us are new, in a new salon, still in the getting-to-know-you pleasantry, just getting into our groove. For lack of better words, this was a big bite to take, and we already had our mouths full.
And yet, no matter how amazing the side project is, sometimes it must be set aside, with focus on the task at hand.
Oddly enough, just like a wine, if you leave it stand a minute, it blossoms.
The meeting went very well; though we were short a few members, marked as excused. ;) I made everyone copies of the same points I posted to discuss so we could keep each other on track. I also set up a ‘production binder’ for the project. It’s a nice way to keep it from taking over my life/kitchen table. It’s also great for housing magazine clippings, stray papers, or notes. I know, Suzanne, it's Organizational Addiction, I think.
I thought I’d open the meeting with a few things Natasha and I had brainstormed about. Our initial thought was to make the shots in colored background with era suggestive wardrobe that would blend and make the hair and make-up pop. Suzanne saw it another way, in fact, she saw it several other ways. She had pulled several magazine pages that showed the results of dramatically different backgrounds. I just sat amazed while she explained the benefits, and focus of each style. I was thrilled and thankful to her for showing us what a statement changing the shade of a backdrop can make. That Suzanne, she's so smart. We all chatted back and forth about the pros and cons of each style. What it came down to was budget.
The meeting went very well; though we were short a few members, marked as excused. ;) I made everyone copies of the same points I posted to discuss so we could keep each other on track. I also set up a ‘production binder’ for the project. It’s a nice way to keep it from taking over my life/kitchen table. It’s also great for housing magazine clippings, stray papers, or notes. I know, Suzanne, it's Organizational Addiction, I think.
I thought I’d open the meeting with a few things Natasha and I had brainstormed about. Our initial thought was to make the shots in colored background with era suggestive wardrobe that would blend and make the hair and make-up pop. Suzanne saw it another way, in fact, she saw it several other ways. She had pulled several magazine pages that showed the results of dramatically different backgrounds. I just sat amazed while she explained the benefits, and focus of each style. I was thrilled and thankful to her for showing us what a statement changing the shade of a backdrop can make. That Suzanne, she's so smart. We all chatted back and forth about the pros and cons of each style. What it came down to was budget.
Really, we’re starting off with a $0 allowance and seeing how that works out for us.
Naturally, we know we’ll have to spend a little money to make this thing happen, but so far, all artists have come together for love of the game. We’re trying to be open to possiblity, broadening our spectrum of thinking and watching this project branch out in directions we never dreamed of.
Still, we’re on a try-and-budge-it. We can make this happen, it’s just gonna take a little resourcefulness, and a little elbow grease.
After spending all that time on style choices, we snapped back to our agendas and moved on to finalizing decade assignments… not that I’m posting those yet, those are for later.
We continued on brainstorming ideas (it WAS on the agenda, after all). Thoughts like looking for a set designer flew around for a bit, and then wardrobe came up.
Natasha said she heard that some of the big studios have donation departments, but we’d have to be doing a little more than a photo shoot.
Simultaneously (eyes bulging like cartoons) we all thought the same thing.
Why the hell aren’t we doing more than a photo shoot?
The Byu-ti creed is Give Goodness. Of course. That’s what was missing.
Quickly we began a whole new subject of discussion. WHO? Immediately we all rattled off a few charities close to each of our hearts. Still, the answer was right in front of us.
Each time we send a woman out of the salon, our art makes a statement about her and her lifestyle. What do we see then when we look at style icons like Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe? What was going on (or NOT going on) in their lives?
What does each decade say about the evolution of the women lived in that hair? How is that message still relevant today?
Now on a mission bigger than ourselves, we scribbled down notes of additional research to do on the evolution of women’s rights (and all civil liberties) and find several groups of people to both support and benefit from what we had cooking.
We hurried through the remaining topics of shoot dates, next steps, and logging resources for reference and moved on to the task at hand, but we were buzzing with a slightly more directed vibe.
Today I ordered a bunch of books from Amazon.com. Just hit a few keywords and read some reviews, next thing you know, I’m paying extra for expedited shipping. So much for the $0 budget.
XOXO
Andi
“Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art.
Naturally, we know we’ll have to spend a little money to make this thing happen, but so far, all artists have come together for love of the game. We’re trying to be open to possiblity, broadening our spectrum of thinking and watching this project branch out in directions we never dreamed of.
Still, we’re on a try-and-budge-it. We can make this happen, it’s just gonna take a little resourcefulness, and a little elbow grease.
After spending all that time on style choices, we snapped back to our agendas and moved on to finalizing decade assignments… not that I’m posting those yet, those are for later.
We continued on brainstorming ideas (it WAS on the agenda, after all). Thoughts like looking for a set designer flew around for a bit, and then wardrobe came up.
Natasha said she heard that some of the big studios have donation departments, but we’d have to be doing a little more than a photo shoot.
Simultaneously (eyes bulging like cartoons) we all thought the same thing.
Why the hell aren’t we doing more than a photo shoot?
The Byu-ti creed is Give Goodness. Of course. That’s what was missing.
Quickly we began a whole new subject of discussion. WHO? Immediately we all rattled off a few charities close to each of our hearts. Still, the answer was right in front of us.
Each time we send a woman out of the salon, our art makes a statement about her and her lifestyle. What do we see then when we look at style icons like Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe? What was going on (or NOT going on) in their lives?
What does each decade say about the evolution of the women lived in that hair? How is that message still relevant today?
Now on a mission bigger than ourselves, we scribbled down notes of additional research to do on the evolution of women’s rights (and all civil liberties) and find several groups of people to both support and benefit from what we had cooking.
We hurried through the remaining topics of shoot dates, next steps, and logging resources for reference and moved on to the task at hand, but we were buzzing with a slightly more directed vibe.
Today I ordered a bunch of books from Amazon.com. Just hit a few keywords and read some reviews, next thing you know, I’m paying extra for expedited shipping. So much for the $0 budget.
XOXO
Andi
“Art for art's sake, with no purpose, for any purpose perverts art.
But art achieves a purpose which is not its own.”
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