Breaking bread with gallery directors

Today I spent my lunch hour at a meeting of artists and gallery directors organized by John Nagle, the artistic director of the Tidewater. In attendance were reps from major area galleries such as the Horton, the Reynolds, the Goodwin and the Mexican Heritage Center. We met at the Student Chef Restaurant at Delta College, which I wrote about recently in the Record. (My Green Goddess Salad was excellent — and I really want to learn how to make a parmesan crisp.)

The lunch started with most of the gallery reps describing upcoming shows, and then we segued into the directors communicating with each other about challenges (mainly financial) and what they hope for in the future. I think Nagle’s intention in putting together this lunch was to facilitate just that kind of dialogue — what everyone’s doing, how they can help each other.

It was nice to put faces to many names I’ve become familiar with through Lori Gilbert’s monthly art roundups. I hope that this is the start of us all feeling more comfortable coming to each other with questions.