GRAND ART AND CRAFT EXHIBITION

An exhibition of everybody who has taken part in the art classes is always a good way to wrap things up, and today’s show didn’t disappoint.

Since we were sharing the space with the crafters, it was advertised in the daily program as an ‘Art and Craft Exhibition’, due to start at 3pm and finish at 4pm.

We used the plastic boards from the classes, two at a time taped into a tent shape, to show as many of the paintings as possible within the space provided, and to give it a little three-dimensionality, instead of just placing them flat on the tables. I would love to plaster the walls with them, but Saga don’t like anything attached to their walls, so we work with what we’ve got to work with.

The turnout was encouraging, and the paintings looked absolutely fabulous put together as a collective. Randomising subjects and painters always increases the thrill of the display, and – simply put – they always look good together.

Considering just how many events were taking place at the same time as ours, I was particularly pleased with the numbers of passengers who turned up to have a look. When the hour was up, the pop-up gallery was dismantled and within minutes it was like we’d never been there at all. Most folks collected their work at the end while some had to be posted back to their cabins (a task Tracey and myself took upon ourselves to do).

In the words of Mary Poppins and Bart Simpson… My work here is done.

We’ll be heading back up this way in July, on the Spirit of Adventure again, as we head towards the North Cape and on to Iceland.