Nerves!

My very first curated-on-my-own exhibition, while not officially opening until early May, will probably be open early...by this afternoon, actually. I've curated small case exhibitions, and written labels and text for a small part of a bigger exhibition, but this is a slightly bigger fish and I've been quite nervous about the whole thing. It's been a lot of work, but seeing it go up is exciting. Now I have to prep for a gallery talk later in May.

Bwee!

The subject of the exhibition is American tourism to Italy during the nineteenth century. I've gotten to bring out some pieces of art that have rarely or never been shown, the focus of my museum being what it is. The preparator and I decided on a blue color that's splendid in the room - color can really bring things together and this one just does the trick. Some of the pieces are in heavy gilt frames and they just look marvelous against the blue.

Anyway, it's been a big chuck of my life for a little less than a year now, and I feel like a hen who has just delivered a long-overdue egg.