Ami Thompson http://www.amithompson.com Consulting, Event Planning, Photography Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:23:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en June, July, August 2008 http://www.amithompson.com/2008/june-july-august/ http://www.amithompson.com/2008/june-july-august/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:56:14 +0000 ami http://www.amithompson.com/?p=35 Summer time! Woot!

Gallery progress is moving forward - almost uncontrollably! This project has so much inertia that amazing people, ideas, and locations keep surfacing as perfect components but they are waiting until the final, and most difficult, piece materializes - finances! I think I’ve got a good plan for that too, but do to my cautious nature, I’m waiting until all my little duckies are in a row before I pounce. It just takes time… stay tuned!

]]> http://www.amithompson.com/2008/june-july-august/feed/ May 2008 http://www.amithompson.com/2008/may-2008/ http://www.amithompson.com/2008/may-2008/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 22:38:56 +0000 ami http://www.amithompson.com/?p=34 The Portland trip was a success! I found lots of inspiration and lots of fun. And I discovered I still have lots of learning to do. The most rewarding part of the trip was seeing that a successful gallery can have a foundation based in community and not compromise the integrity of the art or the business.

May and the nice weather have also brought some distractions! Some delightful: canoeing, running, gardening, BBQs, and outdoor backyard movies. Some disgusting: carpenter ant infestation. And some long over-due: kitchen re-model. So it seems my challenge for this month will to be to find balance amidst all these distractions.

]]> http://www.amithompson.com/2008/may-2008/feed/ April 2008 http://www.amithompson.com/2008/thebeginning/ http://www.amithompson.com/2008/thebeginning/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:29:52 +0000 ami http://www.amithompson.com/2008/03/08/initial-about-text/ My tickets to Portland are purchased and I should be arriving there soon. I got a killer deal on the tickets: two non-strop round-trips for less than $300. Perhaps I should add travel planner to my list of consulting services. ;) I’ll be harvesting all sorts of inspiration and intelligence on this jaunt - and hopefully some new surfing skills too!

]]> http://www.amithompson.com/2008/thebeginning/feed/ March 2008 http://www.amithompson.com/2008/welcome-text/ http://www.amithompson.com/2008/welcome-text/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:33:45 +0000 ami http://www.amithompson.com/?p=9 Research Research Research! My goal for the next few weeks is to check out and meet with as many art galleries as I can. I need to get a better feeling for the local gallery community and determine if and where I may fit in. I’m also planning to travel to Portland, OR to check out the gallery scene there with the help of a friend.

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