After my day of recovery with After Eights yesterday, TODAY I thank everyone who made this year's vernissage possible. There is a lot that goes in to making an event like this a success. Fortunately, I had lots of help from the ADVANCE Advance Team, the Advance Team, the consultants, and the day and evening of the vernissage team.
Of course, you can't have a vernissage without les artistes. They make having La Galerie dans la Cave possible: Returning Artists-Andre Baux, Laury Bourgeois, Brigitte Deully, Patricia LaRoche, and Joan Parker-Bourgeois..New Artists: Genevieve Baux, Partick Schlumberger, and Les Soeur Ridgley and Black. After today's thank yous, I'll be sharing the work of each of our village artists over the next few days.
The ADVANCED Advance Team will always be a spotlight on just one person and friend, Patrick Larribe. Patrick and Josianne built and installed the lighting system for me in the cave, and every year Patrick is with us to honcho the hanging and placement of the art in the cave. This year was no different. HUGE MERCI to Patrick again and again for his tireless and loyal commitment to always helping me make this come off.
This year's Advance Team-included Patrick Larribe, Evelyn Jackson, and one of our newest artists, Patrick Schlumberger. Not only did Patrick S. (or SHUB) help to hang and arrange his artwork; Patrick arrived early the Saturday morning of the vernissage and cleared the rest of the terrace dirt and brambles for us! An even HUGER MERCI, for something that really does feel like above and beyond the call of duty to me!
And then you have the consultants who helped out at varying points in the process. Annemarie Kremer and Gerard Niet were invaluable translators for me and convincers that we could work hard to make modern uniform style match with a wide range of differnt.
After I rearranged some, Evelyn came down and gave the thumbs up and Jane Jolly helped me with some of the pieces that needed to be placed, as well as grocery shopping, After Eights and the placement of lace and light in the window so you couldn't see the extension cord!
Jane came over early to lend moral support and get us set up to take donations to do a little for Helping Homeless Hounds in Figeac, with some artwork of her Mom's and Aunt's on offer.
Visitors came and went. Patrick S. was an amazing helping host in the cave. By 10:30, the hard cores were left with Patrick, S. Nadja, Jane, Yves, Antoine and me. It was wonderful to sit, visit, ponder the evening and bask in the glow of new and old friends.
Saying my HUGE MERCIS with the beautiful flowers below, from Andre and Genevieve Baux-Merci Encore!
Happy Monday!
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