Gallery Manager

     Merit is worth its weight in gold but as are connections and timing. I avidly believe in some  circumstances you are intended to be at a specific location at a certain moment and by doing so it change change your course. Some things are not coincidence, such as my husband's and my initial interactions. It is not fate which I condone but perhaps an unseen nudge.
     I mention this because thanks to such an unseen nudge and coincidental timing I have recently acquired a wonderful opportunity. As I had wrote prior my work was accepted into the Colour Show at the Undiscovered Gallery on Coronado. End of September there was the final reception of which I was to attend. To be honest I was tired and Danny was on duty so if it wasn't for professionalism and nudge from him I'd most likely had been in the wardroom instead. I arrived and socialized and genuinely had a good time. Business cards were distributed and chatting up gallery goers completed. As the evening drew to a close I was speaking with the Gallery Director, Nicole, and her friend. It was then that she mention because of a recent move she needed help with the gallery and was looking to share the reins. At the sound of this my ears perked to attention and next thing you know it was as if I was making a pitch in the boardroom.
     Hoping to have not came on too strongly I sent along my resume. Shortly then Nicole responded and after we work out some details you can say hello to Undiscovered Gallery's new Gallery Manager! The gallery may be small but I'd rather be there from the start and build a foundation. It's unpaid but this is an incredible opportunity. This is what my degree what designed to do. And one day it could become paid. Most importantly it is a foot in the door.
      I am so glad to have gone that night. To have engaged in that conversation. To have been there in that moment and to have take a chance for such an opportunity. This is just the beginning but it's put my course in the correct direction.