CHAIRity Event

I had planned to contribute a chair to the Falmouth Artists' Guild Masquerade Chairity Bash to raise money for the Falmouth Artists' Guild. I designed and painted a chair that was sold in a live auction at the Falmouth Artists' Guild Masquerade Chairity Bash, where I also served food. The outcome for me, and those I was working with was that my chair sold for $40 that went towards the Falmouth Artists' Guild, and everyone loved the food I was serving and the fact I was serving the food. I felt great to know I had sold something and that the money was going to help our community and also because everyone was so happy to see me and the food. I interacted with my mom who helped me get the chair, told me how to prime it, and helped with the smaller details like the writing around the rim of the chair which my hands are not yet deft enough to accomplish. I interacted with my adult supervisor Carlyn and the caterers who prepared the food, and I interacted with the guests by serving them and socialising to make them feel more relaxed. I perceived that the chairs by more well known artists sold for more and that people seemed to loosen up as the night went on and accept the food more when offered. I thought the activity was a lot of fun and a great experience because it was good to get used to interacting with people at events, especially fundraisers and it was fun to see everyone in costume. This activity meant a lot to me because I've had to drop art in exchange for 2 sciences and it felt good to be doing something for art in the community. The value of this activity was that I took part in helping bring art to the community and we raised a lot of money so we can keep on making art a part of life in our community. This activity benefits everyone, the people who bought the chairs, the guests who had a good time, the Falmouth Artists' Guild, and the whole Falmouth community who will be able to enjoy art more and more with the better facilities we're working to provide. This activity met learning outcome 2 because painting a chair was definitely a new challenge for me, I had only painted canvas previously and it took a lot of work and time and paint to get it all together. This activity also meets learning outcome 4 because I had to work with my mom, my supervisor, and the caterers to put this all together. My goal was set just right because even thought it was a challenge I still managed to create and sell a chair that raised money for the Falmouth Artists' Guild. My only difficulty was getting a chair and I almost dropped the activity when my mom offered me hers because she hadn't done anything to it yet. I learned that sometimes if you're relying on other people to get something done you need to remind them because they have troubles of their own to worry about and too late sneaks up real fast, a great life lesson. Also, having people walk around and serve food brings any event to a whole new level, good thing to know for throwing parties.