After the initial failure to connect to a gallery that would not let me showcase for only three days and at the same time would not cost an arm and a leg, I decided to change the strategy and aim for a cafe or a restaurant instead. Hence, I contacted my friends and acquaintances on Facebook, asking for assistance.
That is how I came across my venue, the newly opened-to-be restaurant of a friend of mine. She is an amazing cook, and entrepreneur and an amazing person I met while participating in a project 4 years ago. The project, aimed at connecting the education and business, put together a lot of young people passionate to instill change. Blazhka (my friend) was one of them. At the time she was just a young woman who had just completed her certification courses for a baker, full of amazing and tasty recipes and big dreams of owning her own restaurant one day.
Throughout the years, I had seen her progress and change - her ideas of cooking home-made baked goods turned into her quest for zero waste (and the founding of an NGO of her own) and a successful catering business - Blagichka - zero waste. I was delighted that she finally reached the point to have a place of her own and that my exhibition would be the very first event hosted there. As an entrepreneur she aims at helping young people (artists mainly) to popularize their works and my work sounded just right for the opening since I had and exhibition to showcase and she had a couple of empty walls to fill in with something.
That is how I came across my venue, the newly opened-to-be restaurant of a friend of mine. She is an amazing cook, and entrepreneur and an amazing person I met while participating in a project 4 years ago. The project, aimed at connecting the education and business, put together a lot of young people passionate to instill change. Blazhka (my friend) was one of them. At the time she was just a young woman who had just completed her certification courses for a baker, full of amazing and tasty recipes and big dreams of owning her own restaurant one day.
Throughout the years, I had seen her progress and change - her ideas of cooking home-made baked goods turned into her quest for zero waste (and the founding of an NGO of her own) and a successful catering business - Blagichka - zero waste. I was delighted that she finally reached the point to have a place of her own and that my exhibition would be the very first event hosted there. As an entrepreneur she aims at helping young people (artists mainly) to popularize their works and my work sounded just right for the opening since I had and exhibition to showcase and she had a couple of empty walls to fill in with something.
The duration of the exhibition would be 1 month (no rent wanted and I was totally thrilled to be allowed this long) and the start date would be May 1st (even before the opening of the cafe) since we both liked to start the month with something new.
What is more, Blazhka agreed to do the catering, so I'll be having a real formal opening with some guests and wine. Can't wait for it to happen.
What is more, Blazhka agreed to do the catering, so I'll be having a real formal opening with some guests and wine. Can't wait for it to happen.
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