http://www.obamaspeopleexhibition.com Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:45:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July, you can be one of Obama's People by deciding on what would be your post in his administration team and coming in to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to have your portrait made. Richard Battye will be behind the lens and your images ... http://www.obamaspeopleexhibition.com/be-one-of-obamas-people-event/ Birmingham has a new Cabinet member of the Council for Culture - Cllr Martin Mullaney from the Lib Dems, who began his post this Monday, 18 May 2009. So on Wednesday, we met at the Museum and Art Gallery and I took him round the show. So far the project ... http://www.obamaspeopleexhibition.com/cllr-martin-mullaney-comes-to-visit-obama/ As Lorna-Mary was missing her plane, I was firstly the gallery guide for some of the students visiting the show before attending the talk, and then transformed myself into saleswoman for last minute ticket buyers, whilst having fascinating conversations with gallery visitors. Matthew Flowers saved me and we set up ... http://www.obamaspeopleexhibition.com/in-conversation-with-nadav-kander/ Of course, it had to happen. The post reception party at Must in Newhall Street was enjoyed by all, with amazing Dim Sum and the biggest wine glasses in the world. All that adrenalin and energy, mixed up with the rather wonderful wine, saw some pretty extraordinary sights as people ... http://www.obamaspeopleexhibition.com/humungous-wine-glasses-that-floored-the-party-guests/ Around a hundred people gathered together with the Obama portraits at the Artists Reception for Nadav on Thursday 14 May. I can honestly say that everyone was smiling for most of the time and I have never before enjoyed such generosity of spirit between so many different people. Lorna-Mary hosted ... http://www.obamaspeopleexhibition.com/generosity-of-spirit-at-nadavs-reception/ Well we know that it has arrived as we sent it with some tracking device which allows you to follow its journey. So now of course we want to know where it is in the White House and who in fact has read it. Though it was addressed to Eugene ... http://www.obamaspeopleexhibition.com/that-letter-to-the-president/ Dreadful I know but haven't blogged since Nadav visited and berating myself for being slack. I now realise why its done on pretty much a daily basis as its hard now to remember all those small things that have happened since 9 May. Of course the bigger things will be ... http://www.obamaspeopleexhibition.com/catching-up/ As if by magic, the arrival of Nadav and his wife Nicole, on Thursday 30 April, at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, coincided with the 100 days of Obama... It also coincided with a large group of students from Matthew Boulton, a photographer from the Birmingham Post, 40 schoolchildren and ... http://www.obamaspeopleexhibition.com/one-hundred-days-of-obama/ Tomorrow Nadav and his wife Nicole will be visiting Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to see the show for the first time. Nadav was away in the USA on a big commission when we were installing. He also went, at a last minute request, to photograph... Barack Obama, for a ... http://www.obamaspeopleexhibition.com/nadav-visits-obamas-people-at-bmag/ Yesterday I spent the afternoon in the gallery, talking to the visitors about the show. People were there not only from the city and region, but throughout the few hours I was there, I met up with three people from the USA, five from France, seven from Japan, four from ... http://www.obamaspeopleexhibition.com/bmag-internationally-renowned-place-for-art/