Friday, September 14, 2012
6:45pm - Last minute cleaning has pushed itself late into the early hours of the crawl. Tensions ran high and the race to hang all of the art as soon as possible became a struggle as crawlers began peering through the slits of the paper covering the windows with an odd tug at the door handle.
7:30pm - Unveiling began and in flowed the curious people.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Day 2 proved itself the most popular among the crawlers, there was probably 5 times more people than the Friday.
The gallery swelled with large crowds of people washing in and out like waves well into the late evening. Loud bass, balloons popping and the sounds of dozens of simultaneous conversations became the ambient tone over the weekend. Like music to our ears, the combination of relaxing from the week's hard work and finally opening to the warm air and droves of excited people was the utmost rewarding feeling.
An F for getting things done on time but a A for being
open for the Super Crawl. We apologize to anyone who may been on the
other side of the glass during those early hours that never had the
chance to visit.
Showing posts with label hamilton new art gallery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hamilton new art gallery. Show all posts
November 12, 2012
October 25, 2012
The Beginning
AUGUST (the treasure hunt)
Right off the top, I will say it... Hamilton is an awesome city. It is blossoming with potential, especially for artists. Rent is cheap and the community is tight!
Upon finding a little niche just off James Street North, we found an abundance of inspiration in turning an old storefront into a vibrant and creative new art gallery on King William Street.
King William Street from Jackson Square - August 2012
Only 5 doors east of Hughson Street is number 51.
Already vacant, the storefront boasted nice huge windows that were just asking to expose some new creative endeavor.
The space was a narrow 13 feet at its widest and just a little under 50 feet deep broken into several small rooms. It needed work and it would be a stretch to finish in time for the Hamilton Super Crawl, but nevertheless a challenge we were willing to accept.
51 King William Street vacant - August 2012
Shortly before September, we decided to take it upon ourselves to lease this sucker and give it life once again.
SEPTEMBER (crunch time)
Time to determine how and what we would need to do in the next week and a half before the doors can open to the 2012 Super Crawl.
Melody contemplates plans for the space.
To be continued...
October 18, 2012
Hello Hamilton!
MANTA Contemporary Art Gallery has a new home in the downtown core. Just one street north of the busy Gore Park we have nestled away a snug storefront on King William Street.
Let me introduce myself a little better.
My name is Stephen, and I am one half of MANTA. The other half goes by the name of Melody.
You are bound to hear and see a lot more about us and the gallery on our blog.
We have been open for just a little over a month now so I will have to backtrack a ways to fill everyone in on what happened from the beginning.
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
In the meantime, come check us out in person at:
51 King William Street
Hamilton, ON
L8R 1A2
or online at:
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