So far we had many events at the gallery that were beyond our expectations. For our opening reception we had only expected around 50 people to show up, but were pleasantly surprised when over 100 people showed up. The part we were most pleased with was when people came to our show and had fun- for example, the doll house we made were full of Japanese Iwako erasers (puzzle erasers) for the guests to take home as souvenirs, however our guests not only took them home but they also disassembled the puzzle pieces creatively and created their own erasers (like putting the stem of a carrot on the body of a bunny). We loved seeing the pieces they created!
Everyday since the opening we had different events- we try to stick to the schedule of events but because we are busy bodies, we couldn’t help but do more than the list of the schedule!
For example, on Saturday we watched the movie “Laputa” and on Sunday, the afternoon tea event became an all day event! Even as our special guest was reading her poetry, guests continued to enjoy wagashi (Japanese sweets) and tea our artist made. On Monday, we had super smash brothers game night and drama night watching popular dramas “Liar Game” and “Ama chan.” On Tuesday, I did a reading of Murakami’s short story and also had a chance to read an excerpt from my never published novella called “Plastic Bags.”
Tea & Wagashi set up from Tea Event (6/22/14)
Short Story notes from Short Story event (6/24/14)
(Noticed how the word “excerpt” was misspelled! I was so nervous!)
Our very own, handmade doll house (made with foam boards, glue gun, “Sakura Modoki” was written on it with ink)
Every night had been very fun! Too bad the four of us were not able to take vacation for a week; we are only open from 7pm-10pm for that reason!
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