Yesterday was the opening of 3 days art exhibition I organised to promote some young Ghanaian contemporary artists. This is the first time I have ever organised or curated an art exhibition.
The preparations before the art exhibition felt like pregnancy and I am going through labour to birth the results. I have 2 days left for this art exhibition to end and all I want to do is just enjoy the result of my hard work.
I am exhausted. The preparations were very tiring and expensive. I am really proud of what I have achieved so far with this art exhibition. I got a lot of support from people especially the artists I am working with to exhibit their works. While writing this post, one of the artists called me to congratulate me for organising the exhibition and he encouraged me not to give up.
My emotions are in a whirlwind right now. I am scared, nervous, anxious and excited at the same time. I want to believe what I am doing will yield results and that by the end of the exhibition, I have helped promote indigenous Ghanaian artists and art. Sometimes I become pessimistic and my team members remind me to remain optimistic. I keep telling them I doubt people will attend the art exhibition or buy any of the art works. Most often I remind myself to pray but I assume my prayers will not be answered so I refuse. I am in a constant state of confusion.
First time experiences are most often nerve-wracking. Doing something for the first time most often makes me anxious. I want perfection but I know I might not achieve it because it is the first attempt. Most often the first time is never perfect, you need to repeat in order to achieve perfection.
I am grateful to my team for helping me organise this art exhibition and they are also going through similar emotions like me. We did this together.