Art Planner

When the new year started I got involved immediately in several new art challenges. I already had several going from last year. And all of a sudden a show was closing and another was opening. My head started swimming with trying to remember all I needed to do, when to do it and so forth and I realized my head was not going to be sufficient any longer to do all this organizing and remembering. I needed help. I needed a planner! I found this one at Kinko's when getting some printing done for my office/day job. So I picked it up and quickly converted it into an ART PLANNER for all my art related activities. On these pages I list my art challenges on the left with each expectation, i.e. on which day of the month or how many times a month what is due in what size and medium etc. On the right side I have listed shows where my art is showing, what's hanging where, and when the shows close so I know when to pick up my art. And into which shows they will go next.

There is a monthly calender page which I did not photograph on which I can see the month at a glance of when I do what where!

And on the weekly pages I can insert photos of my art started and/or completed on those days and write a little about each piece.

Kind of like I do on my blog, but I'll have it all together in one place I can pick up and hold.

It makes me feel good to see what I am accomplishing each week

What I did today...

and what I need to remember to do next weekend.

I feel a lot more in control of it all now...and confident I will be continuing to create all year long.

At the end of the year it will be fun to pick up this book and see what all I did accomplish.

How do you keep track of all your art work and activities?