
click here Hanging an Art Exhibit © 2013 Bo Mackison
https://lpgventures.com/n26r01zgh7u With a lot of help from family, I hung my art exhibit, Garden Party – A Celebration of Botanical Photography, at the Alicia Ashman Branch of the Madison Public Library today. There were 32 framed photographs and canvases to hang and we had four hours to get the job done.
https://penielenv.com/7vg5sei All of my practice packing for and setting up my photography booth at dozens of different art fairs and festivals came in handy. I chose the 30+ pieces weeks ago, framed a couple of new prints and finished one last canvas, and then packed them in sturdy bins.

https://paradiseperformingartscenter.com/p2j47afsok Framed Prints All in a Row © 2013 Bo Mackison
https://mocicc.org/agricultura/cd5t0l4xg1 Last week I completed a few smaller projects – creating title cards and revised price lists, and re-writing my artist statement and bio. I decided at the last-minute to include a quote with each photograph, much like I do when I post a photograph on this blog paired with a quotation.
go Once I had all the photos in the library, I lined them along an entire wall. The patrons, occupied with their newspapers, magazines, and computers, took a break to admire the bright botanical photos and comment on the hard work of hanging a show. I assured them it was an easier job to hang thirty photographs in a well-lit, air-conditioned building compared to hanging a similar number in a 10′ by 10′ tent at an art festival.
https://www.elevators.com/11bimeayub Though admittedly, I spent most of the time figuring out where to hang the art and working out details with the hard-working library staff. My assistants did the hard part!

https://guelph-real-estate.ca/m7z5z0dbff Bright Flowers in the Children’s Library © 2013 Bo Mackison
https://www.mreavoice.org/vmpiw9i2svu We hung bright, bold flowers in the children’s library. One toddler, a curious two-year old, noticed the bee in the coneflower photo and showed his mother. Several eight year old girls watched me level the purple anemone photograph, Charlotte’s Anemone, and declared that purple was their favorite color. “That would go in my bedroom!” one of them declared.
http://www.mscnantes.org/0z7ys3t3pa I love that the children are already looking at and connecting with art on their level. What joy that is, what inspiration for those who create art.

go to site “Zen Garden” with the Garden Books © 2013 Bo Mackison
https://dcinematools.com/e1stsu3l35 Zen Garden, one of my all time favorite photos on canvas, had to go in the gardening section. It seemed only right.

source url Almost Ready for the Opening © 2013 Bo Mackison
follow site By the time we had all of the art on the walls, the lights were flashing, signaling the close of the library. There was still a bit of leveling to do, and a few title cards to re-arrange, but the show is hung and ready for the official opening of the exhibit on July 1st.

https://www.mbtn.net/?p=wr7xtcp7x Garden Party Exhibit Information
go here Here are the details for visitors in the Madison, Wisconsin area: The art exhibit, Garden Party – A Celebration of Botanical Photography runs from July 1 through September 5 at the Alicia Ashman Branch Library Gallery, 733 North High Point Road on the far west side of Madison.
https://onlineconferenceformusictherapy.com/2025/02/22/7m6s7k0 Enjoy the show!
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Bo Mackison is a photographer and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Today she also spent several hours converting the local library into a flower garden.