Unit X another meeting.

 By using Facebook we contacted each of the group to arrange a meeting last Tuesday. One of the media boys couldn't attend the meeting and sent a text.  At the meeting there was just the three of us the Leahna, Safia and me. We met up to see how each of us are proceeding with the 175 Manchester Art School brief.

Leahna discussing the brief in the group meeting.

Safia checking our Facebook for messages. 

Me thinking about my part of the brief.

 As usual we had a good meeting and we knew what direction each of us proceeding with. Unfortunately one of the other media guys didn't turn up! But that didn't stop us from discussing the forthcoming exhibition. I think we are fortunate that the three of us communicate and work together easily. Later we had a tutorial to explain what each of us are doing and how we are intermingling our work with each other. So each of us will have something that the others have done to show in the final exhibition.

Anna Douglas

Attended the Anna Douglas lecture about collaboration.

Collaboration-  work with combination - this is the meaning in the dictionary.

Anna Douglas- collaboration- means awareness of working together.

Working together is about the ability to communicate, problem-solving, brainstorming ideas, be generous with others and not keep all good ideas to oneself. Some people need to learn how to work together and for others it comes easily. It is putting one's ego aside, which is not easy for some people as they always want to be in charge. So, it is important to respect other's ideas, other ways of working and  having  the desire to work together. Once everybody knows what they're doing, breakdown the task into modules and then the individuals can work on their own.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
The lecture was about how artist's showing their work, need to work with other professionals to set up and record their work. In any gallery exhibition how many people would it take to set the exhibition up? The artist with his work, the manager of the gallery, decorator to paint the gallery the colour required for the exhibition and the person who is actually going to hang the exhibits on the wall or place them onto the stands and that's only the start! Think of all the people working behind the scenes of an art gallery and without these people the art gallery could not function.
I think Anna Douglas's lecture was interesting in the fact that working together is not always an easy option. I think anyone who is thinking of working together as a group and takes note of the above ideas, I think it would help them to work in a group successfully. Many thanks to to Anna Douglas for the lecture.