A couple of weeks ago I managed to retrieve my artwork from Artomatic. This past Friday I served the last of my three required volunteer shifts. I basically helped with taking down the partitions in the middle of the floors. The shift I was on managed to finish with the few that were left on the 9th floor before taking down all the ones on the 8th floor. By the time we started on the 7th floor, our shift was over. When I left there was still a lot of work that needed to be done but I'm sure everything will be eventually cleared out.

On that note, I'm going to stop updating this blog for the rest of the year. While I enjoyed myself at this year's Artomatic, the big disappointment is that I didn't sell a single thing. I don't know if it's due to the poor economy or the fact that Artomatic was moved to the summertime or the fact that it was located near the Nationals ballpark or a combination of all three. But right now I'm up in the air as to whether I will participate next year. It really depends on what the organizers do and where the event will be located and my own schedule.

But I'm really disappointed that all my efforts have amounted to naught when it came to my own sales and even lucking out on meeting influential curators or other movers and shakers in the art world who could help me make it to the next level. I'm at the point where I'm questioning whether it was worth it at all.

I'm not going to make any decisions about my participation in future Artomatics until next year. In the meantime I'm just going to pursue other opportunities and hope they pan out.