2 posts tagged “bathroom”

The last few weeks have been all about andy warhol, all the time. we were preparing and getting the town excited and ready for us and our celebration of receiving the national Andy Warhol Foundation Grant -- a real honor for us and Greensboro of this national forward-thinking arts recognition. We decided to announce it with a blow-out fundraiser party, aiming to match the national grant award with local donors' contributions.

Well, despite tensions running high, and working non-stop all week to produce this epic, three-floor, no-holds-barred, fancy and fun party, it turned out great. it was fun, classy, just the right amount of weird, warhol, silliness, delicious food, and staffed by some of the most attractive individuals in all of greensboro (we really clean up nice.) I had a lot of fun, I think the guests got what they came for, and we even had Father Time come through and have the chance to see the place all dressed up for the first time -- he was overwhelmed and awed I think.

Some favorite moments, because I'm tired, and because I do best in lists:

• having everything come together magically! every station set up, every bit of junk concealed and transformed into warholian party land! supporting people in making it work and knowing we all were working together to make this an amazing event for everyone.
• the delicious food and fancy drinks! not only did we get to eat such great treats from our favorite Chef Graham (which included walking back and forth from his walk-in freezer, down the alley, to our kitchen table!), but I got to be a bartender at the "Banana Bar" which was quite exciting.
• the photobooth with kirsten!
  
• getting my haircut on the fire-escape! by neighbor and fancy hair-stylist kyle britt! it fits in the theme because of warhol's Haircut films featuring Billy Name and Edie Sedgwick. the end product is a bit short (on one side...), but totally smokin'. and prominently displaying my rat-tail.
  
• seeing old friends!! Les, resident from last summer, and Chelsea, intern from last summer were both there! As well as some great people I've met this year but haven't seen in a while: Brian, Diana, Alister, and Natalie! who I've heard tons about from Blnkt, but now finally get to meet (what a great broad!)
• the banana plush pillow (about 4 feet in length) (in front of the desk). yep. i made it.
  

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• dance party in the bathroom: actually, it was the "Factory Toilet Facilities", covered entirely (ENTIRELY) in tinfoil to resemble this (this too), and additionally with a newly silver-spray-painted floor as a last minute brillz-and-ridiculous idea executed by dan, kaylan, and brian (at about 3 in the morning, the day before the party). It started with the call of Ace-of-Base and just got better from there. the song lyrics, "boom boom boom, I want you in my room. Let's spend the night together, from now until forever" are really not leaving my brain any time soon.
  
• a really delightful sleepover with 5 of my favorite people in my bed... such a late night and so much effort put into making this party happen, that we all were giggle-y and filled with stories of what happened that night and what went into making it happen. needless to say, the space feels a bit empty this evening.
  
• the brunch in the morning, with everyone really sleepily eating delicious strata (prepared by fabulon board members cliff and neal) but enjoying the sun in the alley-garden, and really being with each other in a relaxed and stress free way -- the party is over and we don't have to be crazy anymore!

I'm really excited to continue planning October's events, and make some other amazing things happen around here. It was great to focus and produce such a solid overwhelming entirely gigantic event, but I can't wait to go back to thinking about something other than Andy Warhol... right now his face is plastered (really) all over the facade of the building. That's about 300 Andy Warhols ready to come down and make room for the rest of the season of amazing community, art, playfulness, and magic.

there are a lot of people using the bathroom around here.