Author: Sal and Simon
VentnorBlog Presents … The Aftermath
Monday, 25th February, 2008 at 5:51 pm, Isle of Wight
A big Thank You from us to everyone who contributed to the success of VentnorBlog Presents … held at the glorious Bonchurch Manor Hotel over the weekend.
Shuba and Mark, owners of the hotel, not only lent the much-praised venue for the event, but provided a huge amount of help, as well as staff, to ensure the event went smoothly. Thanks also to Shuba for her fabulous peanut pakoras, which went down a storm on Friday - not to mention the teas and coffees to keep us all going over the weekend.
Huge thanks for the artists who did an amazing job of creating such stimulating and inspirational work. Great to see that others thought likewise, putting their hands in their pockets to buy some of the work.
It was really pleasing to hear the positive comments from visitors, not only about the venue — “wow, I don’t know why I’ve never been here before” — but about the numerous works of art on show.
Thanks to Alpha, Dhyana and Florin for sorting out the door so efficiently and running the cloakroom and also to Ananya for running the till.
Lots of companies stood up to be counted, lending their support for the event.
- The Garlic Farm for a generous supply of condiments.
- Hurst for the picture hangers.
- Isle of Wight Cheese for their delicious cheese.
- Paul Murphy for his ever-popular sausages.
- Ventnor Brewery for the Ventnor Golden and Sandrock beer.
- WightAway for sponsoring the first 100 drinks.
- And finally, Medina Wines for their recommendation of the delicious bubbly.
Last and certainly not least, a big thanks to all of those who came along to visit and look at the art. It’s estimated that in excess of 400 people came along over the time the exhibition was open.
It was a ton of work to get it all organised, but satisfying that so many people benefited from it and highly encouraged that so many people should ask us to host another one — we’ll let the dust settle and give it a serious consideration. Sshhh … don’t tell anyone, but we think we probably will.
We were only able to take pics when there weren’t many people around,hence it looking fairly quiet.
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February 25th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Stunning event, well done VentnorBlog! Hope to see more like this soon.
February 25th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Congratulations to the most prolific bloggers on the IW for this cracking event - wonderful mix of artists and loved the 78s playing in the lounge. Lots of neat touches - more please!
February 25th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
A really great evening at Bonchurch Manor. A real tribute to the VB and also to Mark and Shuba and all the artists. Not to mention an excellent networking opportunity!
looking forward to the next one.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:13 am
What an amazing bunch of artists you brought together, and a really lovely building.
Please do another one.
February 26th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
An excellent event - congratulations to Sal and Simon, all the artists and thanks also to Bonchurch Manor and the sponsors. I cannot wait for the next VB Presents…
February 26th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Just wanted to add what a brilliant exhibition this was - loved the mix of artists - particularly loved Julian Winslow’s work - magical.
The venue looked stunning and I’ll definitely be recommending it to my mainland friends.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Excellent indeed! Well done on your first exhibition VentnorBloggers. I for one hope it is the first of many - good quality art with interesting twists.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Been meaning to say for some time how wonderful the exhibition was. There was something I was interested in buying but didn’t have the money at the time. Can I find out if it’s still available?