The Art Unleashed auction benefitting the KC Humane Society was tonight.  I donated a piece (the dog collar) titled The Bridge Crossed.  I was so nervous that no one would bid on it.  I didn't want to have to buy it myself...  But I didn't even have to bid!  There were several bids, including a small flurry towards the end of the silent auction.  And I don't even know the person that bought it! 

Silly as it may sound, I kind of felt validated as an artist.  Like something I did was worth paying for.  I know what my bio says...and I do mean it.  I really would rather someone hate something than be unaffected.  But at least a couple of people liked it!  YEAH!

The only things I've sold in the past have been relatively "normal."  This was the first remotely abstract or off-kilter kinda thing.  I'm so stoked.  I just had to tell ya'll. 

So, I am going to have my stuff at the Western Auto Building for a month starting at the end of August.  I'm way nervous, but excited.  I'm trying to figure out which ones to display and how to do the set up.  I'm also trying to figure out what / how much / if anything to do for First Friday.  I don't want to go overboard for FF and set myself up for disappointment.  Nor do I want to buy tons of stuff & have no one show.  But I don't want to seem like the absolute amateur I am...

Thought? Opinions? Advice?  Oh, please!!