Last week, PS: Gallery opened its Spring Exhibit. Going to the gallery's opening receptions is one of my favorite things to do. Over spring break I contacted an editor at Review magazine, an online art publication based out of Kansas City. They had posted a need for contributors and my friend Jennifer passed the info along to me. I thought it was good timing with the new exhibit opening at PS, and the site doesn't have strong coverage of Columbia's art.
So I landed my first freelance writing gig! I'm making a silly big deal of it only because the idea of freelance writing has always felt so elusive and abstract. I always thought I could never really do it because I'm the type of person who needs someone behind me telling me when something is due. If you're a freelance writer, you're just pitching your stories wherever the wind blows and hoping that somewhere the wind will catch it and hold on to it. I didn't really think I was motivated enough to pursue possible rejection.
And I'm not saying that I've drastically changed my mind about the whole thing and think that it's the perfect career path for me. But, bottom line, I enjoyed doing it. I wrote my review (which you can read here) over the weekend and was so happy realizing again that writing about art is something I would be completely content doing for the rest of my life.
I'm getting "compensated" for the job (I'm taking bets at what you think that amount will be ... because really, I have no idea what to expect) and am considering framing the money like people who own restaurants or stores and frame the first dollar they ever make. Hey, it's the first time I've gotten paid for doing what I love! That's worth celebrating.
