Lauren Wetmore <████████████████████████████████ >
To: Forest City Gallery <info@forestcitygallery.com>
Cc: Josh Schwebel <privatejosh@gmail.com>, Director - Forest City Gallery <director@forestcitygallery.com>
Hi Teresa,
Thank you for working back through the text with us - its a really important inclusion and we are grateful for your work on it. It will be with the copy editor today and we will get back to you with a final draft for your review.
Regarding the quote, we’ve adjusted Josh’s text to incorporate the requested context. It now reads:
As the gallery’s sole staff member, Carlesimo is compensated for
30 hours of work per week to manage administrative, curatorial, financial,
educational, promotional, technical, and maintenance tasks. Referring
to a period when FCG was changing locations and the gallery was occupying two
sites for several month, Carlesimo bluntly acknowledged that to accomplish all
of this, she worked significantly more than 30 hours a week: “If I factor
in all the hours I work, I am making way below minimum wage.” This
juxtaposition of an overextended staff with a historical legacy recognizing
artistic labour sparked my idea for The Employee.
The text is with the copy editor from today, but let me know if there are any major outstanding issues with the treatment of this quote.
Wishing you the best,
Lauren