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11/01/2012 10:58:12 AM · #1 |
I have done quite a few one-man shows now (around a dozen or more), but honestly I still have no idea how to plan for one in advance without spending excessive amounts of time.
Mainly, I just kind of pick what I want to show in general, bring more than I need, then go there, and decide what to hang when I'm there. That does create a problem for generating the appropriate labels under the photo (and I have a residual set I can bring with, but it's not easy still to figure out if everything is covered. (Also, I don't want to pull all the photos out of boxes before I go either to match them up.) I think this time I'll just make two trips and hang any missing labels the second day.
How do you do it?
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11/01/2012 11:31:22 AM · #2 |
| I have a show starting tonight with three other artists at Shoreline City Hall. The good thing about it is I was limited to 10 pieces. All of them had to be submitted ahead of time for approval. And the city hangs everything and makes the labels. It requires some hoops to jump through; artist statement, promotional statement, and pricelist with thumbnails. But all I have to do tonight is show up with snacks for the reception. |
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11/01/2012 11:44:50 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by franktheyank:
I have a show starting tonight with three other artists at Shoreline City Hall. The good thing about it is I was limited to 10 pieces. All of them had to be submitted ahead of time for approval. And the city hangs everything and makes the labels. It requires some hoops to jump through; artist statement, promotional statement, and pricelist with thumbnails. But all I have to do tonight is show up with snacks for the reception. |
Sounds good! Make sure you take some pics and post them. (I also take pics to remember what I hung at a given venue).
I should have mentioned that do I have a list of all my photos, I keep them in boxes and label the boxes so I know what's there (still hard to remember sometimes what a title means for some of the similar ones).
I have a 40+ photo show to hang today. I just printed my list, went through and checked off what in the boxes on the list. I can then go and pilfer from my walls for the missing ones. The only planning I do is to make sure I bring enough, and the ones I like, and try to avoid bringing duplicates!
I also keep track of what's hung at what show in my PIM. But that's all "post". Still no good planning! |
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11/01/2012 02:41:03 PM · #4 |
Ha! You are still more organized the me Neil!
I hung a show a couple of weeks ago. I was only given a two hour window to get eighteen images to the venue a block from my office (in the rain) and all hung. Crazy! I did pre-cut wires to hand from a picture rail to get the top of all images at the same height the day before the show (glad I did!). I made the price labels in advance too and stuck them all on the back of one print with removable stickers. I just ran around like a maniac dodging customers and quickly putting pieces where I thought they would look good and then put the price labels where they needed to be (I write the size with the price to help jog my memory which title goes where). I liked the way I hung it despite the rush, but the venue owner suggested I go in there today and move the ones that have sold to the back to give others more notice.
40+ images! Good luck with that Neil- I feel for you :-0 But it will be nice to see once it is up :)
Frank:
You had it easy! I hope to make it by there tonight though something came up at work that might get in the way. Good luck!
Message edited by author 2012-11-01 14:42:16. |
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11/01/2012 11:50:29 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Brent_S:
Ha! You are still more organized the me Neil!
I hung a show a couple of weeks ago. I was only given a two hour window to get eighteen images to the venue a block from my office (in the rain) and all hung. Crazy! I did pre-cut wires to hand from a picture rail to get the top of all images at the same height the day before the show (glad I did!). I made the price labels in advance too and stuck them all on the back of one print with removable stickers. I just ran around like a maniac dodging customers and quickly putting pieces where I thought they would look good and then put the price labels where they needed to be (I write the size with the price to help jog my memory which title goes where). I liked the way I hung it despite the rush, but the venue owner suggested I go in there today and move the ones that have sold to the back to give others more notice.
40+ images! Good luck with that Neil- I feel for you :-0 But it will be nice to see once it is up :)
Frank:
You had it easy! I hope to make it by there tonight though something came up at work that might get in the way. Good luck! |
Brent, that sounds crazy! I put up 43 photos today...I got there at 2pm and left at 6:10. FOUR HOURS without a break. :(
And I didn't have a chance to hang the labels, so I have to go back tomorrow. They did have a rail/hanging system and all hardware ready. Except that they didn't work well with my canvases. So I had to make little wire hangers to hang off of their hangers right there. The framed shots hung fine. I think it's a problem because 1) The canvas prints are so light, and 2) some of their hooks were huge, and I couldn't let it be behind my canvases, or it would push through (I use 3/4" canvas standouts).
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