Thursday 15 June 2017

How To Prepare For An Art Exhibition

By Larry Williams


When planning to organize an art exhibition, know that it will be challenging and tough but can be really fulfilling when done successfully. The preparation depends on your chosen venue and contract with the owner of the place. The tips discussed assume that you will be organizing it on your own.

First thing is to find a good place for the exhibition that you will have. Then, make sure to choose the most applicable date for your art work Angleton TX display. Be sure to assess the place first, measure it and make some adjustments if necessary to meet your goal and ensure quality standards in the process.

You must decide what type of paintings will be displayed for the show. It should have a title based on the theme that your artwork will have. See to it that the paintings are well prepared and made possible for the day. Check its quality to meet the qualifications and standards of the people.

You should also take professional photographs of every artwork, some close-up shots will also do. Optimize all photos to be used on social media and in print if possible. For print, you have to use the best quality and high resolution. For social media channels, smaller sizes must be used with a variety of formats.

Also, do not forget the metadata. Do this by creating a sheet with the information available like artist, year, title, medium, price, size and other details. The information should described properly an ensure that all these are true. Create certificates of authenticity for each artwork that you will be displaying.

The opening has to be special as well. Hire a musician to help you audience appreciate it more or an art lecturer would really do for the opening. When needing to get more people to do the tasks then it depends on you. Just make the invitation weeks ahead of time to avoid rushing and so that corrections will be made on time.

If you have a lecturer, brief him or her first before he will make his speech. Design the invitation cards then send out to printers. Be sure as well to write and send out press releases. You may also start a social media campaign by posting photos of the artwork frequently. The address list that you have must be up to date as well.

Send all the cards that are done as early as possible to remind them and help them not to forget about it. As part of publicity, post the photos on different social media channels. Welcome the guests and help them enjoy the show by explaining to them some parts of the artworks. This will aid you enjoy the event as well.

After your show, do not forget to thank the guests. Send them a thank you letter or note written personally by you. Hand or send it to them depending on what is more applicable. You can also do the thanking on social media, writing all your thank you messages to the people who participated. All must be tagged or notified because without them, it will not be successful.




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