Dates and Schedule
The exhibition before yours finishes on the Saturday before your opening date. The previous exhibitor will have that Saturday to get their prints down, You can come in on the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, to hang your exhibition and be ready to open on the Wednesday. There will need to be some coordination between yourself, the previous exhibitor and us to make sure this all happens smoothly.
Frames
We advise exhibitors to use frames of the same size and colour for a coherent visual appearance. We suggest black A3 frames which can be bought at Kmart/Warehouse quite cheaply and are sufficient for an exhibition without breaking the bank. You can hang around 24 to 30 frames on the walls without it looking crowded, less or more if you wish. Have your framed prints ready to hang before your exhibition.
No Frames
You also forego frames and mount your prints on foamcore or something similar
Printed Information Sheets
Prepare some printed material to inform viewers about the work on the walls. This can be something like the title of the work and a short blurb about the artist and maybe some technical details. Usually 2 or 3 such sheets at various places is sufficient.
Sales
If you wish to have a price list then you need to number the prints on the wall so there is no doubt which print is being sold. There are some red dots in the gallery.
The Shutter Room takes no commission on sales. You get the full price.
But we do encourage donations from successful sellers should they be feeling generous. We would also encourage you to sell your prints in the frames as that makes it easier for purchasers.
Opening
There is usually an opening to invite friends and fellow members. Some people prefer to have this before the the exhibition opens and other have theirs at the end of the first day. Some go for the 5pm to 7pm time slot because people are still in town from work and others go for a later slot like 7pm to 9pm. You choose if you want an opening and when.
Below is a typical shopping list for catering an opening.
The Shutter Room has sufficient glasses for an opening that you are welcome to use.
Publicity
We notify all the high schools in the area that teach photography about our exhibition by sending out posters and publicity sheets. In the blurb that goes to the schools I say that we will open outside our normal hours for school parties. This does happen and we can normally organise for someone to be there if the exhibitor cannot. I also produce a poster that gets dropped off at various places around town. We also do a listing on Eventfinda. We also encourage exhibitors to publicise their exhibitions themselves.
Posters
We do 2 x A4 posters:
Gallery Poster
School Poster.
These serve primarily to publicise The Shutter Room as well as the exhibition. The School Poster has names and dates and the Gallery Poster doesn't. The reason that the Gallery Poster doesn't is that it never "expires" as such. We do not charge the exhibitor for these posters as we see them as primarily for our own benefit. There is nothing to stop you from doing your own poster in your own style and size. Unfortunately, few cafes take posters anymore. Instead I have found that banks, govt offices, lawyers etc will gladly take them for their staff rooms. We do get people from these organisations coming to the exhibitions so we know that these posters are an effective form of publicity. They are printed on heavyweight high quality paper and there is no charge for these posters.
To produce the publicity we will need 4 things from:
1. A B&W photo for the printed poster. It needs to be a minimum of 2000 pixels wide and should be contrasty or striking.
2. A colour photo for use online must be 1170 pixels wide by 504 pixels high or larger and not bigger than 5 megabytes.
Note: Images should be landscpae format (wider than taller)
3. The Title of your exhibition
4. A Blurb up to 3000 chars about your exhibition
Gallery Layout
The main desk and the chairs can be re-arranged to suit you. We have a basic music player at the gallery and a few classical CDs. You are free to bring your own music system and play your own choice of music. You can manage the gallery space in any way that suits you
Sitting With Your Exhibition
We encourage all exhibitors to spend as much time with their exhibition as they possibly can. By doing this you will get to see visitors reactions first hand. Obviously this will not be possible for everyone due to work/childcare commitments etc. We do have a roster of volunteers but you will need to coordinate this with the gallery admin.
Further Questions?
Just use the Contact Form to get in touch with us.
The exhibition before yours finishes on the Saturday before your opening date. The previous exhibitor will have that Saturday to get their prints down, You can come in on the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, to hang your exhibition and be ready to open on the Wednesday. There will need to be some coordination between yourself, the previous exhibitor and us to make sure this all happens smoothly.
Frames
We advise exhibitors to use frames of the same size and colour for a coherent visual appearance. We suggest black A3 frames which can be bought at Kmart/Warehouse quite cheaply and are sufficient for an exhibition without breaking the bank. You can hang around 24 to 30 frames on the walls without it looking crowded, less or more if you wish. Have your framed prints ready to hang before your exhibition.
No Frames
You also forego frames and mount your prints on foamcore or something similar
Printed Information Sheets
Prepare some printed material to inform viewers about the work on the walls. This can be something like the title of the work and a short blurb about the artist and maybe some technical details. Usually 2 or 3 such sheets at various places is sufficient.
Sales
If you wish to have a price list then you need to number the prints on the wall so there is no doubt which print is being sold. There are some red dots in the gallery.
The Shutter Room takes no commission on sales. You get the full price.
But we do encourage donations from successful sellers should they be feeling generous. We would also encourage you to sell your prints in the frames as that makes it easier for purchasers.
Opening
There is usually an opening to invite friends and fellow members. Some people prefer to have this before the the exhibition opens and other have theirs at the end of the first day. Some go for the 5pm to 7pm time slot because people are still in town from work and others go for a later slot like 7pm to 9pm. You choose if you want an opening and when.
Below is a typical shopping list for catering an opening.
- 2 White wine
- 2 Red wine
- 2 Fruit juice
- Water
- A few beers
- Crackers (vegan and non-vegan)
- Cheeses
- Dips
- Carrot sticks etc
The Shutter Room has sufficient glasses for an opening that you are welcome to use.
Publicity
We notify all the high schools in the area that teach photography about our exhibition by sending out posters and publicity sheets. In the blurb that goes to the schools I say that we will open outside our normal hours for school parties. This does happen and we can normally organise for someone to be there if the exhibitor cannot. I also produce a poster that gets dropped off at various places around town. We also do a listing on Eventfinda. We also encourage exhibitors to publicise their exhibitions themselves.
Posters
We do 2 x A4 posters:
Gallery Poster
School Poster.
These serve primarily to publicise The Shutter Room as well as the exhibition. The School Poster has names and dates and the Gallery Poster doesn't. The reason that the Gallery Poster doesn't is that it never "expires" as such. We do not charge the exhibitor for these posters as we see them as primarily for our own benefit. There is nothing to stop you from doing your own poster in your own style and size. Unfortunately, few cafes take posters anymore. Instead I have found that banks, govt offices, lawyers etc will gladly take them for their staff rooms. We do get people from these organisations coming to the exhibitions so we know that these posters are an effective form of publicity. They are printed on heavyweight high quality paper and there is no charge for these posters.
To produce the publicity we will need 4 things from:
1. A B&W photo for the printed poster. It needs to be a minimum of 2000 pixels wide and should be contrasty or striking.
2. A colour photo for use online must be 1170 pixels wide by 504 pixels high or larger and not bigger than 5 megabytes.
Note: Images should be landscpae format (wider than taller)
3. The Title of your exhibition
4. A Blurb up to 3000 chars about your exhibition
Gallery Layout
The main desk and the chairs can be re-arranged to suit you. We have a basic music player at the gallery and a few classical CDs. You are free to bring your own music system and play your own choice of music. You can manage the gallery space in any way that suits you
Sitting With Your Exhibition
We encourage all exhibitors to spend as much time with their exhibition as they possibly can. By doing this you will get to see visitors reactions first hand. Obviously this will not be possible for everyone due to work/childcare commitments etc. We do have a roster of volunteers but you will need to coordinate this with the gallery admin.
Further Questions?
Just use the Contact Form to get in touch with us.
Just outside the main door of the library
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Gallery Hours
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