Arts Fest Display
I expect you already have most of what you need for display, but here are a few things to think about or which might make your life easier.
🎪 There is some equipment on site. Most is from the church’s own supply, so we are truly lucky to be working with them. They have been generous in so many ways.
There are plenty of chairs, some sun umbrellas, but only a limited supply of tables on site. The vast majority of tables are 4.5'-wide ROUND tables. You will be notified about signing up for equipment.
🎪 For anyone displaying on a table, please bring a table cloth which will reach the floor, so we can achieve a neat, professional appearance.
🎪There is nowhere to attach your work to a wall and few walls to even lean against. If you need vertical space you need to bring it. If you don't have anything, get creative (easels, plate stands, trellises…), beg, borrow and… well, we’ll see what we can do, and check out the ideas below.
🎪 And if you have resources for display you can spare, it would be lovely if you could offer them to other members.
Display Ideas
Purchasing display panels can be remarkably cheap, but think also about what you might already have kicking around. Here are some ideas (not recomendations!) you may find helpful. Be sure they work in your space, are sturdy enough to hold up your work without bending or breaking before you commit.
You can buy wire hanging surfaces or use a metal fence panel for something like this that Tamara Danoyan used.
Look carefully and you can see the curving top of an easy to install low wire fence used by Jean Pettigrew. She pounded the stakes into the earth and leaned her work against the fence as well as the edge of the courtyard. You can see more work which she simply laid on the table.
Kit Coleman used a free-standing grid wall to attach her paintings.
This combo grid and easel is Barbara Grauke's. Once you know your space, you can be creative to maximize your impact. She and Lindsay Marx effectively used the planted beds to display their garden art which could be pressed into the ground to stand.
Stelli Munnis displayed her photographs on easels and propped up on her table.
A screen door is easy to hang things from. You could even use one from your home just for the day and then return it to its normal role.
You could attach your art to a board or an old door. Maybe a long, loose shelf board could be a one-day stand-in.
Barbara Grauke's display is simple and beautiful enhancing the qualities of the glass work. Would the same design be stable quickly made from PVC pipes?
Mami Weber and Karen Urbanek used a variety of table top strategies as well as a portable panel wall for hanging.
Jeanne Gadol used table props and different options for people to flip through to see her work.
Krista Kahl brought a rolling wardrobe for her T's. If you have a taller one, you could suspend pictures below the bar.
Terry Ow-Wing used multiple effective strategies to meet all her display needs and maximize the use of her space..
The first year, the group show hung from a folding screen borrowed from a community member.
If you are still unsure what to do, write us at PVartsfest@gmail.com, so we could help you think through things or maybe hook you up with a mentor.