Would people be interested in a AN Art show?

[TSR]

Originally Posted by Ghostsuit

Oft that would cost a fair bit

Wouldn't have thought so...£100/day = £700/week = £2800 PCM = £33600/year...which seems quite extortionate

Which would be 20 people paying £5 (or 50 donating £2*), or find a sponsor or 2 making it a free-to-view gallery which is always preferred
(AN could sponsor it )

Even at £200/day, that's still only 40 people @ £5 each. Though I guess you have to add in advertising and electricity/etc. Advertise it for free at AN/DN for 2/3 weeks before it



*"donations please" bucket at the door?

[Largest of Als]

Originally Posted by Jaemi

Doubt you'd get asked anyway, stop kidding yourself on..
(the clue is in the second last word of the thread title.)

Have you in a wee set of stocks and a sign that says 'Punch Jammy in the face - £5' sign.. make a fortune

Originally Posted by Joe Spinebuster

Will there be some kind of quality control in what gets selected? If so, then I'll be glad to ruin it for everyone and turn up with a printout of something I knocked up in Microsoft Paint when I was supposed to be working.

Well.. with some of the stuff that passes for 'art' these days.. you might be the next big thing.





Al

[Jaemi]

We could set up a computer, just have you post links to shite all day long. Leaving enough space to post terrible digs/jokes followed by this smilie..


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[Connor O'Bain]

colour me interested

[fallen_nemesis]

Originally Posted by TSR

Wouldn't have thought so...£100/day = £700/week = £2800 PCM = £33600/year...which seems quite extortionate

Which would be 20 people paying £5 (or 50 donating £2*), or find a sponsor or 2 making it a free-to-view gallery which is always preferred
(AN could sponsor it )

Even at £200/day, that's still only 40 people @ £5 each. Though I guess you have to add in advertising and electricity/etc. Advertise it for free at AN/DN for 2/3 weeks before it



*"donations please" bucket at the door?

places like Offshore and the 13th put on exhibitions for free though for a small period of time. So I'm sure you could find somewhere much cheaper than 200 quid a day. Granted they're only small venues, but you get the idea. I can imagine going through an existing venue or establishment of some kind with space is going to be far cheaper than going totally out on a limb and getting your own space.

[Largest of Als]

Originally Posted by Jaemi

We could set up a computer, just have you post links to shite all day long. Leaving enough space to post terrible digs/jokes followed by this smilie..


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We wouldn't make any money out of that tho'..




Al

[Bunnylingus]

It'd be pretty cool.

I've got a fair few drawings kicking about.

Bet theres a fair few folk who dont put their stuff on here that would do some stuff for it.

[Potatojunkie]

I wholeheartedly endorse this event or product.

[Ghostsuit]

Originally Posted by Largest of Als

We wouldn't make any money out of that tho'..

Al

We wouldn't be making any money out of this anyway, well least not AN the artist might make some pennies.

[Woolies]

What would folks prefer?
Limit to one piece from each individual to involve as many folks as can be or choose a handful of artists and let them feature a selection.


Also no one has mentioned the jewellers on AltNation, almost all venues & spaces can be suitable for pics and pieces.

Originally Posted by Ghostsuit

We wouldn't be making any money out of this anyway, well least not AN the artist might make some pennies.

good stuff, I meant to ask if you were thinking of it as a sponsor or wanting to skim some commission off.

Sponsoring is best

[m0nkeymafia]

Originally Posted by Woolies

What would folks prefer?
Limit to one piece from each individual to involve as many folks as can be or choose a handful of artists and let them feature a selection.

Choose a few artists otherwise it wouldn't really be showcasing anything

[poprock]

Originally Posted by Woolies

What would folks prefer?
Limit to one piece from each individual to involve as many folks as can be or choose a handful of artists and let them feature a selection.

I suggest an invitational. Forbes invites a bunch of folk to show a few pieces each.

Run an online exhibition in tandem with it. Whip up a nicely-presented slideshow that pulls images from a folder in the old AN gallery and features a biography and ‘email me/buy now’ link for each artist. If non-invited AN members want in on the arty action, their stuff goes in the online show and not the physical one—because that can be as big as you like, nae bother.

[Tacky]

Would it not be better to get as many folk as possible who are interested, discuss it further and then see who is still interested, because with dates/other commitments, etc, there are bound to be folk that cant do it, so you want to get as high a number of folk as possible? And they could have a small 'stall' or 'area' each to showcase their stuff?

Maybe you could have (Lyn?) have her rockmylobster stall, or anyone else that has a wee business? Does Pamela still have a wee business? Then again, she hasnt been on here for years?

...or are you wanting to make it a more narrow night of purposely AN art?

[m0nkeymafia]

that sounds rather like an arts and crafts fair rather than an art show

Originally Posted by poprock

I suggest an invitational. Forbes invites a bunch of folk to show a few pieces each.

Run an online exhibition in tandem with it. Whip up a nicely-presented slideshow that pulls images from a folder in the old AN gallery and features a biography and ‘email me/buy now’ link for each artist. If non-invited AN members want in on the arty action, their stuff goes in the online show and not the physical one—because that can be as big as you like, nae bother.

Tony is the man with the plan.

[Tacky]

Originally Posted by m0nkeymafia

that sounds rather like an arts and crafts fair rather than an art show.

That's what i was thinking actually after i typed that!