----- Original Message ----- From: "Emily L. Ferguson" <elf@xxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 7:19 PM Subject: Re: Guidelines for galleries I appreciate all your help very much, Emily. Thank you. Just so everyone knows I'm not trying to be lazy - I am reading and researching these questions elsewhere. I just value the experiences of PhotoForum members and thought I may as well take advantage of your knowledge. Marilyn -------------------------------- > At 6:27 PM -0700 5/21/04, Marilyn wrote: > >I have some questions for those of you who show work in galleries, work in a > >gallery or have worked in galleries. > > > >Would you be willing to share with me: > > > >*Guidelines for framing work to be shown in gallery and how these guidelines > >are worded. > > Most of the galleries I'm part of have no set criteria for framing > and the photogs who contribute are all over the map. One of us is > into pretending that his photographs are watercolors or guaches and > he has them inkjet printed on watercolor paper and then lacquered, > and frames them without a mat in gilded frames. I mat generously and > frame almost exclusively with black matte finish aluminum as thin as > I can buy. The visually most capable of us is very poor and recently > submitted a great mass of inkjet 5x7s and 8x12s shrink wrapped > against corrugated cardboard with high prices. The work is gorgeous > but the presentation is embarassing. > > >*Sample contracts for the artists (photographers included, of course). > > Oh dear. That's a big project. I'd have to do some scanning. > > >*Promotional services the galleries provide for the artists. > > Some do some don't. Postcards to the mailing list of the gallery > with a small additional allocation to the artist, but generally only > when it's a one or few-person show. Newspaper advertising routinely > as part of doing business, also advertising in local arts rags, > reception at the expense of the gallery, some do pot luck. > > >*The gallerie's guidelines for choosing work to be shown. > > All over the map. Some jury each show, some take whatever you bring, > some look it over when you bring it and say yes or no. Depends on > the nature of the gallery. Generally the more the gallery owner > intends to make a living, the more agressive the criteria. > -- > Emily L. Ferguson > mailto:elf@xxxxxxxx > 508-563-6822 > New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography > http://www.vsu.cape.com/~elf/ > > > >
