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Kansas City has what's called First Fridays where
all the galleries in the art district are open on the first Friday of each
month. The fun begins about 6 and goes well into the night. Galleries are open
late, all serve food and most served wine and or beer until that was stopped for
distributing liquor without a license. Most galleries now get a temporary
license to serve alcohol. It's a great time and a super way to see lots of art
and lots of kinds of art in a single evening.
Lea
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Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 8:22
AM
Subject: RE: Getting an audience at a
gallery
Marilyn,
A common practice is "gallery crawls."
Our attendance at openings
increased substantially when we coordinated them
with the other
galleries in the downtown area. We invite people for
noon "brown bag"
talks on the last Friday of the show - even manage
to get a sponsor for
those sometimes. The artist(s) or one of our members
talks about the
show. We also encourage teachers to bring
classes. You shouldn't
expect too much walk-in traffic.
Try dressing as a giant tube of Windsor Newton cadmium orange
paint and
wave at people driving by the gallery.
:-)
AZ
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-------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Getting an audience at a
gallery
> From: "Marilyn" <marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:
Thu, January 20, 2005 7:04 pm
> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators -
Professionals - Students"
> <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
Hello to All:
>
> Can any of you tell me what kinds of happenings
you have had a galleries to
> bring in audiences? For
instance I am considering having book signings or
> readings at the
gallery during the time expanse of an exhibit (not just at
> the
openings.)
>
> Music (DJ's or small bands) is something we've
tried with some success, but
> I'd still like to see the attendance at
openings and traffic throughout the
> exhibits larger.
>
>
Any suggestions or experience sharing would be appreciated.
>
>
Thank You,
>
> Marilyn
>
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> Leave gentle fingerprints on
the
> soul of another for the angels to
read.
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Proverb
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