Practice What You Preach: Local Art Teacher Exhibitions

Nicole CraneBritt Feingold

Palm Beach County Art Teachers Association

• Local Art Organization in Florida; 1st largest by area, 3rd largest in population

• Members include art teachers, teachers, museum staff, community artists, and retirees.

• Over 200 K-12 art teachers in the district and currently 125 are members.

• Activities include scholarships, professional development, student and member exhibitions, and local and state art competitions.

Communication

•One of the most important aspects of a successful exhibition and what holds it together.•Reminders of upcoming exhibitions, due dates, forms, drop-off and pick-up.

Member Exhibitions• Our organization hosts

member exhibits 3-5 times a year.

• Exhibitions are scheduled up to two years in advance.

• Members are constantly looking for new venues to exhibit.

• The fees go directly to the PBCATA scholarship fund and support the organization.

• Coming up with creative titles

Exhibitions continued…• The Vice-President is

responsible for coordinating all aspects of exhibitions.

• Call to artists are given a month in advance, applications are submitted, and then work is juried.

• Members must follow the procedures of submitting images, submitting the artist exhibition form, and paying the fees.

• Members must adhere to the due dates

Logistical Challenges

• Diverse locations• Communicating with venues• Gaining participants• Teacher friendly schedule• Adhering to due dates• Creating Press Releases• Successful Opening

Strategies for Securing Venues

• Make calls, scout spaces, submit proposals to suitable locations

• Proposals include information about the organization as well as examples

• Most venues book shows years in advance• Follow up with all leads

To Whom It May Concern:

On behalf of the Palm Beach County Art Teachers Association (PBCATA), I would like to propose an exhibition of member artworks for a future show at (Insert Venue).

PBCATA exhibits members’ artwork throughout Palm Beach County approximately 3-4 times a year. Some venues PBCATA has exhibited in over the past few years include Old School Square, Palm Beach State College, and the Armory Art Center.

PBCATA envisions an exhibition that consists of a variety of artwork submitted by roughly 15-20 of our members. The association is flexible about the length and dates of this prospective show. PBCATA has examples of past shows for your convenience.

I hope that you will consider the Palm Beach County Art Teachers Association for a future show in your gallery.

Thank you,

Guidelines

• Each venue has specific guidelines– FAU- smallest side must not be below 20” (due to space)– Northwood-must have original contract (or participant

cannot exhibit)– Size – Specific documentation

• Some spaces will have reasonable guidelines, others may be more challenging in which case your organization may not want to exhibit there in the future

Artist Agreements

• Exhibiting artists must follow the venue’s as well as the organization’s guidelines

• Each venue is different– Some venues allow nudity– Some venues only want small/large pieces of work

• Some venues require individual art contracts, others require only a group contract

Submission

• Artists/Members are given due dates– Who is participating?– Paying the fees.– Checking Labels for show – Dropping off and picking up

• Due dates are very important– You want to keep deadlines in order to retain a

positive reputation– No reason for not receiving an invite back

Delivery and Pick Up• Date are pre-determined • Part of the contract with the venue– Usually between set hours and over 1-2 days– Some places are flexible with early drop-off, however the

best scenario is to ask a colleague who is exhibiting to drop-off or a family member

• Installation– Some places do their own installation– Other places ask that the organization sets up the exhibit

• Labels– The venue decides who creates labels

Publicity

• Press Release– Our district PR contact distributes the press release– The press release is picked up by local media for articles

• Media– Facebook– Emails– Word of Mouth

• Palm Beach Pulse– Free Advertising through the

Palm Beach Post website• Community Events page

Old School Square

Old School Square

Palm Beach State College

Palm Beach State College

Palm Beach State College

Armory Art Center

Armory Art Center

Armory Art Center

Questions?Comments?

Contact Information

Britt Feingold- Past-President/Secretarybritt.feingold@palmbeachschools.org

Nicole Crane- Past-President/Treasurernicole.crane@palmbeachschools.org