Art Show?
Posted by ArtSlave (ArtSlave) on Fri, 2006-12-22 04:29
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Maybe this goes outside the limits of the normal art show, but I was debating making something for the art show. But considering I loathe 2-D pieces in shows, I was wondering, would some 3-D or 'functional'(Probobly like.. african mask styled stuff or small tables or something) be appropriate? So long as we can hang it on a wall? What about latex masques? I've been debating making some latex pieces(They'd be styrofoam mounted, of course), but don't have a clue what to do with them. How about synthetic taxidermy pieces(Fake heads and such)? |
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There are tables available for 3-D pieces. If your item cannot hang on the pegboard you will be given a table space instead. There have been a great deal more 3-D items in the last two years and I’m happy to say some have sold rather well.
Its up to the director (petercat)’s discretion as to if the piece is on-topic for the art show. It simply wouldn’t do to let folks put up any old thing they wanted to without regard to topic. So as long as the pieces are on topic for the theme of anthropomorphics then you should be set. Simply make sure when you fill out the artists packet that you request a table space for anything that can not be hung on the pegboard. Please be sure when you get to the art show that you follow the instructions carefully when attaching stickers, bid sheets, etc… we have a few problems every year with folks incorrectly labeling their pieces. You have plenty of time for this, don’t rush things. As my high school art instructor fancied saying “If you don’t have the time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?”.
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Gizmo's right, we welcome 3-D artwork! Pretty much anything animal-related is OK; I'm not likely to tell anyone they can't display their artwork unless it's completely inappropriate, like still lifes (furry fruit?), strictly-human life drawings or photography, or such.
Lightweight masks will hang on a panel, and that would probably be more efficient than table space, but boxes or sculpture, etc. would need table space. You can request both, too. So start thinking and planning what pieces you'll be making, and how you'd display them, and how much room you'll need. If you're not already on the mailing list for the Art Show information packet, send me your (real) name and postal address. The packets will be sent out by March.
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I have some furry fruit in the back of my refrigerator. If I were to photograph it....?
(Let's not forget that it can be a little awkward if we see artwork featuring a copyrighted character that is not being used in an obvious parody.)
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Actually I bought a bowl of furry fruit in the art show last year! it was a still life of fruit where the pattern of light and shadow on the fruit turned into animal faces.
It's hanging up at my business to confound the mundanes.
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permalinkI'm just curious..
what is the max space available we can acquire? I want to start producing for the AC art show now (to give myself ample time), but I don't want to make too much (or not enough) because I don't know what the maximum amount of space is.
I want to register for the maximum amount of general and adult panels, so if the packets aren't going to be sent out until March, that kind of sucks D:
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There isn't a maximum. Someone last year got 15 panels -- and ended up taking half of their artwork home, unsold. Sometimes more isn't better.
It's fairly unlikely we'll fill up before the deadline (April 30), since last year about 10% of the space was unused. But if that should happen, space would be allocated in a "round-robin" fashion, one panel or half-table at a time, until the room is full. Depending upon demand we may not be able to accommodate fully artists requesting a great deal of space, although exceptions may be allowed for those with an established history of above-average sales.
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permalinkIf the deadline is April 30th, when will our art show packets get sent out? It's not allowing us much time to decide what we need.
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I plan to start mailing them around March 20, and it'll take a week or so to send them all. International addresses get mailed first.
How much time do you need to decide what you need, really? Experience has shown that Parkinson's Law applies -- work expands to fill the time available for its completion. If I send the packets too early, many people tend to set them aside and forget about them or lose them. By timing the mailing so that they arrive around the beginning of the deadline month, people have less time to procrastinate. The overview on the Art Show web page is a somewhat condensed version of the rules, which should be enough to give you a head start.
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Thanks all for the answers
Nah, no characters, and the reason for them being strofoam and latex was so they could hang on a peg-board 
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Now I'm curious - will your artwork be for display ("NFS" - Not For Sale), or do you intend to offer it for purchase via the auction?
I am one of those people who occasionally buys art at the art show, to add to my modest collection. In many situations, it is difficult to tell what materials are used, or how well constructed the item is (an artist working in a 3D medium must also be part-mechanical Engineer). There are few things more frustrating than to bid in an auction for something against other bidders, finally win with an expensive bid - and then discover that the artwork itself is made from materials that won't last for longer than a couple months before they start to come apart, run, dissolve, fade, smear, crumble, or in some other way deteriorate to the point of becoming essentially worthless.
For what it is worth, in one of the last AnthroCons held at the Adam'sMark, Christie Grandjean (GoldenWolf) had on display a "tribal mask" of a werewolf shaman, as a wall-hanging. She later took it off the panel and wore it over her own head, and made a promenade through the artshow wearing it; it was made of something similar to papiermache, with paint, a prepared horse's tail for scalp hair, and with gold wire, beads, and bangles, including plastic "gold" earings, and something like taxidermists' glass eyes. It had a front and a back to it, but hung from a pegboard hook via a small leather thong threaded through the top.
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I hope so. If I put anything up(I have a few large 2D pieces in the works) they'll be similar to the tribal-mask thing. Very african influenced stuff, as most mainstream media is fixated on the native american tribal stuff. I've always been more interested in Swahili or Zulu stuff. That aside; I've got alot of art commissions that need finished. Hopefully I'll have everything done before the deadline so I can turn in my stuff. If I don't have it ready for this art show, then I'll have to settle for MFF or FurFright's art show(Probobly the latter).
But everything will be for sale.
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