I had emailed several people about whether I could exhibit in the building or not and David Gore from Winter Gardens emailed me back saying that the Junior Dance Festival was on and he may be able to find me a space I could exhibit some of my images. When I went and spoke to him he was unsure as to where I may be placed because the person who was organising the event was not in and he would have to confirm with her.
David mentioned I could be in the entrance are or he would place me in the horse shoe area which is where I was. I could not see the horse shoe area because the doors were locked so I did not know what the space I had was going to look like.
I spoke with David and he mentioned I could have about 1.5m/2m space where I could exhibit my images. Previously it was discussed that I would exhibit my work from the 12th April to the 15th April but it was extended so I could exhibit for the 8th April to the 15th April instead.
I knew that I could not hang my images on the wall so I had to come up with an alternative way of hanging my wall. I spoke with Kevin the technician at my University about how I could exhibit my work. I mentioned about the boards we used in lasts years exhibition but after discussion I found that the boards are too heavy to get there and they are a metre across and my frames are just under a metres width so the frames may not look properly. Kevin then recommended MDF board but again because of the size it would not look correct and I would have to get it to Blackpool and do not have the transport. I decided to then use easels to hold my work up and bought two easels.
The prints were done at University but when they were printed because I had edited them a bit they looked slightly pixelated when you got close to them but they still looked professional. The frame I bought was the perfect size for the image but the it was gold, so I painted the frames black, they looked like wood and did not look too obvious that they had been painted.
I was unable to hang detail of the images and myself and I tried to stick it on the easel but they did not look correct so I placed them on the floor. Below are images of where I had exhibited.
David mentioned I could be in the entrance are or he would place me in the horse shoe area which is where I was. I could not see the horse shoe area because the doors were locked so I did not know what the space I had was going to look like.
I spoke with David and he mentioned I could have about 1.5m/2m space where I could exhibit my images. Previously it was discussed that I would exhibit my work from the 12th April to the 15th April but it was extended so I could exhibit for the 8th April to the 15th April instead.
I knew that I could not hang my images on the wall so I had to come up with an alternative way of hanging my wall. I spoke with Kevin the technician at my University about how I could exhibit my work. I mentioned about the boards we used in lasts years exhibition but after discussion I found that the boards are too heavy to get there and they are a metre across and my frames are just under a metres width so the frames may not look properly. Kevin then recommended MDF board but again because of the size it would not look correct and I would have to get it to Blackpool and do not have the transport. I decided to then use easels to hold my work up and bought two easels.
The prints were done at University but when they were printed because I had edited them a bit they looked slightly pixelated when you got close to them but they still looked professional. The frame I bought was the perfect size for the image but the it was gold, so I painted the frames black, they looked like wood and did not look too obvious that they had been painted.
I was unable to hang detail of the images and myself and I tried to stick it on the easel but they did not look correct so I placed them on the floor. Below are images of where I had exhibited.
Above is an example of the work I exhibited at Winter Garden, Blackpool just after I finished setting up. I tried to get the images level and I turned them in to each other as I only had a small amount of space to work with and to have them straight on meant that I went out the space I was allocated.
Above is an example of where abouts I was exhibiting my work. Just up the path from my work is the entrance were people come and there will be other stalls where people will be selling dance merchandise.
Above it once all the stands had been up and people were looking around, this was on the last day, so some people had already packed up and left and a few people were just wondering around. I could not be there everyday but when I went back my work had been moved so I tried to straighten them up and spread them out a little.
Overall, It was nice to say I had exhibited in Winter Gardens, Blackpool but I wish I had more time as I had ordered my images but unfortunately they could not have them done in time so I had to go with buying frames already made. I had feedback from several people saying they liked my images and one lady said I really captured the emotion within the dance. Next time I would like to exhibit more images that were professional printed and framed and somewhere people would talk past such as near the entrance but I am very grateful for them allowing me to exhibit some of my images.
In return I went along and captured some images of the Junior Dance Festival for them to use if they wish to.
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