I will share with you two (yes, TWO) blog posts about our show with video tour. It's a big one, y'all! You'll see the 2-D show as well as our 1950's diner with our 3-D food. Until then, here's just a couple of the things mentioned in the clip:
Deer mesh and Gaffer's Tape. Both can be purchased from Amazon. About four rolls were used outside of each classroom. My hope is that the classroom teachers leave the mesh up so that 1. We don't have to rehang and 2. So they can utilize it when it's not Art Show Season. Last year it pretty much got trashed due to the annoying paperclip tangling. I'm confident that this year the clothes pins will prove to be much better. The Gaffer's tape isn't cheap...but it's the one thing that we've found to actually adhere to those annoying painted concrete walls. It's holding the mesh to the wall as well as carrying the weight of the artwork. The parents do a fabulous job of hiding the tape behind artwork. You'll also need to invest in some Blue Dapp that can anchor any fly away corners of art.
Here's a rather fuzzy view pulled from my instagrammerz. More photos to come...but I did want to give you a sneak peak of first grade. In the clip, I was standing in front of just ONE portion of ONE second grade class. Like I said, we hang everything that every kid has made. It's wall to wall wonderment, y'all!
I'm so fortunate to have the best administration that not only supports the art program but the art show as well! Having a day to set up clay in my room while the kids are working on other art activities with a sub in another location is super fab. I'd be a hot mess without that extra time to finalize art show displays.
AND, most importantly, parent volunteers. I have the best...THE BEST...and the art show would not be hung without them. Special thanks to them all with a big hug to Molly, Terri and Donna. Y'all are super stars!
So, what are your fave art show tips? For more, you can visit this blog post of my other Top Ten Tips to Putting Together an Amazing Art Show!
Could you please go into more detail on how you use gaffer's tape to hold the deer mesh in place? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWe simply unroll the mesh the length of the wall. We then unfold the mesh (it's folded in half on the roll) and adhere it with small strips of tape about 4" wide and about 12" apart. We also tape the sides and the bottom. I hope that helps!
DeleteSuch a timely post as I prep for my art show! You're an inspiration Cassie!!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI would love to know more about how you use the gaffers tape and deer mesh. I am always looking for new ideas! Thank you for sharing with us!
ReplyDeleteWe simply used the tape to adhere the mesh to the wall :) Hope that helps!
DeleteDoes the gaffer's tape take the paint off of the walls? Thanks for your charming videos. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou know...that's a good question. This is our first year to use it so we shall see when the art comes down! Altho I bet it's no worse than hot glue or the double sided tape we used to use. I'll keep you posted!
DeleteGreat thanks... We were about to attempt hanging a few thousand pieces with 2 rolls of double sided tape.
ReplyDeleteGreat thanks... We were about to attempt hanging a few thousand pieces with 2 rolls of double sided tape.
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome trick! Will be trying this at my new school next year!
ReplyDeleteI have found that a few "Command Strips" refills (getting new packs with the hooks is expensive!) attached to 2 clothes pins, with a string of yarn between with art attached using clothes pins or paper clips is a great way to display art. I typically leave the clips and yarn up all year as I do 4 mini art shows (1 per quarter for each report card conference) that showcase a unit, topic or area of the world we are studying. I have this located in a central location, which becomes a "gallery" space. It is great, it changes throughout the year and is a little less stressful than big shows I have tried to do with limited volunteers.
I always am inspired by what you share! Woot woot for Tennessee art teachers!
Thank you for sharing your tips and your beautiful halls of art... and being an inspiration to this elementary art teacher! Do you create signage for each project? (Name of project, medium, focus of the lesson) I use to be really good about doing this but now it seems crazy time consuming and is on the bottom of my list of "to do's" before the show. BUT I think it is really important and I personally wish my son's art teacher did them! What are your thoughts? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteDo you have blutac? I'm in Aus and we stick everything up with it
ReplyDeleteHello Cassie
ReplyDeleteCan u tell me the size of the squares of the mesh and which roll do u use?? What are the dimensions and the price per roll? There are so many on Amazon, it's confusing. How many rolls do u end up using? And roughly how many pieces of work ends up being hung on each roll?? Ps. Saw u on Patty 's Workshop video and u touched on this. 😊