BRASSPOINT COLLECTIVE
AUTUMN EXHIBITION 2025
FLEETING MOMENTS MARINE WORKSHOPS NEWHAVEN
preparation info
EXHIBITION INFORMATION
AUTUMN EXHIBITION DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:
SPACE HIRE:
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We have hired the exhibition space from Wednesday 24th September to Monday 6th October
SET UP
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Exhibition set-up days are Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th Sept
PRIVATE VIEW:
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The Private view will be on Friday 26th Sept from 6pm - 8pm
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:
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We are open to the public from Saturday 27th Sept to Sunday 5th Oct
Opening times:
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11am - 4pm
TAKE DOWN:
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Take down and make good is at the end of the day on Sunday 5th Oct and all day Monday 6th Oct
VISUAL CALENDAR BELOW:
EXHIBITION COSTS
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Exhibition costs for:
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Hiring the Marine Workshops
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Posters
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Leaflets
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Private view evening
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Window graphics
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Advertising in Seaford Scene
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Social media presence (FB, Instagram)
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Sales processing
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Wine for the PV evening will be supplied by the Wine Merchant Magazine - thank you Graham Holter
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£35 EXHIBITION FEE
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The cost for each artists is set at £35 - this will give us the funds to prepare the above elements.
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I will add this amount to the Autumn term class fees.
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Instead of a brochure this year we will be producing leaflets and posters to distribute around and about
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Costs for the exhibition have always gone over the amount collected from the £35 artist fees and these are always covered by Brasspoint
ARTISTS' SALES
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The full amount of artists' sales go to the artist. If the sale is processed by the card reader we have to pay a small fee to SumUp which I believe is still set at - 1.69%. This is deducted from your sales.. If a customer pays cash then the whole amount goes to the artist.
HOW MANY ARTWORK TO DISPLAY
We have decided on a 3 +1 system - which means 3 main artworks, which will be displayed together with the option of a 4th artwork displayed in a secondary place. So the 4th artwork might be displayed under the large window or on the end section of a wall, these are not prime spaces but are still good display areas.
We have plenty of space in between the walls so I will be bringing the easels and setting up tables to present work as we did last year.
Displaying cards and using display racks
Because we have so much floor space between the walls it is fine to present cards for sale and use display racks for unframed artworks.
HANGING THE EXHIBITION
Because there are lots of us we will have a group of helpers who now have good experience in the process.
CHOOSING ARTWORKS FOR THE EXHIBITION
We have discussed the exhibition so you may already know which artworks you want to display.
If not now is the time to decide - look through your work as well as artworks that I have kept seperate because of the medium used.
ARTWORK TITLES AND LABELS
Artwork titles:
I am happy to discuss possible titles for artworks in class.
Artwork labels:
You will need to title each of your artworks.
Once you have decided on titles - please email this over to me so I can prepare these as labels - the sooner this is done the better due to the time it takes to process so many.
Please email to me in this format:
Mike Stones
Title: Arcadia
Medium: Acrylic
£125
If you send over in this exact format it will help a lot in processing the labels - thanks
FROM NOW TO THE EXHIBITION
PREPARING WORK FOR THE EXHIBITION
Many of the Brasspoint artists now have good experience in preparing for an exhibition.
MEASURING AND PREPARING WORKSHOPS
For those without experience of framing, mounting and titling work we are setting up dedicated times in week two of the short summer hols workshops term (and possibly more if needed) to support the process. Liz Newns will be helping me with this. She has excellent knowledge and experience of all the processes.
There will also be opportunities to discuss preparation during the summer holiday workshops as well.
SIGN UP FOR SUPPORT WITH MEASURING, MOUNTING, FRAMING AND ADDING HOOKS IF NEEDED:
Email Mike to register for these days/times
USEFUL LINKS AND OPTIONS FOR MOUNTS AND FRAMES
FRAMING OPTIONS
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I would recommend getting readymade frames - this means preparing the artwork and mount to standard sizes. Bespoke framing can be very expensive.
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Online - www.frames.co.uk
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The Range - good cost effective range www.therange.co.uk/picture-frames
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Also Google 'GB Eye' - can be found on Amazon and other outlets - good prices.
MOUNTS
I have heard good things about Rottingdean Framers: www.rottingdeangallery.co.uk
Fotobox in Seaford will make mounts to the correct size. They will cut to size but as an idea of cost an A3 mount would be £6.50 and an A2 mount would be £11.
Penrod Pictures in Seaford will produce mounts, they can also supply frames and make bespoke frames
Frames from the The Range come with mounts so worth looking at these.
PRINTING CARDS TO SELL
There are online sites where you can get artworks prepared but Tansley's Printers is a very good and helpful local printer for digital runs. A few artists in the group used them over the last year with excellent results.
Have a look at their website to get an idea of costs. Please also discuss with me if you are interested in having cards printed.
Others recently also used an online printer Art4site.co.uk online very good results - the colour was an excellent match to the original. Please note that there is a significant cost for delivery - so worth checking this at the start of the process.