Allied Arts of Whatcom County

Thanks for being a part of the community celebration of children’s art! We want this to be a terrific experience for everyone. Here are some ideas on how to make that happen. If you are new at coordinating your school’s art walk display you can click here for information about what an Art Walk Coordinator does. Feel free to call us if you have questions, 360-676-8548 ext 3 and talk with Kristina Droppers.

Registering

1. Let us know as soon as possible if you are participating in the Art Walk and who your Art Walk Coordinator will be. If your school is not participating, please let us know ASAP so we can plan the venues accordingly. Note that if we have not heard from you by March 1 we will assume you are not participating and will not reserve a business venue for you.

2. Download and fill out the Registration Form and mail it to us with your $35 registration fee by March 1

or click here to fill it out online. This fee will be used to pay for advertising, poster production, map costs and administration. The Art Walk relies on sponsorship, registration and community contributions to continue and we appreciate your support.

3. Download the Dates to Remember schedule to keep the project on track.

4. Join us at our Art Walk Snack Potluck on March 14 from 4:30-6:30 for how-to information. This is optional but may be helpful to answer your questions (and fun). Bring a snack to share or just come anyways.

Working with a business for your display

5. Click here to see which business your school has been partnered with. This list will be updated regularly if there are changes or additions. We will tentatively schedule your school with the business they exhibited in last year, unless you requested a change in last year’s evaluation. If you would like a specific venue, please let us know as soon as possible and we will do our best to accommodate you.

It is important for you to check the available display space the business has to offer and be sure your art will work in this space (an onsite walk-through is best!). If you feel you need additional space (or less) please let us know as soon as possible!

6. Contact your business partner to confirm your partnership by March 16 (sooner is fine, too!). We will be collecting as much information as we can from the businesses about displaying art in their venue. If we have an Art Walk Display Plan for them, we will email it to you when the venues are assigned. If not meet with the business venue Art Walk representative to determine the amount of space available for hanging art and fill out the Art Walk Display Plan with them. Send us a copy and leave one with your business contact.

Planning and preparing your art

7. Plan your art projects for your Art Walk exhibit. This may include art projects led by AAEP teaching artists or by one or more of your teachers. We love to showcase student art work made with an Allied Arts Education Project teaching artist, but we are happy to have other artwork displayed as well!

8. Please 'frame' the children's art by gluing it to a piece of construction paper. Download the back labels pdf or back labels word format and print out the labels. You will want to put a label on each students art work on the back of their art frame to identify it so the art work can be returned to the correct student. Then download the Artist Statement Cards (pdf) or the Artist Statement Cards word format and have the students who will be exhibiting art fill them out (these will be available in March). Keep the Artist Statement Cards with the related art work so they can be displayed together. Download our Art Walk Award Bookmark or our personalized Portrait Art Walk Award Bookmark and attach them to the completed Artist Statement Cards. We recommend paper that is slightly heavier than regular printing paper.

Hanging the Art

9. Gather the hanging materials allowed by your business venue. Note that schools are responsible for providing these materials. In general, they are materials schools usually have on hand. Please be sure to use only the art hanging materials your business partner has agreed can be used in their venue as other materials may cause damage or require additional cleanup. It is important that the business owners’ experience be a good one, too!

10. Hang the art on the date your business partner has agreed to which should be between April 30^th and May 3rd. All art should be hung by noon on May 4^th.

11. We appreciate your help throughout the Art Walk, sign up for providing refreshments or to volunteer to assist during the art walk. We need facilitators at certain sites, people to distribute maps and balloons at noon on the 4^th, and refreshments for key sites. Consider asking your venue if they are interested in refreshments and, if so, provide some home-baked goods! Thanks!

For the Opening Event

12. Remove the display on the date you set with the business partner. We have suggested that the art be left on display through the end of May and at, the very least, through May 21st to allow two full weekends for families to see the art if they miss the opening Weekend. Take-down dates are best between May 30th and May 31st.

Now. . . . Come and enjoy our 12^th Annual Art Walk Celebration from 6:00-9:00, Friday May 4^th.

Be sure to stop by our Allied Arts Gallery to see the display of art by our teaching artists!

Please fill out our evaluation form below.

Questions? Please call or email Kristina Droppers at 360-676-8548 extension 3, kristina@alliedarts.org

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