Labels can be printed on cardstock and stuck on the wall with rolled masking tape or something like Elmer’s Tack removable adhesive putty. If the work is for sale, show the sale price on the label next to the art. A curator is going to ask you that later anyway, so you might as well start treating your art like it's in a museum now. Using it is like saying something is a “painting” instead of “oil on linen” or “sculpture” instead of “bronze.” Spell out the various media you use within each mixed-media artwork. Distinguishing the titles is especially important if they give clues about the content of your work, such as the location of a landscape. You could, instead, make them bold, all caps or larger than the other text. Traditionally, titles of artworks are italicized.
You can include more than one artwork on a label (as in the image to the right) as long as viewers can discern which information belongs with which piece. No need for large margins around the text on a label. Larger is better when you want the majority of your audience to be able to read the labels. Labels used to be a lot smaller-think business-card-sized-until studies showed that they were hard to read. Museums that expect huge crowds for blockbuster shows need larger labels so they can be read from farther away and over other people's heads.īut large labels look silly next to small works, like Margaret Kasahara's in the image above. The size of your labels depends on the size of the art, the size of the font you use, and the size of the crowd expected.
If the exhibit is small or in a single room and there's a large sign with your name on it, you probably don't need your name on every label. If your work is hanging at a restaurant where a customer could stare at it for longer periods of time, your name should be on every label. This label references 3 works in close proximity. This gallery in Denver went to great lengths to match the text to the colors in Barbara Gilhooly's art. If there are multiple rooms in the exhibition and your show's title text doesn't appear anywhere near your works, you might need your name on every label. When showing with other people, distinguishing between artists is more important and names should be first. In a one-person exhibition, your name need not be as prominent on labels and you might, instead, make the title larger and put it before your name. Your art labels should include your name, object title, and media/support/technique-at a minimum.Ī retrospective of your work should also include the dates. Then there are individual labels next to each artwork. Those longer labels give context to what the viewer is about to see and are placed at the entry to the show. Many art exhibitions open with a statement by the curator or artist.
The Basics for Exhibition Labels Next to Your Art Installation of 4 works by Margaret Kasahara at the Boulder Public Library in 2018. In the Envelopes and Labels window, click the “Options” button at the bottom.Approach the making of the wall labels you place next to your artwork with thoughtfulness and common sense. Open a new Word document, head over to the “Mailings” tab, and then click the “Labels” button. Now let’s assume you want to print a bunch of labels on a single page, but print different information on each label. Make sure you have your labels loaded into the appropriate tray in your printer and then click “Print.”Ĭreating a Single Page of Different Labels When you’re happy with your setup, click “OK.” If you can’t find what you’re looking for, you can select “New Label” and type the exact details of what you need. You’ll notice the specifications of the labels will appear under “Label information.” The information displayed here is relative to the selected product number. Under “Product number,” you can select the label type from the provided list. In the Label Options window, you can tell Word how you’ll be printing the labels and the brand of the label. To change it, you’ll need to select “Options.” Let’s go ahead and do that.
The “Label” section gives you a description of your current label selection.
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