business - How do you find a location to set up a photo exhibition?

Where can you find a good place to set up a photo exhibition, and how do you go about getting accepted into that exhibition?

Answer

Answer from Comments:

Local Business One obvious way are local coffeeshops. This may not be the style of exhibition you are looking for, but it is:

1. Easy to set up


2. Easy to get accepted



3. Gives a fair amount of exposure


4. Flexible pricing.

for these reasons, I think a coffeeshop makes a good first exhibition. It gives you needed practice without too much stress.

That being said, there are some disadvantages:

1. Prices should be lower to appeal to the market


2. The work is in danger(could be bumped, touched, or splattered with espresso)


3. The environment is not ideal for viewing artwork, in particular because people's primary purpose for being there is not to view the art.


4. Sometimes they will want to restrict the display(subject matter, size, arrangement, number, etc.)

but if this sounds ok to you, I think its a good option. Also keep in mind restaurants and small theaters.

Local Photo Contests

Another easy one is local photo contests. Usually you can only hang a few, but at least in my area there are two or three contests per year that let you hang up to three shots in an actual photo museum for the term of the contest. This is far from ideal, but it is a way to get some exposure, and you may even win! I was even fortunate to have one shot selected for their permanent collection after the contest, so there are definitely some benefits to entering.

Good Luck with your potential exhibition.

Disclaimer People seemed to be pretty please with the comments, so I though I had might as well add it.