Five things to consider doing at an Art Walk

If you have ever been to an art walk then you know what the protocol is. Here are five tips for making the next art walk you attend interesting.

Tips for the art aficionado:

1. Pick a studio and in the most discreet manner pretend to be the artist. Pull people aside and explain your inspiration, the passion that drove you to create the pieces (tear up for maximum effect). Speak in hushed tones and lean in close to your captive audience.

2. Select an active studio, one with alot of traffic and scream “I can’t find my baby!” Move in quick unpredictable burst of speed from one place to another in a desperate effort to locate the lost treasure.

3. Ask the artist how much each painting is. Then say “wow, that’s seems pretty steep”. Begin at one end and move in a persistent and ordered fashion through the collection. If the exhibitor tries to break away or ignore you,  just  speak louder until you are given a price check.

4. When talking to artists tell them that their work looks just like some stuff you friend does. Be sure to mention that your friend sells their stuff on Ebay for $.99 framed but charges $50 bucks for shipping. Then wink like its a hot tip.

5. Hang out in someones space all day because their art moves you and do not leave under any circumstance until asked to do so. 

For the Artist/Exhibitor

1. Set traps. A great way to sell and fun to watch as spectators unintentionally smash sculptures and tear through canvas.

2. Build an obstacle course. There is nothing more fun for art lovers than having to crawl through a pitch black 18 ft long shaft in order to enter a 10 x 8 space crammed with artwork.

3. Have a doorman selectively turn people away in order to create a buzz and some sort of demand.

4. Overdose.

5. Go on vacation because you sold at the gallery.