Setting Up

Please read the electric meter (the small cupboard on the right as you go in) at the beginning and end of the booking and make a note of the readings.

The wallboards are very strong and can take quite a lot of weight.

Please do not paint artworks, glue anything or write directly onto the wallboards.

If you wish to use the plinths, you should expect to touch up the paintwork on the Thursday night ready for use the next day. Please place the plinths on some form of covering for the floor (ie sheets or newspaper) before painting them and paint the plinths carefully When hanging, drill a small pilot hole only. A block board screw can then be easily driven in. Please do not use sticky backed velcro for anything - it takes every single layer of paint off when removed! When positioning work on the wallboards, measure from the top or bottom of the boards, not the floor. This will be accurate. Make few and light pencil marks on the wallboards to position your work. Please use a rubber to remove excess pencil marks; do not paint over them as they will bleed through the paint.

There is an Allen key available to open the notice board just outside the gallery door.
Remove all screws and insert a large poster into this frame so that visiting public will know what time your exhibition is open if they are passing when the show is closed.

You will need to share this board with information about future exhibitions, so the gallery committee may add or remove information as your show progresses.

Lighting

To adjust the position of lights, turn individual lights on or off, or change a bulb, it is necessary to use the large stepladder.
Please do not do this on your own. This is a two-person job and you should have someone at the bottom to hold the ladder steady.

Please switch lights off at the wall before making any adjustments or changing them.

If a complete set of lights does not come on it is likely that just one bulb has gone.
If just one bulb is not working, check to see if it has been switched off on the light itself.
If not, then change the bulb.
First change the fuse (5amp) in the light switch (below the wall board) and test the lights, if they are still not working change the blown bulb.
Take care when changing bulbs that they are off first as they are hot from the moment they are switched on. Move the lights and touch the bulbs as little as possible, as they are very sensitive.

Taking Down

Where a screw has been removed from a wallboard there will be a slightly proud lip around the hole. Use a scalpel blade to take away the lip and then fill the hole with fast drying filler.
When dry, lightly sand the filler smooth and then paint. If possible, paint more than once. The wallboards have been roller painted in order to have a uniform texture. When painting either use the roller direct or apply paint with a brush and then roller it out to restore texture.

When painting the walls, please place cloth or paper below each wallboard to catch drips and spatters. Any drips not caught can be cleaned up with a damp cloth, if you are quick. If you have used blue tack to stick any of your work up or for information, the marks left behind will not take paint. Please remove the blue tack very carefully and use lighter fluid to remove oily residue before painting.

The fridge should be left clean, empty and switched off at the mains plug with the door slightly open.
Please remember to clean the sinks and toilet area at the end of your booking and do not forget to take your rubbish with you in the bin liner provided.