Bromley Art Society Bringing Artists Together since 1947

This exhibition ran for a month in this prestigious venue. Excellent space, great variety of paintings plus ceramics and mosaics filling all the display cabinets. Was it worthwhile? In terms of the number of sales and high commission probably not. We sold six paintings and 13 pieces of pottery and mosaics, so below average. On the positive side it was good to display our paintings at a new venue and have wider exposure. We didn’t have to steward, which over such a long period must be a plus. What one always needs to sell paintings is a good footfall but those visiting Hall Place were not coming there especially to see our exhibition. So any sale was a bonus.

Will we do it again? Possibly, but only during the Summer months, and we would be raising certain items with Hall Place such as publicity, signage and the lack of lighting in the display cases. We need to attract more people to the preview evening from local and surrounding areas. We are looking for new and different ventures for 2006 and welcome 
suggestions and ideas from you. Overall we know there has been a decline in sales of original art at exhibitions like
ours for several years now, which is not the fault of our exhibitions, but a general trend. As far as I can see all we can do is look at alternative ways of promoting and selling our wares. There won’t be just one solution and may involve some lateral thinking. Everything is worth considering and exploring further.

AH