LOOKING GUIDE
Your first gallery visit
You can walk in with curiosity. You do not need a purchase plan or an art-history vocabulary.
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A better way to look.
Original exercises and checklists for visiting galleries, asking questions and understanding materials.
LOOKING GUIDE
Look at a painting for five minutes
A short exercise turns a first impression into something you can explain.
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LOOKING GUIDE
Before you buy your first artwork
A practical question sheet for making an informed, unhurried decision.
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LOOKING GUIDE
Wood art: beyond the bowl
Follow the material, the process and the maker’s decisions.
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LOOKING GUIDE
How to visit an artist cooperative
Look at a programme made from individual artistic voices.
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LOOKING GUIDE
See furniture as design
A showroom can be a place to learn how objects work.
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LOOKING GUIDE
Photograph art respectfully
Make useful reference images while following the venue’s rules.
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LOOKING GUIDE
An art walk with children
A short looking game works better than an exhausting checklist.
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Useful ideas
from the documents.
RESEARCH / PRACTICE
Make a cultural project brief that people can actually use
Turn an exhibition idea into one clear visitor invitation, a realistic delivery plan and a record of what happened.
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Plan an arts visit around cost, time and the actual entrance
A usable budget and arrival checklist, informed by Philadelphia’s 2025 theatre-audience research.
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