Veterans in Search of Stable Housing in Greater Minnesota


Exhibit Setup Guide

This guide is designed to help prospective venues plan space to accommodate the "Portraits of Home II" exhibit.

Use the links below to help visualize each of the show's components.


The traveling photography exhibit includes:

50 Professionally mounted images - CLICK to view all images->
-> The exhibit photographs can be mounted on any suitable wall space. Spotlights or flood lights should be use to ensure that the photographs are presented under the best possible lighting.
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27 images - 20” x 26”
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13 images - 24” x 32”
....... 4 educational boards - 24” x 32” (CLICK to view .pdf)

....... 6 door opening images - 48” x 36”
Journalistic captions for select images (30, 2 ½” x 5”)
Placards with information on housing need (12, 2 ½” x 36”)
Exhibit brochure (CLICK to view .pdf)

MOUNTING THE FULL SHOW:
The entire show of 46 images, and 4 educational boards requires approximately 200 running feet of wall space, with spotlights preferred. A modest number of photos could be excluded to accommodate a smaller space.

MOUNTING A SMALLER VERSION OF THE EXHIBIT:
For smaller venues, a show of 20-30 images is practical, and requires 125 running feet of wall space, with spotlights preferred.

STAND ALONE EASELS MAY SUPPLEMENT LESS WALL SPACE:
With stand-alone easels for some photos, one could get by with less than the minimum wall spaces stated above, and accommodate more photos.


Sample Exhibit Space

Photograph Captions
(2-1/2" x 5")

A journalistic caption has been written for select photos. Plaques should be justified with the right edge of the board and mounted beneath the photo.


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Captions Documenting Housing Need
(2-1/2" x 36")

A series of statistics related to homelessness, sub-standard housing and affordability have been compiled to complement the photography. These placards should be mounted at knee level beneath the corresponding series of photographs.

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Oversized "Door Opener" Photographs
(48" x 36")


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Greater Minnesota Housing Fund encourages the use of materials from "Portraits of Home".
However, due to certain copyright restrictions we ask that you contact GMHF first so that we can arrange permission through the photographers.