I wanted to transform our main school hallway into a Student
Art Gallery, so here’s what I did:
First I collected loads of frames in a variety of sizes to
transform into mini bulletin boards.
Many were donated, and some were picked up at garage sales, flea
markets- you name it- anywhere cheap!
I spray painted all of them gold and cut pieces of foam
board or cardboard to put in as the back. Each backing piece was sprayed with adhesive
and then I covered it with black fabric.
The edges on the back were folded over and secured with duct tape. Lastly, I used a staple gun with long staples
to secure the backing to the frame.
To position the frames on the wall, I traced each frame on
paper and attached the paper to the walls to see what they would look like
together. When I was happy with the arrangement,
the awesome custodians at our school drilled the holes 1-2 inches below the top
edge of the paper. They needed some flexibility
due to the brick wall and needing to drill into the mortar.
The final step was adding the wire hangers and adjusting
each frame to hang at the correct level.
Thanks so much to Diane Myers for all her help getting those frames hung
properly. Lastly, I added Velcro dots to
the lower corners of each frame to keep them straight.
Home Depot generously donated crown molding and the spray paint to trim all of
the large bulletin boards. I spray
painted the molding gold and painted the bulletin boards black. The whole thing
came together beautifully and I absolutely love having “a gallery” to showcase student
work!
BEFORE
After
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| This sign is just before you head down the "gallery hall." The design is by a talented fifth grader~! Thanks, Eva. |
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