Philatelic Exhibition Zone

[Admin Bear]

Philatelic Exhibition Zone is a place we will run contests from time to time.

if members wish to so off exhibitions they have entered in other contests feel free to do so here, however if these are shown off out side of an actual Admin run contest they will not be permitted in a live contest.

only admins are permitted to run exhibition contests in this area

[kannik]

Bear, how about a one-pager Exhibition contest here - sort of like the COTW and SOTW ones? I have a few I`d like to enter!
They would be easy to mount and quick to look at, as well as encouragement for members to try doing a few!

[Admin Bear]

I love the idea..

any more interest in a 1 page exhibition?

if we get at least 3 people we can run this. i dont think i have the time to put a nice one together but i would love to run this as a contest for a prize.

[kannik]

Here`s what I`m imagining:
A one-month contest, featuring both philatelic and not-so-philatelic exhibits.
That would give people a little time to do a page from time to time.
When I say not-so-philatelic, I mean they would still need to have stamps,
postcards, covers or other philatelic material in them, but we wouldn`t need to
treat it philatelically. For instance, I have done 3 very short, amusing poems
this way, illustrating them with stamps, etc. My own stamp club has been rather
stuffy about these things, but we don`t have to be! Only one other rule that I
can think of now - the page must tell some kind of a story. So you can`t just
say "here are six pretty stamps from Bechuanaland." Those little poems tell a
story, I think, or at least express a Thought from beginning to end. Any more
ideas?

[Admin Bear]

oh i dig it.. that would ba great topic "Poems through Stamps"

[kannik]

Sure it would be a great topic, but I wouldn`t want to limit it to only one month!
I was just thinking we could alternate "philatelic" with "not-so-philatelic" but
having themes might limit it too much, as there is already more work to do for this
contest (for most people) than the SOTW or COTW ones. We could suggest seasonal
themes, but maybe not make that a condition (St.Patrick`s, Valentine`s, Christmas,
the usual stuff - but we wouldn`t have to do that either!

A well-respected member of my stamp club has amused himself (and many others!) by
illustrating Gilbert & Sullivan songs with stamps and also that famous poem in the
front of a well-known stamp album (somebody on this forum told me its name, but I
forgot it ) called "Soliloquy of a Postage Stamp".  But those longer
poems would never fit on a one-pager.  The poems I did were 4-5 lines.
We could also have 2-, 3- or 4- pagers, but I think they need a special thread.

On another subject, Bear, what size photos are people using to show whole pages so
that we can actually SEE the stamps?  I`ve seen some on this forum, and asked somebody the same
question, but they didn`t answer yet.

[Admin Bear]

same answer i always have 800px x 800px or larger. the site will auto size to 800 and then make the image clickable. to see the larger version.

[kacyds]

I think by having just a 1 page exhibition, more members might be enticed to join in. Got me thinking about it.....

[Fire]

One page exhibition sounds fun, Instead of calling on a topic to be displayed that month, I would suggest that a letter from the alphabet is used.This will encourage more people to participate. What are your feelings on this.

[Perfs14]

I personally would prefer it to be 'open' topics so that anyone can post a one page "story" on any topic they feel enthused about, rather than being confined to one topic or one letter of the alphabet.

Variety is the spice of life, and it's amazing how creative most people can be when given a free rein.

[Admin Bear]

kinda like the open idea.. this permits members to use what they own to create the page.


i will get us up and started in little while.

[darkormex]

I think I can do a one page exhibit without having to back out. I'm in. I like the open topic idea.

[JanetC]

HELP. Even though I have heard of exhibits I have never done one before and have no clue where to begin. Tried Googling but I think I'm more confused. I would like to try one for the Poem exhibit and have a poem in mind but don't know where to go from there.
Thanks for any help.

[Admin Bear]

in the simplest form possible - an exhibition is a display of stamps (and or covers) that tell about the stamps. in this case we are asking for one page with a poem that is also represented with stamps (that go along with it)

for example the poem "Mary had a little Lamb" would have the poem on it and stamps that represented various parts of the poem (i.e. children, lambs, school, wool, etc.)

i hope this helps.

[JanetC]

Yes it does. Thanks Bear!!! 3606259119