Instead of hollow doors, you might consider pegboard sheets fastened on
both sides of 1"x2" lumber. It's not the most attractive of displays,
but it is inexpensive, easy to construct, can be hinged or attached to
each other with ease and provide for easy hanging and rearrangement of
pictures. A coat of paint helps make it look more attractive.

If there is a need to make the displays movable, you can make a 24"x48"
base out of 2"x4" lumber, screw four casters on the bottom at the four
corners and mount two 4'x8' pegboard panels underframed with 1x2 lumber
on one side only, similar to what's described above, in an "A" frame
configuration with the 4' sides attached to the base with hinges and
the two panels screwed together at the top. 

The setup makes an easily movable, 8 foot tall (plus the casters) by 4
foot wide, double sided display with a 2 foot x 4 foot footprint, which
also provides a good amount of storage under the "teepee". Once
painted, it can be quite presentable, the only consideration which it
would fail is the test of outgassing, but then so would the solution
with the doors.

If you need an photo or illustration, contact me off list.

George Schwartz
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> You can use contemporary hollow-core doors hinged together for a
> similar
> effect as #2; it's lighter and more portable.  However, be aware that
> nailing into hollow-core doors doesn't always work depending upon the
> door surface--you will have to experiment a little.  Also, if the
> hanging works are heavy, you have to use an alternative solution like
> lightweight molly bolts instead of the nails and the standard bulldog
> hangers, and you have to think about designing the installation so
> that
> heavy things don't topple the arrangement of doors.
> 
> 
> Julia Muney Moore
> Public Art Administrator
> Blackburn Architects, Indianapolis, IN
> (317) 875-5500 x230
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Stacy Klingler
> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 9:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Creating wall space for art
> 
> Your creativity and expertise is invited to help me create wall space
> 
> for an art exhibit!
> 
> The Putnam County Museum (where I am director and one of only two
> part 
> time employees) is mounting a small contemporary artists exhibit this
> 
> summer, however I'm not certain that we'll be able to accommodate all
> 
> of the two dimensional art that will come in.   We have previously
> had 
> historical exhibits with objects in display cases, so we should be
> able 
> to handle the 3-d art.  We are located in a single room in a 1950s 
> school with two available concrete block walls and a wall of windows 
> (currently covered with shades).
> 
> I have two plans for hanging paintings, photographs, etc.
> 
> 1) I have discussed creating a picture rail with my volunteer
> carpenter 
> that can be securely anchored into the concrete block, however I'm
> not 
> sure if a grooved rail with rod hangers would be more secure than
> using 
> micro filament wrapped around nails along the top of the rail and 
> attached to the pieces.  I would appreciate suggestions from anyone
> who 
> uses a rail now.
> 
> 2) Build some sort of temporary wall along the window filled wall or 
> create some sort of free standing wall.  My current favorite plan is
> to 
> create a box with hinged corners that could be folded up for storage.
>  
> (We have another half a room for our collection, exhibit preparation 
> and my office.)  However, board members have suggested using old
> doors 
> attached to create a free standing zig-zag wall.  While I could see 
> this as interesting, I'm not sure my artists would appreciate the 
> "distraction" from their work.  Plus, we'd have to find old doors. 
> And 
> finally, I've approached a local carpenter about building storage
> areas 
> that would cover some of the windowed wall and provide some
> additional 
> wall space, however this is way beyond the budget.
> 
> Our budget for this project in small (less than $500, including
> labor, 
> supplies, paint and all hanging materials), and while I have handled 
> and transported art, I have never hung it, except in my own home.  I 
> will be installing the exhibit in July.
> 
> I would appreciate suggestions for either the picture rail idea or
> the 
> temporary walls!  Feel free to reply to me directly or to the list.
> 
> Stacy Klingler
> Director, Putnam County Museum
> Greencastle, IN
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