Ideas for exhibits recommended for school culture festivals. Film screenings, too.
When it comes to school festival attractions, many classes run food stalls or stage performances, but some also host classroom exhibitions or screen videos!
The biggest appeal of exhibition-style attractions is that once everything is prepared by the day of the event, they’re easy to run—mostly just guiding visitors.
In this article, we’ll introduce recommended ideas for school festival exhibits!
We’ve picked out not only classic creations and video projects, but also photo-worthy pieces and ideas that are likely to generate buzz.
Use these as inspiration and create wonderful works to put on display!
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Ideas for recommended exhibits for cultural and school festivals, including screening works (21–30)
Shokupan art
With just a toaster and sliced bread, you can create works of art.
How about making and exhibiting toast art inspired by masterpieces everyone knows, such as the Mona Lisa or The Boy with a Pipe? It takes effort, but it’s a showpiece that will amaze viewers.
projection mapping
Projection mapping, which you occasionally see at tourist attractions, is a technology that projects images onto three-dimensional objects.
The barrier to entry is high because it requires both equipment and expertise, but with proper effort, you can produce it.
It’s sure to be a piece that grabs participants’ attention!
Recommended exhibit ideas for school culture festivals and school festivals. Including screening works (31–40)
Dollhouse Exhibition
How about an exhibit of dollhouses—miniature houses, buildings, and their interiors—crafted with precision and focus? It’s a hobby that has long been popular in Europe and elsewhere, and the level of craftsmanship can be impressive enough to make even boys’ hearts skip a beat.
Since it’s for a school festival, how about creating small-scale versions of your school or classrooms, for example? It’s fun to peer down at a familiar classroom from above.
If you’re confident in your dexterity, this is an exhibit you should definitely try!
stained glass
Classroom windows are often made large to let in light, so they’re a perfect place to decorate with stained glass.
Options range from authentic pieces made by cutting glass to simple versions using plastic sheets, so you can choose based on your schedule and budget.
It would also be fun for each group to pick a theme and take charge of one window.
The moment you open the classroom door, a different atmosphere will unfold, and it’s sure to delight everyone.
Live painting
Live painting is recommended for people confident in their drawing skills, such as art club members.
It’s a performance where you showcase the process of drawing pictures or lettering.
Since people don’t usually get to watch someone actually creating a piece, that alone can be quite interesting.
If you refine it into a well-crafted performance, it could attract a pretty large crowd.
Staircase Art
If you want to create a large piece but don’t have the space, stair art is a great option.
Stair art involves using the risers of stairs as a canvas for your artwork.
The general method is to prepare illustrations that fit the stairs exactly and then apply them to the risers.
Even after you put them on, the stairs can still be used as normal, so there’s no need to worry about taking up space.
You can also film the creation process and use it as a screening-type presentation.
One-cut movie
When creating a video work, it’s common to use cuts skillfully to switch positions and add various effects.
But how about deliberately making a piece that’s shot in a single take, even though cuts are the norm? Moving to the desired positions, playing with pushes and pulls—these all test the cameraman’s skills and the support of the crew.
It also produces the effect of smooth scene transitions, and the camerawork conveys a sense of dynamism.
It’s a compelling style of filmmaking that also demands performance skill from those being filmed, who must fully inhabit their roles even as the camera moves around them.
