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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Recommended exhibit ideas for school culture festivals and school festivals. Including screening works (31–40)
arch
On the day of a school cultural festival, the first thing you often see is the entrance arch.
Just looking at it gets you excited, doesn’t it? There are many ways to make an arch, but it’s best to start by deciding on a theme and design.
For example: “Match the arch to the festival’s theme,” or “Use animals as a motif.” In any case, I hope you’ll create an impressive arch that makes people want to take photos.
You can find examples of arches from various schools online, so using those as references is a good idea.
Showa Retro Exhibition
In recent years, the spotlight on social media has been on “Showa retro.” Showa retro refers to retro items like products and home appliances with designs no longer in use today.
They’re especially popular among younger generations who aren’t familiar with them, calling them “cute” and “refreshingly new.” So how about gathering Showa retro items and holding a Showa Retro Exhibition? Try searching your home or relatives’ houses to find nostalgic pieces.
Another appeal is how photogenic they are—you’ll want to post them on social media.
Urban Legend Introduction
I think there are many urban-legend enthusiasts out there, and for people like you, exhibitions and screenings that introduce urban legends are highly recommended.
It could be fun to create video works that recreate urban legends, or to paint artworks based on them and display them like a museum.
Urban legends are popular with young children as well, so they’d also be a great fit for community-based cultural festivals.
astrophotography
One classic feature of culture festivals and school fairs is photo exhibitions.
For those unsure what to shoot, I recommend astrophotography.
The stars seen through a lens reveal something different from what we perceive with the naked eye.
Astrophotography taken with a telescope is also wonderfully dreamlike.
Original Game Production Exhibit
How about creating a game as a group and exhibiting the process? Make it playable, and present things like setting materials and character illustrations so that people can enjoy the overall world of the game.
Ideas for recommended exhibits for school festivals and cultural festivals, including screening works (41–50)
MV reenactment video
How about screening a video at your school festival that recreates the music video of a famous artist or a trending song? Not only the singing and dancing, but if you go all-in on the costumes and staging to boost the level of accuracy, it’s guaranteed to get the crowd excited! The key is to cast off your shyness and fully become the artist.
It does require the performers to practice, and depending on the scenes and number of cuts, filming and editing can take time—so good teamwork is essential.
But one of the big appeals of this idea is that the memories of everyone working together will remain as a tangible result.
Find an MV you love and give it a try!
Railway Model Museum
It involves creating dioramas of natural scenery and cityscapes and running model trains through them.
I think it would be a recommended exhibit for the Railway Research Club.
Trains are popular with enthusiasts, and children also love them, so I think it would be a big hit.