diy.
Art doesn’t need a white cube. It needs a community, a space, and someone willing to make something happen. That’s a [mono]seum.
A phone booth. A shop window. A garden shed. A hallway. One artist, one work, one month — free and open to anyone who walks past.
Download the curator welcome kit →
Find a space
Look for an underused public or semi-public space in your community. It needs to be sheltered enough to display a work safely and visible enough that people will actually encounter it.
Prepare it
Clean it up. Seal any weatherproofing issues. Add a shelf or hanging point, and a place to mount the wall card. That’s all you need.
Invite an artist
Reach out to local artists. Explain the concept and ask if they’d like to show one work for a month. Most artists say yes — it’s a genuine exhibition in an unusual setting.
Make the wall card
A short label: artist name, title, medium, year, and a few sentences about the work. Print it and mount it near the piece. If you’re part of the network, the wall card is generated automatically from the CMS.
Record the audio guide
Sit down with the artist and have a conversation — their history, their practice, the work on the wall, and a little advice for anyone just starting out. Record it on your phone, edit it down to just the artist’s voice, and link it via a QR code on the wall card. The welcome kit has everything you need to run a great interview.
Open it up
Tell people. Let the work sit for a month. Then do it again with someone new. The rhythm is part of what makes it work.
ready to start?
We can set you up with the platform, the tools, and the templates. All you need is the space.