A few shows ago, I made a change that has helped speed my (still-slow) take-down and load-out process.
I try as diligently as possible to only touch everything once.
So instead of picking up a painting, putting it down, finding its traveling cover, picking it back up, putting the cover on, putting it down, hauling the dolly around and putting the painting on the dolly, I arrange things so that I pick the painting off the wall, put the cover on it and put it on the dolly without ever putting it down or picking it up again.
Sounds like a small change, doesn't it? Maybe I am just more scatterbrained than most, but in general, this shift saves me 20 minutes.
Do you have any take-down, load-out or set-up tips you'd share?
