What do do with art at night

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Permalink Reply by Lynda Wallis on April 18, 2011 at 5:58pm

This looks much more low-tech than drilling holes into the metal frame work of the tent frame. Thanks Lorie!

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Permalink Reply by Morian Whaley on April 18, 2011 at 6:09pm

ooo...I also like how you've hung your paintings

 

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Permalink Reply by Pamela Enriquez Courts on May 24, 2011 at 2:53pm

Hi Morian! I'll be there this year too...against all the advice of my fellow artists. I figure...what the heck. I'm ready for a little trip out of my comfort zone. My husband and I won't be taking our kids either...so it's going to be a mini working vacation for us. If you get a chance, look for me and I'll do the same. I'd give you my booth number but I don't know it yet.

And they've given you some great advice as far as leaving (or not leaving) your artwork overnight. But basically you just have to do what you're comfortable doing. As for me, all of my art is packed in large plastic sealed lid bins. I pack it up every night back into the bins and leave the bins on the tables in my tent. Although my tent has been carried away by winds and I've had mud sloshed into my tent, my artwork has remained safe. No casualties as of yet. Knock on wood! ; )

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Permalink Reply by Morian Whaley on May 25, 2011 at 1:19pm

I'll look for you there Pamela! Hope the show goes well for you!
I think I'll pack up my paintings at night...I talked to an artist at a small art festival where I live who said she left her stuff in her tent overnight once (don't remember what fair or city) and when she came back the next morning her tent was unzipped and some of it was missing!

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Merck- Moore on December 8, 2011 at 10:12am

Hey Morian,

I know it's a bit late, but I was wondering how you did at Artfest?

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Permalink Reply by Morian Whaley on December 8, 2011 at 12:58pm

Not well. I didn't even cover my hotel cost. A lot of really good and experienced artists didn't do well either so I don't feel TOO discouraged. This was my first Art Fair though, so I enjoyed it anyway because I learned a lot. 

There were a ton of people there every day, but they just weren't buying. I had several people say things like "oh, look at that one!" but nobody even got close enough to look at prices. 

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Permalink Reply by Kimberly Merck- Moore on December 8, 2011 at 3:55pm

Thanks Morian!  I have not heard a lot of good things about this show, unfortunately.

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