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Ruidoso Art Festival
Started this discussion. Last reply by mary johnston Apr 5. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Does anyone have experience with this festival? I was looking at the 2011 artist list and only see 5 folks that I know....just curious...Continue
What is wrong here? Be NICE
Started this discussion. Last reply by Cindi Hendrickson Nov 30, 2011. 18 Replies 0 Likes
Thought that I had fixed my booth shot problem. Apparently, not. I would like kind, gentle criticisms. Don't need too many negatives....get enough of those from all my show rejections. I don't have…Continue
Help determining tiers of shows
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jacki Bilsborrow Nov 30, 2011. 25 Replies 0 Likes
Hello. I am very new to the Zapplications process of getting into shows. I would like to know what shows are considered 2nd and 3rd tier. I am not good enough to jury into the top tier, such as…Continue
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Cindi Hendrickson commented on Connie Mettler's blog post Artscape: A Fine Art Competition for Michigan Artists
Diana Ferguson commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"Great (and crazy) stories. Thanks for the laughs! "
S Brian Berkun commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"Oh, that reminds me...this spring in Tempe! I don't remember what it was called (probably some college thing) but there were several couples arrested Saturday morning after being found inside of several of the artists booths completing some…"
deana blanchard commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"One year at the Ann Arbor Original, my husband unzipped our booth at the beginning of the day. He was greeting by the sight of two people being Biblical, if you get my drift. "
Colin Murray commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"I had an older woman ask me if I had a wife. I said no. The she asked me if I had a girlfriend, I said no. Then she asked me if I had a boyfriend, I said yes. She said, "well that's ok" and leaned over an kissed me. I am sure she…"
Jacki Bilsborrow commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"Thanks to everyone for sharing. We all need some humor to make us laugh. I really enjoyed all the comments."
Cindi Hendrickson commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"Oh, nothing too weird at Southlake. Some of us artists were comparing stories of strange things at shows. Someone said there was a woman at Park City walking around with a very short skirt and nothing else under it and the wind was…"
Connie Mettler commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"So I had to read three pages of comments and never did find out what happened at Southlake ... did she move on?
Thanks for all the good stories. They were a good read. Love yours, Warren!
I remember before we even did art fairs visiting the Ann…"
Gloria Irla Marlow commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"I used to work at the Ren Fest in Michigan. I was there for 11 years. One day while preparing the booth I was in, a rather large man in full costume came by. He had on regular opaque tights, no underwear, not dancer's cup,…"
Amy Ikenn commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"At a show in Chicago many years ago there was a guy in a speedo with a fanny pack. There was a snake coming out of the fanny pack (yes, a large live snake) that was climbing up his torso and wrapped around his neck. Never did figure out…"
Cindi Hendrickson commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"Wow, Warren. I would have been shocked as well. What a strange thing to want to make jewelry from. I think that I would not want to remember that accident by commemorating it!"
Warren Townsend commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"Why not share this one. Last year sitting in the back corner of my booth on a very slow day a thirty something couple was looking. The guy asked if I did commissions. I kind of perked up in my chair and asked what he had in…"
Cindi Hendrickson replied to Elissa Brown's discussion Booth Rug
"I always use a rug in my booth. It is integrated into the booth design and provides an anchor for the space. I purchased a great indoor/outdoor rug from Lowes."
Cindi Hendrickson commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"Gosh, Sandhi! Dude had some hutzpah!"
sandhi schimmel gold commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"Mine was another exhibitor - in CA. He set up early, was obviously an old hippie [like me], but still in tie-dye...anyway, after he was done setting up, he started smoking hash - right out in the open, in public! His art? Driftwood and bark shaped…"
Michael Reimer commented on Cindi Hendrickson's blog post What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
"In June, in 95 degree weather, during the Manayunk Arts Festival, a grown man dressed up as a giant sock monkey, very drunk, dancing and singing 'I'm drunk as a skunk in Manayunk'. "
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- Worst show ever and why
- Bandera Days. No customers, 130 degrees and no promoters to come and say "hi"
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What's the strangest thing that you have seen at an art show?
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 9:00am 38 Comments 1 Like
While working in my booth this past weekend at Southlake, a customer asked what the strangest thing was that I had ever seen at an art show. My husband and I thought for a moment and concurred that it was something that occurred at a show in Austin, Texas, a couple of years ago.
I had a crowded booth and was completing a sale with a customer. I glanced up while packaging up the purchase only to be shocked by a woman who had a certain upper body part completely exposed. A…
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- At 10:34am on November 30, 2011,
Ann Marie Crosmun said… Cindi-thank you for the friend request. I was just thinking about asking you to be my friend too. We have a lot in common.Both of us are hitting the same frustrations. With the expenses of Sanders photos-and still being rejected by all the zapp shows. I do have better luck with shows that aren't zapp. Here's my email if you want to stay in touch; wcrosmun@aol.com Ann Marie
- At 8:16am on July 25, 2011,
Connie Mettler said… Welcome to ArtFairInsiders.com, Cindi. I'm pleased to see you here and look forward to having you as part of our community.
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