"Hi Jeanie -- thanks for listening to feedback about the Wyoming show and responding to several of the concerns. I think we all know that it takes a lot of hard work to organize and run any event, and then to hear negative comments in the end…"
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hollyolinger commented on Karen Holtkamp's blog post Dear Promoters: Please Promote
"Hi Jeanie - I don't have a horse in this race, but just a few observations... One recent show that I did -- included in the artists packet a full listing of every single paid advertisement for the event. With the radio and tv promos, they…"
Michelle Wermuth commented on Karen Holtkamp's blog post Dear Promoters: Please Promote
"Hi Jeanie,
Thank you so much for volunteering! I appreciate everything you and the rest of the volunteers did for the show. It seemed well run and very organized.
While I did not take part in the delivered lunch that is a great option.
As…"
Jeanie Zoller commented on Karen Holtkamp's blog post Dear Promoters: Please Promote
"Thank you for all your suggestions about improving the Wyoming Art Show. As one of the volunteers, I want to assure you that we do listen. We will address all your issues at our annual review meeting in June and make those changes necessary to…"
Michelle Wermuth commented on Karen Holtkamp's blog post Dear Promoters: Please Promote
"I sent a link to this to one of the people behind the scenes that I know personally. She said she would send it on to those in charge. Maybe this will start something good."
Michelle Wermuth commented on Karen Holtkamp's blog post Dear Promoters: Please Promote
"Jacki, No survey available. I was quite surprised by the lack of promotion maybe I will forward this thread to the show staff. Hmmm"
Jacki Bilsborrow commented on Karen Holtkamp's blog post Dear Promoters: Please Promote
"I hope the artists who did this Wyoming Show had a chance to fill out a survey where you could address these problems. If they don't hear the complaints they certainly won't change anything. I hate to see a once robust show die…"
Karen Holtkamp commented on Sabrina Aughenbaugh's blog post Marion Art Festival
"Wow. I sure like the looks of all those people. Were they carrying purchases, too, as icing on the cake?"
Karen Holtkamp replied to Nels Johnson's discussion Need help to set up my booth at Columbus on May 31 (Thursday)
"Nels -- I live in Cincinnati and am happy to come up to Columbus to help you set up on Thursday. I'll give you a call. I have to work Sunday evening, so who out there can help Nels tear down on Sunday the 3rd?"
Karen Holtkamp replied to RHONDA GROVER's discussion Old Court Days, Madison, IN
"To Rhonda and all AFIers who might be reading this, I would definitely stay away from Old Court Days. It's not what you're thinking of as a "show."
There are three shows going on in Madison that weekend: Chautauqua is…"
Diane Rose Sugg-Santoro commented on Karen Holtkamp's blog post Dear Promoters: Please Promote
"I agree I did this show last year. It Had Awards as part of their enticement for the artists. I was down that way for another event and thought I would try it out. They awarded almost all the $ to artists who belonged to there local art club.…"
Barbara Pitorak Bloom commented on Karen Holtkamp's blog post Dear Promoters: Please Promote
"I wholeheartedly agree with you. The last show I did was a stellar example of what you wrote about . there was very little publius city and we were incorrect of conflict with you known established fares . the previous year a different for motor…"
Robert M. Wallis commented on Karen Holtkamp's blog post Dear Promoters: Please Promote
"Yep, I was there. Since I had a motel room the night before, I wound up taking a loss on the show. Another artist close to me lives close by and said that the art show doubles as a block party. The show should have been a good one with the…"
Karen Holtkamp commented on Karen Holtkamp's blog post Dear Promoters: Please Promote
"Oh yeah, Holly, that reminds me -- the Wyoming show had a large tent near the entrance for kid activities: "T-shirt painting, face painting, chalk drawing, and more!" as the program described. There were more people in the kid tent…"
hollyolinger commented on Karen Holtkamp's blog post Dear Promoters: Please Promote
""I'm pretty sure that hookers make more than that in a weekend, and we're at least as talented as they are, right?"
Single best line ever written on this site. Bottom line - until about 60% of the little shows die, we are…"
Karen Holtkamp commented on Karen Holtkamp's blog post Dear Promoters: Please Promote
""Why spend money going to an art fair that you know has a bad review, on the outside chance that maybe next time it will be better? Artists hoping that "next year will be better" is what's keeping these lackluster…"
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Posted on May 21, 2012 at 6:21pm 19 Comments 1 Like
On Sunday I attended the Wyoming Art Show (Wyoming as in a suburb of Cincinnati, not the larger, grander Wyoming) in order to scout it out for a possible application last year. The last time I attended was at least 10 years ago, but I remembered the show fondly as having great artists and a healthy crowd.
So as I meandered through the show I stopped to chat with several artist friends, including some AFIers (hopefully one or more of our AFI friends will post a show report). There…
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- At 6:39pm on December 26, 2011,
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