Wendy Zumpano's Page

Grrr... have you ever spent longer than you intended on a post and then hit the wrong key and LOST THE WHOLE THING?  I love you all enough to start over.

 

Long Grove, IL is located in the far northwest suburbs of Chicago.  It used to be an extremely popular little shopping area... primarily very crafty painted wooden type stuff, but the weekends used to be nonstop swamped there.  I don't go often but I've heard it is not quite as popular anymore.  I thought I'd give it a try…

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I spent the first five years of my full time drawing career exhibiting at craft shows.  I didn't have a display for nicer shows and they were the first ones I found.  I still exhibit at some nearby craft shows (Step by Step Productions craft shows are worthwhile in the Chicago area... they are heavily advertised, well attended).  So I decided to give the Lill Street Craft Fair - a new artist section in conjunction with The Taste of Lincoln Ave.  Most of my images sell best in Chicago, so I'm…

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I've had good luck in Deerfield for the past few years at D&W event's Deerfield show.  This year, I had a chiropractor next to me.  I do NOT care for commercial booths in an art show.  This chiropractor was loudly announcing, "FREE SPINAL SCREENINGS TODAY!"  What do you do when someone is hawking their biz when you're walking along?  You look the other way.  I felt that this really hurt my sales, also because the chiropractor had a HUGE vertical banner in front of his booth, blocking the… Continue

This is my first year for fine art shows vs craft shows and summer festivals. I attend each show with fingers crossed and breath held to see if the more expensive booth fees are worth it. They have been each time. I wasn't sure about the North Shore show. If you are accepted into one of Amdur's shows you are automatically invited to this show, which is held near a large outdoor shopping center in Skokie, IL. I wasn't sure if that meant the show wasn't as high end as the others, as Amdur shows… Continue

After using an EZ-Up tent for five years, I bit the bullet and bought a professional tent. I asked the Artfairinsiders.com community for help and Linnea Lahlum recommended a Showoff. She provided lots of helpful points that made me feel comfortable moving forward with the purchase. I practiced setting up the tent at home and discovered I had some problems with my mesh display walls from Flourish.

I use Flourish white mesh walls to hang my artwork. I love how easy the set up is…

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